Cayman Islands preparing for bird flu

Monday,  December 12, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Even though the chances of a bird flu outbreak in the Cayman Islands are currently considered to be remote, an inter-departmental committee is developing a preparedness plan to respond... read more...

Dengue fever confirmed in Cayman

Friday,  December 9, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A case of dengue fever has been confirmed in Grand Cayman, and the Public Health Department, in conjunction with the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) and the Department of Environmental Health (DEH), is currently closely monitoring the situation in the Cayman Islands, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kiran Kumar said... read more...

Cayman Islands announce immigration amnesty

Thursday,  December 8, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Department of Immigration has announced an amnesty from prosecution for certain immigration offences. The amnesty becomes effective Friday, 9 December, and will remain in effect until Friday, 23 December 2005, inclusive.  The terms of the amnesty are as follows... read more...

Cayman Islands delegation optimistic about EU relief aid

Thursday,  December 8, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Talks on hurricane relief for the Cayman Islands between a Government delegation led by Minister Responsible for International Financial Services Policy Alden McLaughlin and the European Union are moving in a positive direction with the EU confirming that the approval process is well advanced... read more...

Cayman cricket prepares for Stanford 20/20 competition

Wednesday,  December 7, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cricket in the Cayman Islands is set to be elevated to another level based on the government’s support for the national team’s involvement in a Caribbean competition next year.  Seventeen regional countries, including Cayman, have been invited to play in a special 20/20 tournament... read more...

Budget surpluses projected for the Cayman Islands

Monday,  December 5, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Amid a forecast programme of major spending on capital projects, the Cayman Islands Government is projecting a $24.5 million operating surplus for the next financial year that begins July 2006 and ends June 2007... read more...

Second Cayman Jazz Festival opens

Monday,  December 5, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Caymanians, residents and non-resident visitors alike were in for two more days of unique jazz experiences following the opening of the Cayman JazzFest on the British dependency on Thursday night.  Jazz aficionados were treated to an evening of virtuoso jazz performances... read more...

Resilient Cayman Islands rebounding after Hurricane Ivan

Friday,  December 2, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The impact of Hurricane Ivan is “working its way out” of the Cayman economy, according to data emanating from the twin pillars of the Islands’ economy – financial services and tourism – as well as the usual economic indicators.  The Financial Secretary expanded on economic forecasts... read more...

Ambitious capital spending by Cayman Islands government

Friday,  December 2, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands government intends to spend $235.6 million (US$282.7 million) in capital projects comprising mainly new schools, new office buildings, and equipment for police by June 2009, the end of its fourth fiscal year.  The money will be raised partially by borrowing $182 million... read more...

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority marks 10,000th fund registration

Friday,  December 2, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The recent issuing of a certificate of registration to The Rutland Fund, a hedge fund authorised by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, was significant on at least two counts.  The first is that The Rutland Fund was the 10,000th fund to be approved by the Authority since the passage of the Mutual Funds Law... read more...

Gangs outlawed in the Cayman Islands

Wednesday,  November 30, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: According to new legislation recently enacted in the Cayman Islands, an illegal gang comprises any formally associated group of three or more people who carry out crime as one of their primary activities, or have committed criminal offences in the past three years... read more...

Jamaica imposes visa requirement on Cayman Islands nationals

Monday,  November 28, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  According to a press release issued on Friday, November 25, 2005, by the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, nationals of the Cayman Islands will require visas to enter Jamaica, with effect from Thursday, 1st December 2005... read more...

Aircraft emergency in Grand Cayman

Monday,  November 28, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Civil Aviation Authority has reported that a Cayman Airways Boeing 732 aircraft with 86 persons on board landed safely at the Owen Roberts Airport Sunday evening, after reporting that a ‘landing gear unsafe’ warning had alerted the crew to a possible problem.... read more...

Lawsuits seek almost $1 billion for Parmalat's Cayman companies

Monday,  November 28, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Food Holdings Limited, Dairy Holdings Limited, and Parmalat Capital Finance Limited -- three Cayman Islands companies, presently in liquidation, that suffered substantial losses related to the collapse of Parmalat -- have sued Parmalat’s principal banker and auditors... read more...

Anti-crime amendments now law in the Cayman Islands

Friday,  November 25, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Nine amendments to legislation in the Cayman Islands, aimed at further curbing crime through a number of new measures ranging from longer jail time to the right of police to request information from phone companies, are now enforceable by law... read more...

Regional banks have unique assets, says Cayman's Financial Secretary

Friday,  November 25, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Opportunities for Caribbean indigenous banks to solidify a place in the market can come through leverage of their unique assets, and use of strong leadership to take advantage of these resources.  This is the view of Cayman Islands Financial Secretary Kenneth Jefferson... read more...

No racial profiling, says Cayman Islands police commissioner

Wednesday,  November 23, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Stuart Kernohan, speaking recently at a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Community Meeting, said that it is not his intention to target any particular nationality as his department carries out its job in combating crime in the territory... read more...

Cayman Islands: A nation worth exploring

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Within 24 hours of landing for my first visit to Grand Cayman in the Western Caribbean, the island nation’s young director of tourism asked me what I thought of the Cayman Islands.  What could I say after just a few hours of sight-seeing and attending the morning session of the annual tourism conference?... read more...

Cayman Islands to share resources for fighting crime

Monday, November 21, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The authorities in the Cayman Islands are looking at the pros and cons of a witness-protection mechanism involving the Overseas Territories, three of which are in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), as part of a wider programme allowing for the sharing of resources... read more...

No music and dancing in the Cayman Islands after midnight on New Year’s Eve

Thursday,  November 10, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: This year, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve fall on Saturdays, which means that the sale of alcohol and live music at public events in the Cayman Islands will, according to local law, have to cease by midnight... read more...

Cayman Islands government takes a step to let the ‘sunshine’ in

Tuesday,  November 8, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A new era of openness and transparency in government was heralded in the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands on Friday morning, when the Leader of Government Business, Kurt Tibbetts, laid before the House the Freedom of Information Bill, 2005... read more...

Cayman Islands to tackle cruise-tourist volumes

Tuesday,  November 8, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Government is taking active steps to properly manage cruise ship scheduling and cruise-tourist volumes. Among goals, a key aim is to minimise impact on residents, especially during the busy Christmas shopping season... read more...

Cayman Islands satisfied with CARICOM relations

Monday, October 31, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Government is satisfied with the relations Cayman has in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), thinks it is necessary, but does not intend to extend it any further... read more...

Cayman turtles in the eye of the hurricane

Monday, October 31, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Two Cayman Islands sea turtles recently survived Hurricane Wilma at sea when the devastating storm passed over their winter feeding grounds in Mexico and the Florida Keys... read more...

Cayman Islands government introduces visa requirement for four countries

Thursday, October 27, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Government is introducing a requirement for visitor visas for residents of four countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Jamaica. These countries will join some 112 other countries whose nationals are presently subject to visa requirements... read more...

Cayman Islands introduce new curbs on illegal weapons

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Persons found with illegal guns in the Cayman Islands will have to spend no less than 10 years behind bars before any possibility of release, according to a soon to be implemented change to the local Firearms Law... read more...

Cable & Wireless introduces NetSpeak UK numbers for Cayman customers

Friday, October 14, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Following the successful launch of NetSpeak Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services in the Cayman Islands in May 2005, Cable & Wireless (C&W) has now introduced UK local and toll-free numbers for subscribers of this service.  NetSpeak customers are able to make unlimited international calls... read more...

Budget surplus projected for the Cayman Islands

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Financial Secretary, Kenneth Jefferson, has presented a budget to the Legislative Assembly projecting Government expenses at CI$376.9 million (US$452.3 million) and revenue at CI$380.2 million (US$456.2 million) resulting in a CI$3.3 million (US$3.96 million) surplus... read more...

Freedom of Information Law for the Cayman Islands

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman islands Government will within the next few months be proposing a law that allows members of the public access to official records, Leader of Government Business Kurt Tibbetts has told the Legislative Assembly.  He said the ‘Access to Information Bill’ is being circulated for comment... read more...

Cayman Islands resort hotel lawsuit resolved on no-liability basis

Wednesday, October 5, 2005

ALISO VIEJO, USA: Fluor Corporation announced Tuesday that its dispute with the developer of the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman hotel in the Cayman Islands has been resolved on a no-liability basis... read more...

FCCA Conference ends on high note

Monday, October 3, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The 12th Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Conference and Trade Show is now history and the over 1,200 delegates, while recalling the memorable time spent on the "Mother Colony," are now training their sights on what promises to be a great conference next year in the Cayman Islands... read more...

Cayman Islands to assist St Kitts-Nevis in tourism development

Monday, October 3, 2005

FRIGATE BAY, St. Kitts: In a spirit of true Caribbean unity, the Cayman Islands - which is reported to have the richest economy in the region - will be working closely with St. Kitts and Nevis in an effort to assist the twin-island federation in further developing its tourism industry. Minister Clifford, made this revelation during an interview on Friday... read more...

Cayman Islands firearms law to be amended in an effort to combat violent crime

Monday, October 3, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cabinet of the Cayman Islands has embarked on an aggressive programme of legislative reform with the aim of stemming the recent increase in violent crime. The first in this planned package of legislation, aimed at imposing stiffer penalties and to introduce new offences, will be an amendment to the Firearms Law... read more...

Letter: Congratulations on 'The Jamaican in Cayman'

Monday, October 3, 2005

I would like to congratulate you for the publication, "The Jamaican in the Cayman". Convey my congratulations to Mr. Desmond Seales and his staff for their very professional work... read more...

Cayman Islands moving to strengthen relations with CARICOM

Thursday, September 29, 2005

FRIGATE BAY, St. Kitts: As efforts are being made to make the Caribbean a more united place, the Government of the Cayman Islands will be moving to strengthen relations with the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  That's the word from the country's Minister with responsibility for Tourism Charles Clifford... read more...

Cayman Islands cruise tourism bounces back after Ivan

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

FRIGATE BAY, St. Kitts: Cruise tourism in the Cayman Islands took a beating from Hurricane Ivan when the storm pounded Grand Cayman last year but, according to the Minister with responsibility for Tourism, Charles Clifford, following the launch of the FCCA Trade Show on Tuesday, "our people are resilient and we bounced fairly quickly."... read more...

Bermuda police back off from suicide verdict

Friday, September 16, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Bermuda police are now in the United States talking with the parents of deceased Dimitri Pappas about their son’s death.  And this time the police are no longer talking suicide but are, as they described it, discussing other theories.  Pappas, was discovered dead in Bermuda on 20 July 2005.... read more...

New Commissioner of Police for the Cayman Islands

Friday, September 16, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Mr Bruce Dinwiddy, has announced the appointment of Mr Stuart Kernohan as the new Commissioner of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.  The Commissioner (designate) will take up his post, on a four year contract, within the next two months... read more...

Spirit Airlines enters Cayman Islands market

Thursday, September 15, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved the application of the low cost carrier, Spirit Airlines for flight services to Grand Cayman... read more...

Cayman Islands concerned over increase in human trafficking

Friday, August 26, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Increased concern is being expressed in the Cayman Islands over human trafficking, as a number of Chinese nationals reportedly attempted to enter the country recently using false Japanese passports on a vessel from Jamaica, according to the local Immigration Department... read more...

Cayman Islands family troubled by Bermuda findings

Friday, August 26, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: It will probably be early next year before authorities in Bermuda present their final decision on how Dimitri Pappas, a well-known Cayman Islands accountant, died in that country. But, for now, the police are continuing to say that the 37-year-old killed himself... read more...

Exploitation of immigrant female workers raises concern in the Cayman Islands

Thursday, August 25, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Immigrant female workers in the Cayman Islands are being exploited and paid salaries well below subsistence levels. In particular beauty salon workers and domestic helpers are being paid far less than the remuneration figures their employers placed on their Work Permit documents... read more...

Suspicious death in Bermuda of Cayman Islands resident

Monday, August 22, 2005

GEORGE TOWN , Cayman Islands: Well-known Cayman Islands accountant and businessman, Dimitri Pappas, was discovered dead in Bermuda on 20 July, found hanging in a clothes closet in a hotel room.  The Bermuda police are labelling his death a suicide “based on the circumstances surrounding the finding of the body."... read more...

Cayman Islands cricket director ‘ecstatic’

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Technical Director of cricket in the Cayman Islands Theo Cuffy is ecstatic over the inclusion of the Cayman Islands in the 2005 Inter-Continental Cup.  Cuffy was informed on Sunday that his team will be replacing the USA due to the internal conflict that has plagued the sport there recently... read more...

USA replaced by Cayman Islands in Intercontinental Cup

Tuesday, August 9, 2005

DUBAI, UAE (AFP): Political infighting behind the scenes over who controls United States cricket has led the International Cricket Council (ICC) to withdraw the country's invitation to the Intercontinental Cup... read more...

Cayman Net News launches the Jamaican in Cayman

Thursday, July 28, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cayman Net News has announced the launch of ‘The Jamaican in Cayman’ the first publication to be produced in the Cayman Islands dedicated to reporting the news and issues facing the Jamaican community living in the country, as well as providing a round-up of news from Jamaica... read more...

Chilean judge seeks Pinochet bank details from Bahamas and Cayman Islands

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP): The judge probing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for financial fraud has sent the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, along with several other countries, new requests for information on Pinochet's secret offshore bank accounts, judicial sources said Tuesday... read more...

Titles for Brown and Mothersill-Modibo at "Thessalonika 2005"

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

THESSALONIKI, Greece:  Two Central American Championships (CAC) champions were on the top podium during the IAAF Grand Prix II "Thessaloniki 2005" meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece on Sunday.  Striking gold on a windy day at the meet were Trinidad and Tobago's Darrel Brown and Cayman Island’s Cydonie Mothersill-Modibo... read more...

Emily brushes Grand Cayman

Monday, July 18, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The centre of Hurricane Emily passed by some 100 miles to the south of Grand Cayman during the early hours of Sunday morning, bringing with it strong winds but no heavy rainfall... read more...

Bermuda and Cayman Islands compete in world island games

Monday, July 11, 2005

LONDON, England (AFP): Thousands of athletes and officials were assembled on a small Scottish isle Saturday for the spectacular opening ceremony of the week-long world island games. Among the islands competing in the biannual event are Bermuda and the Cayman Islands... read more...

Distinguished Guyanese writer visits the Cayman Islands

Wednesday, July 6, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A distinguished Guyanese writer and former editor-in-chief of the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation, Edwin Ali, stopped in the Cayman Islands recently. Mr Ali has over 40 years’ experience as a writer, first for newspapers and later as the author of two books. His first one deals with 50 years of Guyanese politics ... read more...

Cayman Islands staying with CARICOM says Tibbetts

Tuesday, July 5, 2005

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands, Kurt Tibbetts, says his country will not abandon CARICOM and is continuing to do the best it can in recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan in September last year.  Tibbetts said that not much discussion has taken place in Cayman on the CSME... read more...

Emergency landing in the Cayman Islands

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Police, paramedics and fire crews responded to a full aircraft emergency at the Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman on Sunday. Several roadblocks and other precautionary measures were put into place by the police... read more...

Tropical depression forms southwest of the Cayman Islands

Thursday, June 9, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands National Weather Service is keeping its eye on Tropical Depression #1 of the 2005 storm season. The system is currently located well to the west of the Cayman Islands and moving north.  The Cuban government has issued a tropical storm watch... read more...

High-ranking British Foreign Office official to visit Cayman Islands

Wednesday, June 8, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Director for the Americas & Overseas Territories, Robert Nicholas Culshaw MVO, arrives in Grand Cayman on Wednesday for a three-day visit... read more...

New Government grapples with key issues facing Cayman Islands

Friday, June 3, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Key issues facing the Cayman Islands have been the subject of discussion by the new Leader of Government Business, Kurt Tibbetts, who has been engaged in a busy round of familiarisation visits and meetings in all three islands since taking office.  Mr. Tibbetts promised open communication... read more...

250,000 milestone for Caribbean Net News in May

Wednesday, June 1, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Caribbean Net News website reached a milestone in May, with pages on the site being accessed over 250,000 times.  Publisher and Editor in Chief, Desmond Seales, MBE said: “It is encouraging to know that so many people throughout the world rely on our website to get up-to-date news about the Caribbean"... read more...

Hurricane Adrian still not expected to be a threat to Cayman Islands

Friday, May 20, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Despite Adrian having intensified to hurricane force as it approaches El Salvador, forecasts still hold that the system will emerge into the northwest Caribbean on Saturday morning as no more than a tropical depression.  This means that the Cayman Islands can expect rainfall and some gusty winds... read more...

Drug bust in Jamaica leaves one dead

Thursday, May 19, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A drug-related incident in Jamaica involving individuals from the Cayman Islands has resulted in one confirmed arrest, with investigations continuing into the possibility that another man connected to the incident may have died... read more...

Cayman Islands general elections run smoothly

Monday, May 16, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  By all reports, last week's general elections in the Cayman Islands, which were postponed from November 2004 due to Hurricane Ivan, ran smoothly with no reports of violence or other problems at the 34 polling stations in six districts across the islands... read more...

Opposition party triumphs in Cayman Islands polls

Thursday, May 12, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The opposition People's Progressive Movement (PPM), led by Kurt Tibbetts, won 9 of the 15 seats in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly on Wednesday in general elections that had been postponed for six months following the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan last September... read more...

Cayman Islands go to the polls

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The voters of the Cayman Islands go to the polls Wednesday in general elections that had been postponed for six months following the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan last September... read more...

Cable & Wireless launches residential broadband telephony in the Cayman Islands

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cable & Wireless has announced its new residential broadband telephony Voice over IP (VoIP) service, branded as "NetSpeak," to its customers across all three of the Cayman Islands... read more...

Top official defends South Korean tax probe into Cayman fund

Monday, April 18, 2005

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP): Finance and Economy Minister Han Duck-Soo on Friday defended a tax audit of foreign funds as part of a drive to enhance transparency in South Korea. Yonhap news agency said the tax authorities have already found some alleged irregularities by US-based investment fund, Carlyle Group. It also did not pay taxes by registering its affiliate in the Cayman Islands.. read more...

Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman developer fails to meet bills

Tuesday, April 5, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Sub-contractors in the Cayman Islands are losing patience with the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman developer, Condoco Grand Cayman Ltd, as outstanding invoices mount up.  Several local contractors are reportedly complaining that since October the Ritz developer has failed to pay their bills... read more...

Three shootings in 36 hours in the Cayman Islands

Monday, April 4, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Another man in the Cayman Islands has been murdered – succumbing to injuries received in a shooting incident on Wednesday 30 March. His death as a result of violent criminal activity thrusts the number of shooting incidents in which people have been injured over the last 36 hours up to three... read more...

Shooting incident at Cayman Islands hospital

Friday, April 1, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: According to a press release by the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority, at approximately 2:00 on Wednesday afternoon there was an altercation between a group of individuals near the hospital complex during which a firearm was brandished... read more...

Barbados reaffirms commitment to Cayman Islands rebuilding after Hurricane Ivan

Monday, March 28, 2005

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: 'We share existence in a disaster-prone region and Barbados remains firmly committed to lending support to the Cayman Islands and all other sister states rebuilding in the wake of recent natural disasters.'... read more...

Oil spill clean-up in Grand Cayman nears completion

Monday, March 21, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: According to Cayman Islands Government officials, over the last 14-days an additional 1,700-2,000 gallons of used oil that spilled into a canal near the George Town Landfill during the passage of Hurricane Ivan last September, have been recovered by the Department of Environmental Health... read more...

Citigroup countersues Parmalat over fictitious Cayman fund

Friday, March 18, 2005

NEW YORK, USA (AFP): Citigroup said Thursday it filed suit in a US court against bankrupt Italian food giant Parmalat, alleging that Parmalat deceived bankers by, among other things, "inventing assets in a fictitious Cayman Islands hedge fund," and by "forging documents to make it appear that Parmalat had 4.9 billion dollars in a Bank of America account."... read more...

Cayman Islands stumble along the road to World Cup 2007

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The dream of reaching the 2007 World Cup finals has become a nightmare for the Cayman Islands after they suffered consecutive defeats to Fiji and Qatar in the division two qualifying tournament in Malaysia... read more...

Cayman Islands chase Cricket World Cup finals place

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

LONDON, England (AFP): The Cayman Islands are one of eight teams that hope to take a step closer to the 2007 Cricket World Cup finals when they take part in the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series in Malaysia starting Monday... read more...

Cayman Islands press restricted from photographing Cubans

Saturday, February 12, 2005

CAYMAN BRAC, Cayman Islands: According to Cayman Net News, media coverage of the arrival and departure of Cuban migrants can be curtailed by government officers, says Cayman Islands Deputy Chief Secretary Donovan Ebanks.  New guidelines state, “Press and members of the public should not have access to the Cubans”... read more...

Media professionals enjoy Cayman Islands business lunch

Friday, February 4, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Information technology and all its ramifications for the press in today's environment were just some of the issues discussed by the Cayman Islands Government Chief Information Officer, Patricia Ebanks, and Caribbean Net News Senior Correspondent, Norman 'Gus' Thomas... read more...

Caribbean hedge funds attracting Japanese investment capital

Monday, January 31, 2005

TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Overseas hedge funds based in Caribbean tax havens have been attracting investment capital from Japan where interest rates are next to nil, a press report said Sunday... read more...

Cayman Islands government suppresses insurance report

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Some six weeks after announcing that the Cabinet had asked the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) to investigate claims of unfair insurer practices, the Cayman government has indicated that the report will not now be made available to the public, on the grounds that it would have a negative impact on the insurance industry... read more...

Caribbean islands seek new building code to curb storm and flood damage

Wednesday, January 5, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman was badly hit by Hurricane Ivan but the island’s chief building officer, McCleary Frederick, has revealed that since the Cayman government had implemented the South Florida Building Code in 1987 the damage was less than if they had carried on without one... read more...

Cayman Islands honours Guyana prison officers

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Members of the Guyana Prison Service were honoured with awards for their performance during the year. The honourees included Roxanne Winfield who was shot on February 23, 2002 and severely injured...  read more...

Another earth tremor felt in Grand Cayman

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Another earth tremor was felt in Grand Cayman at approximately 1:18 pm on Monday. According to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Denver, Colorado, the event was recorded as a light earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale... read more...

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Grand Cayman

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A strong earthquake was felt throughout Grand Cayman at 6:20 pm on Tuesday, December 14, 2004. According to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center in Denver, the epicenter of the magnitude 6.7 event was located some 21 miles south...  read more...

Ivan costs Cayman Islands US$3.5 billion, says report

Friday, December 10, 2004

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A United Nations-related team brought to Cayman at the end of November has reported that the total impact of the disaster on the Cayman Islands by Hurricane Ivan was CI$2.8 billion (US$3.5 billion)...  read more...

Cayman Islands curfew lifted

Friday, December 10, 2004

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Mr Bruce Dinwiddy, has lifted the almost 3 month old curfew in Grand Cayman with effect from Thursday, 9 December. The curfew began 14 September after a state of emergency was declared as a result of massive devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan...  read more...

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