Women and girls strive to get an education in Afghanistan
by UN Women From Care2 “Educating women and girls and women’s empowerment in our community is my dream,” says Beheshta, a 20-year-old Afghan girl who recently completed classes offered by the UN Women-supported Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Centre in…
Cayman Beach Resort launches major room refresh
From Meetings Focus The Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort is up for the challenge of a major guest room makeover, with its four-month renovation now in the works. The resort expects the remodel project, which will focus on guest rooms,…
Why is Syria important for oil prices?
By Michael Kling From moneynews Although Syria doesn’t produce much oil itself, its neighbors produce a lot of it. A spreading sectarian conflict that drags in neighboring countries could disrupt their oil production and critical pipelines and waterways. That’s why…
DART goes to Turks & Caicos
From T&C Sun Hartling Group and DECCO Ltd Of Cayman Islands announce Turks and Caicos Islands Shore Club Agreement The Hartling Group, Turks and Caicos Islands, and DECCO Ltd, Cayman Islands, on Thursday September 5th announced a strategic partnership to…
New York Fashion Week
By Raakhee Mirchandani / Fashion Editor New York Daily news From safari scenes to Caribbean fun, designs have vacation feel On day 4 of fashion week, designers Donna Karan, Tracy Reese, Derek Lam, Diane von Furstenberg, Vivienne Tam and more…
The 39 Steps is back
Missed it because of the summer break? The Cayman Drama Society received many requests to “bring it back”!! So here it is again for one final side-splitting week – the hilarious spy comedy The 39 Steps Tickets are on sale…
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,…
TS Humberto forms in Atlantic
“Tropical Storm Humberto, the eighth named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, is here. Humberto has formed unusually far to the east, between the coast of Africa and the Cape Verde Islands,” announced Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground….
Australia election: Tony Abbott defeats Kevin Rudd
From BBC Australia’s opposition has crushed the governing Labor party in a general election that has returned the Liberal-National coalition to power for the first time in six years. The coalition won 88 seats to Labor’s 57 in the 150-seat…
Lime launching LTE in the Cayman Islands
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) says that it will become the first operator to launch LTE mobile data services in the Cayman Islands, where it trades as Lime. CWC said that it will launch LTE services in the 2013/14 financial…
