Usain Bolt wins BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
Sprinter Usain Bolt has been named the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year after winning triple Olympic gold for the second successive Games. The 26-year-old Jamaican starred at the London 2012 Games as he claimed 100m, 200m and 4x100m…
Stingray Swim Club Takes Jamaica
Swim Club had an incredibly successful swim meet in Jamaica this past weekend and the attached provides highlights of the four session meet. Stingray Swim Club competed in the Capri Sun Christmas Open in Kingston, Jamaica December 14-16th and 14…
FROM THE GLEANER: Embattled Cayman Islands premier might quit party
Byron Buckley, Associate Editor Although insisting he won’t resign as a result of his recent arrest, Cayman Islands Premier William McKeeva Bush says he is considering whether to lead his United Democratic Party into general elections due next March. There…
Focused regional action recommended for small-scale fisheries, and climate change and disaster risk management
From CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM) SECRETARIAT Belize City, Belize, Friday, December 14, 2012 A series of milestone, regional meetings—which spanned 8 days and which brought together nearly 100 participants from 36 countries to discuss topics such as international guidelines…
Cayman Islands leader dismisses corruption allegations as witchhunt
From The Telegraph Cayman Islands premier rejected calls to resign over his arrest on suspicion of corruption, calling the investigation a plot by political enemies who are trying to weaken him and smear his reputation. McKeeva Bush shrugged off the…
OCG expresses grave concerns over non-compliance with Stat. Regs.
OCG Submits Special Report to Parliament – Expressing Grave Concerns with Cabinet’s Non-compliance with the OCG’s Statutory Requisitions Kingston; December 13, 2012– The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has, today, completed and submitted a Special Report to the Houses…
Caribbean Broilers exporting meat to Cayman Islands
Corporate Affairs Manager at Caribbean Broilers, Dr Keith Amiel announced that the company exported a container of chicken to that country this week and plans are also being made to export pork. He however said, with the company’s facilities up…
A Slice of Jamaican Christmas for JN Money Transfer Customers
SOUTH FLORIDA – Jamaicans in the Diaspora across the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada and the Cayman Islands will experience a touch of a truly Jamaican Christmas when they step into a JN Money Transfer Branch, or…
TCI under scrutiny by anti-corruption group
By Gemma Handy THE TCI is being probed by a major worldwide anti-corruption group in the aftermath of the international headline-grabbing Commission of Inquiry. The investigation by the NGO, Transparency International (TI), is expected to see the Islands ranked for…
Stingray Swim Club Travels to Jamaica
Stingray Swim Club, Grand Cayman, 11 December 2012: Stingray Swim Club members travel to Kingston, Jamaica this weekend – December 14-16th – to compete in the 2012 Christmas Open Swimming Championships, taking place at the National Stadium Pool which is…
