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Cayman Islands Meals on Wheels Annual Coin Collection Drive Please note that the Meals on wheels Coin Collection drive will be held this year a little later on May 27th and 28th. volunteers will be outside all supermarkets on the island…
Tickets will be issued in the Cayman Islands for licensing offences
Persons who breach their business licence requirements in Cayman will be subject to receiving tickets and paying fines under the new Trade and Business Licensing Law: <http://www.dci.gov.ky/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/12128185.PDF>. The law, which commenced on 1 January, includes penalties that will be levied…
NSW power sale profits could end up in Cayman Islands
By Michael West From The Sydney Morning Herald A goodly chunk of the future corporate profits from the NSW power sale are destined to wend their merry way to the Cayman Islands. This is probably why the winning bidder – a…
Cayman Islands: Experienced corporate lawyer joins Carey Olsen
Experienced corporate lawyer joins Carey Olsen The former head of Maples and Calder’s global corporate practice, Henry Harford, has joined Carey Olsen in the Cayman Islands as a consultant. Having read law at Trinity College, Oxford, Mr Harford qualified as…
This electro-optical modulator is smaller than a lightwave
By Andrew Tarantola from engadget As data travels around the internet, it’s routinely switched from electrical signals to light in order to travel through the network’s fiber optic backbone. To do this, the signal travels through devices called electro-optic modulators….
The new digital stars of higher education
By Ryan Craig From Techcrunch Peripheral characters have a funny way of changing our perspective. Once bit players, they invert our understanding of the plot, turn heroes into villains and reframe the issues. Looking at challenge — or stories — from…
Cayman Islands Probation Officers given awards of appreciation
Several employees from the Department of Community Rehabilitation (DCR) were recognised recently with certificates of appreciation, including a new annual award in honour of Steven E. Smith who was a founding member of probation services in the Cayman Islands. The…
PAHO to help Caribbean with new SDGs for health
From Jamaica Observer MEDELLIN, Colombia (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is helping Caribbean countries prepare for the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) for health. PAHO said it recently held a regional workshop “to strengthen…
Key emerging markets attract record $126 billion in clean energy investment
From Montserrat Reporter WASHINGTON, Nov 24, CMC – A new study has shown that Latin America and the Caribbean boasts higher clean energy penetration than any other region assessed. “As of year-end 2014, 11 per cent of the 352 GW…
Mernet Larsen’s weird perspectives
Mernet Larsen likes to put things in (weird) perspective in his paintings From Designer Daily In Mernet Larsen’s world, being two feet away from another person can result in one person being gigantic, and the other tiny. Hell, even sitting…
