60,000 Border and customs agents told to take furloughs – [US customs wait times to increase to 150 to 200 percent]
By Todd Beamon Newsmax Sixty-thousand federal employees responsible for securing the nation’s borders and facilitating trade will be furloughed for as many as 14 days starting next month because of $85 billion in cross-government spending cuts. The federal government notified…
The End of Cheap Airfare
By Matthew Yglesias, Slate The US Airways/American merger will mean fewer flights, higher prices, and worse service. But that’s OK. Time to shed a tear into your tiny plastic cups of tomato juice, because the merger between US Airways and…
Adknowledge invades Grand Cayman
Written by Lance Hemenway It started off as a simple contest. Our top five highest earning and top five fastest growing publishers were asked to pack their bags, grab their significant other, and join us in beautiful Grand Cayman for…
A big Guy will try to climb mountains for Cayman Cancer Society
Welcome to the Seven Summits Challenge. My name is Guy Manning, and as part of my goal of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, I will be attempting to climb Mount Everest in 2013 to raise…
Houston TV station (Local 2) investigates Carnival Cruise fires
By Joel Eisenbaum, Investigative Reporter, Anchor, jeisenbaum@kprc.com HOUSTON – Since November, 2010, three Carnival cruise ships have caught fire, lost power and drifted without propulsion, Local 2 has learned. “I thought I was watching a documentary about the Carnival Splendor…
Cayman Airways to fly to Dallas- Fort Worth starting May 25
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, February 26, 2013: Cayman Airways would like to advise its customers that the re-launch of the Dallas/Fort Worth route will be postponed from April 10th, 2013 until May 25th, 2013 in order to adjust capacity to…
Cuba Is Ready To Welcome The International Tourism Fair – FITCuba 2013
Written by Theo Chambers Organizers of the next International Tourism Fair in Cuba (FITCuba 2013) said in advance that there is a great effort in the preparation of the Plaza America Convention Center, Varadero Beach, to receive such an event….
Dreamliner: Japan’s ANA cancels more Boeing 787 flights
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has said it will cancel all Boeing 787 flights until at least the end of May, in the latest blow to Boeing. International regulators grounded all 787 Dreamliners in January so that safety checks could…
Things to do on the Cayman Islands
Jack Pot from The Leader Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands has a wealth of things to do to suit all tastes. From water sports, cultural activities, wonderful food and drink options and of course stunning Seven Mile Beach…
Small Dominica is Caribbean’s best-kept secret
By Larissa Liepins, Postmedia News Island’s name is often confused with the Dominican Republic The sun beats down on my sweaty top half while my legs go numb underwater. At the far end of the shallow turquoise pool I’m standing…
