UPDATE: Cruise ship spends Christmas stuck in ice off Antarctica – rescued by helicopter
UPDATED: Antarctic rescue of Akademik Shokalskiy ship completed From BBC Rescuers in Antarctica have safely transferred all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy. The Australian rescue operators said the scientists and tourists were now all aboard the…
Cayman Airways flight turns back amid safety concerns
On Saturday 28th December a Cayman Airways plane, flight KX105, departed Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) for Cayman Brac at 6:40 p.m., and experienced “an anomaly with one of the aircraft’s flight control systems approximately 10 minutes into the flight,”…
Cayman won’t rush to embrace gambling
Don Burgess, Deputy Editor BDA Sun Cayman Islands Tourism Association has put the brakes on any talk of adding casinos to the British Overseas Territory. In a report on CayCompass.com the CITA said energy would be better spent on other…
The health-care ‘revolution’ coming to an island near you
By Matt Clinch Assistant Producer cnbc In late February, around 480 miles off the coast of Florida, the Cayman Islands will get ready to cater for a new kind of visitor. On top of tourism and financial services, the islands…
COMMENTARY: Flooding and infrastructure rehabilitation projects in the Caribbean
By Cherie Pounder – Monday, December 30th, 2013 at 11:21 AM PHOTO: Flooding in Castries, St. Lucia As we approach a new year, we should expect the usual passage of storms, hurricanes or extreme rainfall events such as those occurring…
UPDATE: French diver missing in Caribbean island – body found
UPDATE: Body of French diver found in Caribbean Island From NTD Television Authorities confirm death of missing French diver in the Colombian Caribbean. The body of a French man who went missing over the weekend while diving at Tintipan Island…
Cuba: More than 2.5 mn foreign tourists in 1st 11 months of 2013
From Global Post Havana, Dec 28 (EFE).- Cuba welcomed between January and November more than 2.5 million foreign tourists, according to figures published by the National Statistics and Information Office, or ONEI. The report said that 2,546,851 tourists arrived on…
Indiana Grand Casino brings Caribbean paradise to New Year’s Eve Party
By Andy Proffet, Staff writer From Shelby News It’s going to be a cold start to the New Year, with temperatures in the 20s—no surprise for Indiana. That’s a big reason why Indiana Grand Casino is going with a Caribbean…
OPINION: It’s the economy, Caribbean.
By CMC – From Observer Media Group BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart won the political battle but loss the economic war in 2013. His Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad Biissessar set a record by losing four political…
Christians face danger from Jihadists in Syria
By Okke Ornstein From newsmax PHOTO: The Church of Saint Michael in the Syrian village of Qara was heavily damaged in fighting between rebels and pro-government forces in late November in the predominantly Christian region of Qalamoun, north of Damascus….
