The Islands of The Bahamas snags two top best Caribbean awards
NEWS PROVIDED BY The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation NASSAU, Bahamas, Dec. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Islands Of The Bahamas continues to dominate tourism in theCaribbean. So says Caribbean Journal, the largest website covering Caribbean tourism, which bestowed on the destination two…
Int’l trade policy issues involving Jamaica and Caribbean partners
BY Elizabeth Morgan From Jamaica Observer As we come to the end of 2018, I wish to provide an update on the international trade policy issues involving Jamaica and Caribbean partners: 1. Caricom/Caribbean Single Market and Economy The special meeting of…
Caribbean Islands can expect greater influx of Venezuelans
From Curacao Chronicle WILLEMSTAD – Aruba and Curaçao must be prepared for even more refugees from Venezuela. In Aruba, Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago together there are now an estimated 147,000 Venezuelan migrants. That number will rise…
Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights
From BBC Tens of thousands of passengers have been disrupted by drones flying over one of the UK’s busiest airports. Gatwick’s runway has been shut since Wednesday night, as devices have been repeatedly flying over the airfield. Sussex Police said…
FLOW files lawsuit against regulators
From Antigua Observer GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The telecommunications company FLOW has filed a lawsuit against the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL), in a bid to revoke the 700-spectrum license granted to the Irish-based company, Digicel. Public Utilities Minister, Gregory…
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20 Dec Weather in Cayman
g 20 Dec Thu 2018 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Fresh southerly winds and rough seas are expected across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours as a cold front currently over the central Gulf of Mexico moves into the…
Cayman Islands police appeal for witnesses to firearm incident on West Bay Road, 15 December
From RCIPS Dec 19 2018 Shortly after 12:00AM on Saturday, 15 December, police received a report of an incident that had occurred earlier that night at a bar on West Bay Road just south of Seven Mile Public Beach. It…
The Editor speaks: Immigration
My wife, Joan and her helper had to go to our Immigration Department last Monday (17) just to pay for the helper’s annual work permit fee. That was all. Joan is 84 years old. She told me the Immigration Hall…
Cayman’s heaviest twins born at Cayman Islands hospital
A pair of babies born recently at the Cayman Islands Hospital tipped the scales to become the heaviest twins on record to be born in the Cayman Islands. Daniel Matias James Diaz Banks and Daniella Valentina Diaz Banks weighed in…