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Cayman Islands Premier headed to Joint Ministerial Council meeting GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin will leave the Cayman Islands Friday to travel to London to attend the annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in London…
Cayman Islands NCVO Chair says it has been a challenging year for the voluntary organisation
Chairman’s Report for the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 2014 NCVO Annual General Meeting. This year has seen a variety of challenges to our abilities…
Barbados: Lower energy costs at the core
By Barbados Business Authority from Nationnews Should Barbados pursue a 100 per cent renewable energy system? Is a 100 per cent renewable energy system the answer to Barbados’ energy problems? Prominent German university Professor Olav Hohmeyer thinks so, and he…
Jingle Bell Walk Run for Cayman Islands Crisis Centre
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman: 26 November 2014: The charity fun-run of the year is almost upon us. On Sunday 14 December, hundreds of enthusiastic runners and walkers will be hitting the pavement at the Holiday Inn Resort in support of…
Woolly mammoth skeleton to fetch up to £250,000 at auction
By Blathnaid Healy From Mashable LONDON — It’s not an item you would usually expect to find in an auction house, but someone will walk away Wednesday as the new owner of a woolly mammoth skeleton. Lot 92 in the…
Japanese lessons for Caribbean development
By Peter Richards from Caribbean360 TOKYO, Japan, 2014, CMC – The Ariake Incineration Plant will probably have no major role to play in the construction of the Olympic Village for the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Japan. Chances…
Medical Tourism in the Caribbean
By Paul Hay From Caribbean Journal The fifth “Global Ministerial Summit” was held in Washington, DC on Sept. 21. Ministers of health, tourism and economic development, trade commissioners, and health attachés from 25 nations gathered to discuss medical tourism challenges…
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. announces the closing of US$50M private placement of senior unsecured notes
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Nov. 25, 2014 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) — CARIBBEAN UTILITIES COMPANY, LTD. CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES ARE LISTED FOR TRADING IN UNITED STATES FUNDS ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE. Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUP.U) (“CUC” or…
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Cayman Airways adds extra cargo flights for December Cayman Airways Cargo has added additional cargo flights from Miami, Florida to Grand Cayman in December to assist local businesses with the extra cargo shipments they usually require during the busy holiday…
Help NRA to clear Cayman Islands roadsides and shoulders
National Roads Authority (NRA) officials remind the public that it is an offence to obstruct the roadside or any road shoulder, even in front of private property. As part of an ongoing effort to clean-up roadsides and shoulders, and in…