Did you celebrate your Right to Know?
Did you see a sea of blue last Friday September 27th? It wasn’t the weather, but a gentle reminder for you to don blue duds in support of transparency, accountability and participation. It was a chance to dress down…
Minister shares Cayman tourism product at FCCA meeting
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Deputy Premier and Minister of Tourism Hon. Moses Kirkconnell is in Cartagena, Colombia, this week to attend the 20th Annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Cruise and Conference Trade Show. The Minister, Chief Officer Stran Bodden…
Rollover will stay but term limit extended
The ghastly rollover policy is here to stay but in a new form and a new title – “Term Limit”. Despite the promise of extending term limits for non-Caymanian workers to 10 years the Progressives (PPM) are now the…
Governor meets Bush and Premier opens KPMG Summit
New Governor Meets Opposition Leader Leader of the Opposition the Hon. McKeeva Bush, OBE, JP, today (Monday, 23 September 2013) attended his first official meeting with the new Governor, Her Excellency Helen Kilpatrick, CB, at her offices in the Government…
Liquor stores can now stay open until 10pm
Further to our story published 16th September “Embattled battered booze board” where iNews Cayman revealed the board were unable to consider 12 applications from five different George Town retail liquor license holders who had applied to extend their opening hours…
Cayman Island July Tourism figures: cruise down air up
The July figures for tourist arrivals to the Cayman Islands do not make good reading. Although air arrivals are up by almost 4% from 32,581 in 2012 to 33,880 in 2013 it is the cruise ship arrivals that make…
World Tourism Day celebrated
DOT Celebrated World Tourism Day 2013 Tourism partners from around the globe, including those here in the Cayman Islands, joined together in a day of celebration to mark World Tourism Day on 27 September. The theme for this year’s…
Pirates Week findings indicative of fraud and misappropriation
At the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Thursday (19) Cayman Islands Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, corrected a statement made by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gilbert Connolly of the Tourism Attraction Board, that although the Auditor General’s Office (AGO) had…
H1N1 influenza cases reported in Barbados and St. Vincent
CARPHA seeks to ease fears over outbreak of H1N1 virus in the Caribbean From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday September 30, 2013, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has sought to quell fears of an outbreak of the…
Junior Achievement recruitment starts!
This year’s recruitment of students who will participate in the Junior Achievement Company as well as volunteers has got off to a great start with the annual visits to the schools by JA Program Director Ms. Teresa Foster and JA…
