Caribbean leaders to attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday December 9, 2013, CMC – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were leaving the region on Monday for South Africa to attend the funeral of the country’s first Black President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela. Mandela, 95, died…
The Ritz-Carlton offers the perfect gift that keeps on giving benefitting Make-A-Wish(R)
Global Hotel Company Will Donate Up to $100,000 to Make-A-Wish CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Inspire. Engage. Contribute. These are the guiding principles of Community Footprints(R), The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company’s social responsibility program focusing on hunger and…
Dillon Eustace works with The Truman Bodden Law School…
Dillon Eustace works with The Truman Bodden Law School of the Cayman Islands to introduce new Travel Bursary Award Monday 9th December 2013: Dillon Eustace, the leading Irish and Cayman financial services law firm, is working in conjunction with the…
Paralympian, avid scuba diver completed Cayman Islands Half Marathon
From DBI Avid scuba diver and Team USA paralympian Brian Siemann was in the Cayman Islands Sunday, Dec. 1 to compete in the Intertrust Cayman Islands Half Marathon. The only disabled athlete, Siemann completed the race in just less than…
Arrests and crashes continue during the RCIPS road safety drive
From the RCIPS The RCIPS has had a busy start to this year’s festive road safety drive – Stay Alive. Twenty people have been arrested, 15 of those for DUI. The other arrests were in relation to various offences such…
Cuba says it will restore consular services in United States
From Caribbean Journal Cuba will be restoring its consular services in the United States until Feb. 17, according to the government. The government had announced the shutdown of its Cuban Interests Section in Washington after its bank accounts had been…
CIG Requests CEDAW Extension
On behalf of the Government, the Hon. Tara Rivers, Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs, has submitted a request to Her Excellency the Governor, Helen Kilpatrick, CB, to have the United Kingdom extend the Convention on the Elimination of…
Texas pair released after serving 21 years for ‘satanic abuse’
By Tom Dart in Houston from theguardian.com Dan and Fran Keller, sentenced in 1991 for child sexual assault during US ‘Satanic panic’ era, released after district attorney conceded trial jury was probably swayed by faulty testimony Dan Keller has left…
Cayman Islands Job Opportunity
Cayman Islands Water Authority Vacancy – Water Production Engineer Job Description The Water Authority of the Cayman Islands is seeking a qualified individual to troubleshoot and provide operational assistance for its existing seawater reverse osmosis plants. He/she will also be…
The secrets of the vaults
By Ivan Briscoe For the Buenos Aires Herald THE HAGUE — If there is one thing on which the left and right seem to agree on in modern Europe, it is that something must be done to stopper up the…
