World Animal Protection comments on turtle deaths, cover-up at Cayman Turtle Farm
October 9 – A recent news report in the Cayman Islands has revealed that 1268 turtles died in a 2014 disease outbreak at the Cayman Turtle Farm, the last facility in the world that breeds endangered sea turtles for meat….
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Community Events NWDA Community Outreach The National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA), in an effort to provide improved customer service to its clients in their job seeking efforts, will have a representative at the district libraries to provide: Opportunities to…
OPINION: Cayman Islands port, hope or hindrance
By Darveson Pinoy From Changed Journey Build it and they will come. Build a concrete monstrosity of a cruise berthing facility that dwarfs George Town (and Cayman) and the volume of tourists that come will guarantee Cayman prospers and guarantee…
Encouraging report from Cayman Islands affordable housing programme
Statement by the National Housing Development Trust Report – September 2015 The National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) is happy to announce the following updates, as it relates to the Affordable Housing Programmes: 1. Affordable Housing Initiative (AHI) Programmes – The…
Cayman Islands FATCA/CRS Update
By David Conen, Gautam Ganeshan, Bo Blocher From KPMG October 8, 2015 As previously communicated, the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority (“TIA”) is moving forward with the implementation of the OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS). Currently, 61 countries have agreed…
Bahamas is most expensive Caribbean cruise location
By Neil Hartnell From Tribune 242 The Bahamas is the most expensive Caribbean destination for the cruise ship industry, a newly-released survey revealing that it spent 78.3 per cent more in this nation than anywhere else in the region. The…
Zoloft MDL cases dismissed by the hundreds
By P.J. D’Annunzio, From The Legal Intelligencer The Zoloft birth-defect multidistrict litigation based in Philadelphia, which once had as many as 600 cases, has been reduced to roughly half its original size. The drop is the result of hundreds of…
Why Caribbean firms should tighten their shoelaces – not just their belts
From BluePrint Creative Two hikers were making their way through the forest when they encountered a massive bear in their path. The first hiker immediately bent down and started tightening his shoelaces, obviously intent on making a run for it….
Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas gets a Texas-sized makeover
New features to include luxury staterooms, dining and thrilling boomerang slide Liberty of the Seas will receive a Texas-like makeover and bring even more adventure onboard with the addition of the a collection of water slides called the Perfect Storm…
Nelson King: Caribbean Life freelancer since 1990
By Alley Olivier From Caribbean Life Nelson King began putting pen to paper for Caribbean Life newspaper while wrapping his senior year at Brooklyn College, pursuing a dual degree in Political Science and Journalism, back in 1990. King’s affinity for…