Summit of Caribbean States embraces ECLAC’s proposal for debt relief
The United Nations regional organization’s initiative proposes a Caribbean resilience fund for the countries that benefit from debt reduction. (June 9, 2016) The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) fully supported the debt relief initiative presented by the Economic Commission for…
First Look: Margaritaville Resort Orlando, Grand Cayman
By PATRICK CLARKE From Travel Pulse Orlando, Florida may be considered the Theme Park Capital of the World, but the destination will soon be known as Margaritaville to Parrotheads. This week, Margaritaville Resort Orlando revealed the first renderings of the $750…
Tourism Matters: How we partner with our sister islands is key
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean news Now Next week the first Caribbean Aviation Meet-Up event takes place in Dominica and the objective, if I fully understand the concept, is to attract a number of highly qualified ‘experts’ in their own…
Holness exploring increased bilateral co-operation with C’bean neighbours
BY BALFORD HENRY From Jamaica Observer PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says he expects a number of high-level visits to Jamaica and increased bilateral co-operation, emerging from discussions he started at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) summit in Havana, Cuba,…
In defence of ‘tax havens’
By Neil Mohindra, From Financial Post Higher-tax countries don’t like the competition With all the hype over the Panama Papers, “tax havens” are again under fire from a barrage of misinformation. The term “tax haven” is routinely applied to small jurisdictions…
Facebook might start encrypting all your chats
By Chris Smith FromBGR Facebook Messenger, a chat service that has more than 900 million users, is going to get end-to-end encryption later this year, a new report. However, it’s not the kind of end-to-end encryption available on iMessage or…
Obama officially endorses Hillary Clinton
From BBC President Obama has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party presidential nominee. His endorsement came after meeting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who has been battling Mrs Clinton for the nomination. Speaking in a video tweeted out by…
Cayman Islands police reminds public of restrictions on carrying of weapons at night
By Jacqueline Carpenter From RCIPS In light of recent incidents surrounding bars and night clubs in the early morning hours and around closing time, the RCIPS would like to remind the public of restrictions against the carrying of weapons at…
Cayman Islands: Options to Improve the efficiency & effectiveness of surveying services
Planning Ministry to Improve Land Surveying Services Opinions for meaningful change expected to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (8 June , 2016) A review of land surveying services, as a result of Government’s Project Future…
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Cayman Finance & Cayman Islands government sign new agreement Cayman Finance is delighted to announce the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Cayman Islands Government, which serves to enhance the already close working relationship that Cayman’s…