Air Passenger Duty is hitting Caribbean families hardest
From Lester Hollowy It was very disappointing that government ministers this week refused to scrap the hated Air Passenger Duty, a regressive tax which penalises hard-pressed Caribbean families visiting relatives. The extra tax might swell the Treasury’s coffers but it…
Qunar boosts estimated IPO price range to $12 to $14 an ADS
By Nathalie Tadena The Wall Street Journal Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. has increased the expected price range of its initial public offering of 11.1 million American depositary shares, now projecting the shares to price between $12 and $14 a piece….
Cartoon of the Day
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,…
Longing for the old days [in Cayman]— but not everything about the old days
By Leslie Handler From Newsworks “I remember vacations in the late ’70s to a little place called Grand Cayman Island. There was a seven-mile stretch of beach there with only one hotel. There were no Ritz Carltons, no TVs and…
FIFA, CONCACAF team up in Cayman Islands
CONCACAF representatives of member associations from Canada to Suriname convened in Cayman Islands for a seminar ran jointly between FIFA and the confederation aimed at improving football development skills. Joined by a FIFA delegation including Secretary General Jerome Valcke and…
Former Turks and Caicos premier Misick to be extradited
From Caribbbean360 Misick, who has been in a Brazilian jail since he was re-arrested in Sao Paulo in April had denied reports that he was seeking a plea bargain with British and American law enforcement authorities. PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos,…
Vantage Drilling schedules third quarter earnings release date
Vantage Drilling Company Schedules Third Quarter 2013 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call HOUSTON, TX — (Marketwired) — Vantage Drilling Company (“Vantage”) (NYSE MKT: VTG) today announced that it will conduct a call at 11:00 AM Eastern Time on November…
Breeze Fusion 2 Mile Walk/Run Sat Nov 2
The 7th annual Breeze Fusion 2 Mile Walk / Run is all set for Saturday November 2nd, 2013. Organised by Breeze FM and Phoenix Athletic Club, Walkers at 6:30am. Runners 6:45am. Registration is CI$15 Adults / CI$10 Students 16 &…
Jwala Rambarran: From diagnosis to action – advancing the Caribbean reform agenda
Statement by Mr Jwala Rambarran, Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, at the 2013 Caribbean Breakfast with the IMF Managing Director, Ms Christine Lagarde, Port of Spain, 13 October 2013. Salutations: The Honorable Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister…
Cayman makes US Today’s list of “Best Caribbean islands for beaches”
By Elaine Glusac, From US Today On virtually every island in the Caribbean you’ll find a great beach — from Trinidad’s Maracas Beach, home to the “bake and shark” sandwich stalls, to Negril, Jamaica’s seven-mile-long wonder and the boulder-piled Baths…
