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Study Reveals Record Cruise Tourism Expenditures in the Caribbean and Latin AmericaOctober 27, 2024Source: Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Michele Paige, CEO, Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association New study finds that cruise tourism and the 33.3 million passenger and crew onshore visits […]- Cayman’s Global Alliances Strengthened as CHOGM 2024 ConcludesOctober 27, 2024Honourable Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly has concluded her impactful participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024, a significant forum that underscored the […]
- Leadership and Resilience Displayed During Commonwealth Business ForumOctober 25, 2024Rt Hon Lord Marland, Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (left), Hon. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and Premier for the Cayman Islands Hon. Juliana […]
- WANTED: Cayman – Mark Anthony SeymourOctober 24, 2024From RCIPS The RCIPS is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of 39-year-old Mark Anthony Seymour, of George Town, who is wanted in relation to violent offenses. Seymour is described as about […]
- “I don’t believe independents can manage this country” says former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva BushOctober 24, 2024Hon. McKeeva Bush From The Editor Speaking last Tuesday (22) former Premier, the West Bay Member of Parliament, and former Speaker of the House, McKeeva Bush, has launched a new Party”One […]
Bush: “I am not a money tree. I can’t pay $5,000 mortgages for people”
Premier McKeeva Bush will seek an early September start for a new interest-free mortgage assistance programme, lending money to troubled homeowners in danger of bank foreclosures. Similar to his 2009 Cayman Islands Development Bank lending programme, which distributed $4 million…
St. George’s Jamaican Independence Service
St. George’s Anglican Church held their annual Jamaican Independence Day Service on Sunday at 9am. The morning started with the playing of Redemption Song as people arrived for the celebratory service and ended with the singing of the Jamaican National…
Man in hospital after Brac car crash
A man remains in hospital with serious injuries after he was airlifted from the Brac following a car accident. Police say the man’s Honda Logo crashed near to Aunt Sha’s Restaurant on West End Road just after midnight on Sunday….
More questions than answers
Not until the last cheque is written by corporate America to all the special interest groups with their insane politics, and hang them on a museum wall next to all those wax figures of career politicians and lobbyists, with a…
Change of laws poses risks, says accountant
Changes to accounting laws that regulate how government keeps financial records run the risk of allowing agencies to relapse into the inadequate bookkeeping practices that have plagued government for years. Changes to the Public Management and Finance Law, introduced in…
Police find nothing and call off search for Kerran
Police have called off the sea search for Kerran Natalee Baker, missing since 30 July, saying they had scoured the sea between Pedro Castle and East End, finding nothing. “In the last 24 hours, we conducted an in-water search starting…
Slavery
Independence Day in Jamaica was last Saturday (6) and there were many who celebrated it here. Jamaica and the Cayman Islands have close ties. The Caymans were officially declared and administered as a dependency of Jamaica from 1863 and that…
Jamaica’s Independence celebrations kick off
The festivity is on, food is on sale, the music and craft have their representation at the 49th year of Jamaican Independence celebration. The streets of George Town have been ignited with Jamaican Folklore. Stalls along Cargil Avenue, displayed the…
Soraya, belly dancer & child of the universe
The belly-button is the centre of the universe,” says belly dancer Soraya. “Although I was born in Argentina, I feel the whole universe is my country.” Soraya, 39, came to Cayman four years ago. Since then she has been sharing…
HOME AT LAST!
The rescued boat crew has finally arrived home. After nine days lost at sea followed by a dramatic rescue by a passing oil tanker – and then caught up in US immigration red tape – Travis Welcome and his crew…
