iNews Briefs & Community Events
We’re never going to stop getting excited about flying car news until we’re all flying one By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist This could be it, guys. In 2013. I was supposed to be riding in a flying car. You weree,…
Howard Hospitality Group (HHG) opens Grand Cayman office, announces key new hires
Team to Oversee New Margaritaville Beach Resort Grand Cayman, and Other Properties in HHG’s Expanding Portfolio George Town, Cayman Islands – October 17, 2016 – Howard Hospitality Group (HHG), an international hotel investor, developer and operator, today announced the official…
US nonimmigrant visa filings in Jamaica increase by 117 per cent
By Daniel Waldron and Sanwar Ali From workpermit.com According to the Counsellor for Public Affairs at the US Embassy in Jamaica, Joshua Polacheck, applications for US non-immigrant visas – mainly the B-1 business visitor visa and B-2 visitor for pleasure,…
The Editor Speaks: Utterly senseless, appalling and more gobbledegook!
One of our Front Page stories today doesn’t have any connection with the Cayman Islands except it is our Mother Country ENGLAND that has made headlines all around the world for the wrong reason. The article is headlined, “UK: Leukaemia…
OceanaGold’s Pac Rim subsidiary chided by World Bank
Article – BusinessDesk From Business.Scoop. Oct. 17 (BusinessDesk) – OceanaGold’s Pac Rim Cayman subsidiary has been ordered to pay US$8 million to El Salvador to cover the country’s legal fees and costs in a long-running arbitration after the mining company…
Cayman Islands PFL Weekly Review: Sir John A. Cumber defeat George Town Primary
Sir John A. Cumber Primary continued their undefeated start to the 2016/2017 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) seasons with Group A wins over George Town Primary this past Saturday at the West Bay Town…
ructing Matthew: How 30-mile ‘wobble’ spared area
By Seth Robbins From The Daytona Beach News-Journal As Hurricane Matthew churned north toward Florida’s coast, emergency officials were ready for the worst: terrifying winds that would rip apart houses, rushing water that would lay waste to everything in its…
A new term for Walkers Art Clubs at the Cayman Islands National Gallery
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) welcomed close to 100 art students to the Walkers Art Club this past month. The popular extracurricular art education programme offers students of all ages and abilities weekly art classes to enhance…
Cayman Islands prison officer recruitment testing
Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) hosted more than 100 applicants who took part in the Prison Officer Recruitment Testing last week. Prison Service Director Neil Lavis said 128 people took the entrance exam, which was offered over a…
Cayman Islands: Protecting coral reefs – Conyers and CCMI
More of Cayman’s coral reefs are being protected thanks to Conyers Dill & Pearman joining forces with the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) for the annual Festival of Seas, a celebration of the extensive research and education work undertaken by…