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A creative twist in the Cayman Islands on a traditional Sunday brunch
Art Nest Creative Studio, in collaboration with Conscious Cafe, is launching a new event which offers a creative spin on Sunday brunch. The event, Brunch and Brushes, starts on 28th October 2018 at 11:30am to 2:00pm. Each Brunch and Brushes…
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The Editor Speaks: Harvest Festival
The two churches I attend regularly, St.George’s Anglican and Elmslie Memorial, both have Harvest Festivals. The accompanying images are from Elmslie Memorial Church last Sunday (14). It was a lovely service with an almost full church that was beautifully decorated…
Invincible buys two resorts in Grand Cayman for $340m
Tokyo-based real estate investment trust has announced the $340-million purchase of the Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa and the Sunshine Suites Resort on Grand Cayman Island. By HNN Newswire TOKYO, October 1–Invincible Investment Corporation (“INV”) is…
Cayman Islands’ First Responders train in Incident Command Systems and Mass Casualty Management
Between October 15th and October 19th, approximately forty individuals in Grand Cayman are receiving training in Mass Casualty Management (MCM) and Incident Command Systems (ICS). The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) are sponsoring the…
Baer ‘Whistleblower’ cleared by top court in data-theft case [Cayman Islands sub not considered Swiss Bank]
By Hugo Miller From Bloomberg , Swiss Supreme Court upholds acquittal by vote of 3 to 2 Verdict may hold implications for Swiss banks’ foreign units A former Julius Baer banker who leaked documents from a Cayman Islands subsidiary was…
Conference lends ‘Parrot’s-Eye View’ into Latin America and Caribbean
By Michael Rouleau WILLIMANTIC, CT (10/16/2018) On the 526-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World, on Oct. 12, Eastern Connecticut State University hosted its third Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) Conference. The symposium featured research presentations…
Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean will expand by 1.3% in 2018 and 1.8% in 2019
ECLAC has updated its growth projections for the countries of the region. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reviewed economic growth projections for the region for 2018 and expects an average expansion of 1.3% in Latin…
US: Mnuchin pulls out of Saudi conference boosting pressure on Saudis
From Newsmax Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin withdrew from an investment conference in Riyadh as the Trump administration shifted course under increasing pressure to hold Saudi Arabia’s leaders accountable for the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mnuchin announced his change of…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
St. Kitts Prime Minister Harris on why he turned down the opportunity to become a tenured track professor and why establishing Help-a-Child was an easy decision
“Maybe this was destiny,” Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said yesterday, Wednesday, October 17th, 2018, at his 15th Annual Help-a-Child Program Primary School Scholarship Award Ceremony. “When I look back at my own life – where I was…
