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News from the Cayman Islands as of
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Legislative Drafting Department is currently revising the draft Freedom of Information Bill for submission to Cabinet and onwards to the Legislative Assembly by the end of March 2007 for debate and approval in the House. read more.. |
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Cayman Islands, GEORGE TOWN:  The long-delayed inquest into the 2005 death in Bermuda of wealthy businessman, and long-time resident of the Cayman Islands, Dimitri Pappas, will finally get under way on 23 January 2007, according to Dwayne Caines, of the Bermuda Police Service (BPS). read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Deutsche Bank Cayman has earned the accolade of the best private bank in the Cayman Islands in the prestigious Euromoney private banking survey 2007. The survey reflects the opinions of both advisers to private clients and other wealth management companies. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: As we begin 2007, 2006 can be summed up in a single word, "more”, according to Walkers, the Cayman Islands-based offshore law firm. read more.. |
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DUBAI, UAE:  The northwestern Caribbean territory of the Cayman Islands is eyeing the Middle East for potential new aircraft registry business. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAACI) is to make its regional exhibition debut at next year’s Dubai 2007. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  There is a "constituency of darkness, led by [local newspaper] Cayman Net News" two government ministers told the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly last week during a debate on proposed amendments to the Immigration Law, which includes a term-limit policy. read more.. |
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Cayman Islands, GEORGE TOWN:  Fears about unwelcome obligations the Cayman Islands could be compelled to take on as an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were firmly removed last week as Dr Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the regional body, spoke with the media. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Britain's Higher Education Minister, Bill Rammell, has announced proposals to enable students from the British Overseas Territories, including those in the Caribbean, to be treated as home students for fee purposes at institutions in the United Kingdom. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  The Head of the European Commission Delegation in Jamaica, Gerd Jarchow, recently met with top officials in the Cayman Islands for farewell courtesy calls and to reassure that emergency aid from the European Commission would be delivered to the Cayman Islands. read more.. |
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 I have been up in the air for about six weeks now: from Bermuda to St Lucia to Bahamas and then back to St Lucia, from where I went to Cayman Islands last week to attend the 13th annual FCCA Caribbean Cruise Conference and Trade Show. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Natalie Cole, the smooth and soulful eight-time GRAMMY Award winner, will thrill music lovers as she headlines the 3rd annual Cayman jazz fest, in the Cayman Islands from November 30 to December 2, 2006. read more.. |
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| Cayman Islands, GEORGE TOWN: Charles Clifford, Minister of Tourism of the Cayman Islands, is calling on Caribbean governments to chart a clear strategy to address new US passport regulations that may cripple the economies of several tourism-dependent Caribbean nations, read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Gary Linford, who headed the Investment and Securities division of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority for more than two years, has resigned, to be replaced by Yolanda McCoy, Linford said in a statement. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Cayman Islands legislators plan to bolster the territory's insurance laws, a spokesman said last week, with an eye to growing a commercial reinsurance market. read more.. |
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CHAPEL HILL, USA:  Divi Tiara Beach Resort in Cayman Brac, the second largest of the three Cayman Islands, has announced its decision to close business operations effective September 23, 2006. According to the company, the decision to close the resort was based on economic realities. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  It is now one year and one month since the body of Cayman Islands businessman, Dimitri Pappas, was discovered hanging in a clothes closet in Bermuda on 20 July 2005 and the official inquiry to unearth the facts relating to his death has been repeatedly postponed. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (DoE) has reassured the public that shark sightings in shallow water are not unusual for this time of year and pose no significant threat. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Aiming for a 28-day turnaround time for the issuing of new land registry parcel numbers, high-tech changes have been made at Cayman's Lands and Survey Department. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Immigration Department is now investigating a number of marriages that, according to a government press release, appear to have been entered into with the primary intention of avoiding or benefiting from provisions of the Immigration Law. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): The British government rejected pleas Wednesday to block the extradition to the United States of three former NatWest bankers on Enron-related fraud charges involving the sale of a Cayman Islands company. read more.. |
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| Puerto Rico, SAN JUAN: Reciprocal visa arrangements between Caribbean neighbors, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands are working fine, says Charles Clifford, Cayman's Minister of Tourism Environment, Investment and Commerce. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Following three years of development, Cayman Net Ltd, the publisher of Caribbeannetnews.com, has now announced the production of a weekly tabloid-size newspaper. Copies will be sent to distributors in all the Caribbean countries. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The most senior civil servant in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir Michael Jay, has left the Cayman Islands with assurances of closer cooperation in disaster preparedness and an undertaking to urge the European Commission to hasten delivery of hurricane relief funds. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Holding fast to “a distinction between ‘discrimination’ and ‘promotion’” Cayman Islands Education Minister, Alden McLaughlin, has said that as Minister, he would not sanction alternative lifestyles programmes being taught in local schools. Another issue raised was Cayman’s possible recognition of same sex unions. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  The cruise passengers on the Navigator of the Seas which came to Grand Cayman last week and was billed as one of the biggest gay cruises in history may have caused a stir in the Cayman Islands amid protest and welcome, but the passengers have vowed to return. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Eight years after they were forced to make a detour to avoid the wrath of Caymanians, 3,200 gay tourists landed on Grand Cayman on Tuesday to a “rainbow” type welcome in the traditionally Christian Island. To greet the visitors in a variety of ways were hundreds of residents who lined the city of George Town streets. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  With several changes of clothing, bottled water, a folding bed and an umbrella, Dr Luis M Luarca, a Cuban refugee, is currently camped on the lawn of the Government Administration building in Grand Cayman on a hunger strike. He began his protest on Monday 30 January and he has a list of demands. read more.. |
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| I found your comments interesting and in line with secular thinking. What I don’t understand is how you can position yourself as saying God supports homosexuality. Which Bible do you read? read more.. |
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 A cruise ship carrying “up to 3,200…active homosexuals” is scheduled to drop anchor today in Grand Cayman. However, pastors representing the Cayman Ministers’ Association (CMA) are raising holy hell about the prospect of these passengers setting foot on Cayman soil. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Over 3,000 gay cruisers are expected to converge on Grand Cayman Tuesday 31 January, in what is billed as “The Largest Gay Cruise in History II” by the specialist gay tour operator, Atlantis Events. The Navigator of the Seas cruise begins in Miami with 3,200 out of the ship’s 3,840 passengers, reported to be gay men and women. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  The Dominican Republic is filing a complaint with the UK Government for alleged human rights violations of four construction workers who were recently forced to leave the Cayman Islands after they complained their employer was exploiting them, according to Martin Diaz, who was assisting the workers with their complaint. read more.. |
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Coroner’s Inquest that could have put the lid on matters relating to the death of Cayman Islands businessman Dimitri
Pappas in Bermuda has been delayed. This delay has provoked yet more
questions over the death of the Cayman resident that saw his family raise
concerns...
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Cayman movie premiere in Spring 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The much-anticipated Cayman Islands premiere of the movie
‘Haven’, which was filmed on location in Grand Cayman, will take place in
Spring 2006 with the support of Cable & Wireless. Directed and written by Caymanian filmmaker Frank E. Flowers, the movie features a prestigious ensemble cast...
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