Cayman Islands has a very dry 2016 so far
Rainfall data collected at the Owen Roberts International Airport from January through August 2016 confirms a very dry year. Only January 2016 provided rainfall totals greater than the 30 year average with the summer months May-August showing significantly below normal…
Cayman Islands: Older Persons’ Month – Ambassadors named
The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has chosen Mrs. Janilee Clifford and Mr. James Powell as ambassadors for Older Persons’ Month 2016 this October. The seniors, who hail from George Town and West Bay respectively, were recently selected…
Cayman Islands Progressives: Falsehood vs Truth Part 5
By The Progressives GET THE FACTS MAC CLAIMS CAYMANIANS WORSE OFF FALSEHOOD McKeeva Bush claims more Caymanians cannot pay their bills or are worse off since the PPM have been in power TRUTH This is False. The truth is incontrovertible….
IHG Expands in Latin America and Caribbean
From Meetings Today InterContinental Hotels Group is extending its footprint throughout Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, with 40 new hotels that will add nearly 6,000 rooms in the region over the next several years. The growth is buoyed by…
Cayman Islands YMCA develops teen leaders
Forty-five teens developed their leadership skills and learned the importance of social responsibility this summer as part of the YMCA’s Counselor in Training (CIT) programme. Counselor in Training is part of the Y’s signature Teen Leaders programme which provides a…
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Ogier sponsors Junior Achievement Cayman Islands
Ogier has donated $2,000 to support a long-running Cayman charity which focuses on helping young people to get ready for the workplace with programmes on work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Junior Achievement of the Cayman Islands has been running…
Cayman Islands: Five Reasons For Placing One’s Trust In – Well, Trusts
Article by David Cooney, Ogier From modaq This article first appeared in International Investment Many people are baffled by trusts, the purpose of which they don’t fully comprehend. Some even regard them with suspicion, as tools of of opaque tax…
Cayman Islands to pass new trade mark law
From stobbs The Cayman Islands is expected to pass a new trade mark law next month, for implementation some time in 2017. The new law will end the practice of protecting marks in the Cayman Islands by extending an existing…
St Lucia reports flooding, power outages as storm impacts
From Caribbean360 CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Thursday September 29, 2016 – Thousands were without electricity in St. Lucia, rivers overflowed their banks, and several communities were flooded last night and into today. And Tropical Storm Matthew which passed through the Windward…
UK: Caribbean photography exhibition begins Black History Month at the Belgrade Theatre
From Warwick Black History Month celebrations are kicking off at the Belgrade Theatre with the launch of a Caribbean photography exhibition; Embodied Islands running from 4 – 28 October. The exhibition has been put together and curated by Associate Professor…
