Cayman: CUC hosts Virtual Long Service Awards
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) hosted the 31st staging of the Company’s Long Service Awards Ceremony virtually on Thursday, July 9, 2020. With social distance restrictions and concerns for safety, CUC redirected the award ceremony to an online venue using…
Cayman: Statement on 2019 Exceptional Circumstance Transactions
Statement by the Honourable Minister for Finance and Economic Development on the “Exceptional Circumstance” Transactions Incurred During the 2019 Financial Year for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Seventh Meeting of the 2019/2020 Session of the Legislative Assembly –…
Brian Branch predicts Credit Union resurgence after Pandemic in Podcast Interview
If there is one thing World Council of Credit Unions‘ President and CEO Brian Branch doesn’t take for granted during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is having the privilege to work from home. “My heart goes out to all those people who…
Atlantic may produce another record-breaking tropical system before July ends
By Courtney Spamer, AccuWeather meteorologist Yet another tropical system could be budding in the Atlantic, as a very active July in the tropics continues. Both Gonzalo and Hanna became the earliest G and H-named storms on record in the Atlantic basin when they reached…
WHO Media Briefing – Director-General’s remarks and audio file for COVID-19 updates – 27 July
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. This Thursday marks six months since WHO declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern. This is the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations,…
UK singles out VI over company registers
By Claire Shefchik From BVI Beacon The United Kingdom government singled out the Virgin Islands last week as the sole holdout among the inhabited UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies that has not committed to introducing a public register of company…
Welcome back to TCI
By Olivia Rose From T&C weekly News CHEERFUL holidaymakers streamed into the TCI on Wednesday (July 22) for the first time since borders closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic four months ago. The territory officially reopened to international travellers just…
Cayman Islands’ Economic Assessment and Stimulus Plan issued
2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PRE-COVID-19 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1.1 The Islands’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 3.1 percent in 2019. Growth estimate is based on actual economic indicators for the first nine months of 2019, coupled with…
Recipe of the week
Jackfruit BBQ Burgers Written by Cristina Powell, PN1, ME-3, CMS From BioTrust You know I don’t like using store-bought sauces and marinades—mainly because they are heavily processed—and when it comes to barbecue sauces in particular, they are usually made with corn…
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,…