Cayman Islands drilling company expands its programme
Vantage Drilling Company announced yesterday that it has received two contract awards for the Sapphire Driller adding an additional well to the Sapphire Driller’s current drilling program and three wells from another customer in the Ivory Coast. The contracts will…
e-flux could increase future funding for the arts through .art
I doubt anyone in the US is happy with our current funding system for the arts. Artists don’t get paid. Museums rely on increasingly scant funds from the government and shrinking donations from wealthy benefactors and corporations to run their…
Bellingham in TCI
Voters to go to the polls on November 9th THE date for the Turks and Caicos Islands’ return to democratic rule has been set for November 9, but an untrusting local population still harbours the concern that democracy might elude…
Google denies preventing anti-competition probe
Google has denied that it is preventing a Texas investigation into whether it is abusing its dominance of the internet search market. It comes after Texan attorney general Greg Abbott accused the company of improperly refusing to hand over evidence…
PLP & OBA Continue To Debate Term Limit Policy following Cayman Islands report
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards and the Progressive Labour Party continue to verbally spar over term limits, following a recent report from the Cayman Islands about the impact term limits had on their business growth. “The flak gets heaviest when…
Football Euro 2012: England lose to Italy after penalties 2 – 4
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Syrian Pilot Defects to Jordan With Plane
A Syrian air force pilot on a training mission flew into neighboring Jordan and defected with his Russian-made fighter jet, Jordanian and Syrian officials said, the first such incident during the nearly 15-month-old uprising. The defection happened as more deadly…
Euro 2012: Quarter Finals – Czech Rep 0 Portugal 1
Cristiano Ronaldo capped a magnificent display with the match-winning goal as Portugal powered past Czech Republic and into the semi-finals of Euro 2012. Ronaldo, who scored twice against the Netherlands, hit the woodwork in each half with fine strikes. And…
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. to Expand Retail Water Operations With Bahamas Joint Venture
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. CWCO -1.49% , which develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems in areas of the world where naturally occurring supplies of potable water are scarce or nonexistent, today announced that it has formed…
Court convicts Umar Patek over Bali bombing
THE last member of the 2002 Bali bombing plot to face justice has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a panel of judges found him guilty of mass murder for his role in Indonesia’s deadliest terrorist attack. Umar…