iNews Briefs & Community Events (From BIG FISH 95.5)
Zika virus: Airlines are refunding tickets to Latin America By Jim Boulden From CNN Airlines are starting to offer refunds to passengers who have booked flights to countries in central and south America caught up in the Zika virus outbreak….
The Cayman Islands’ BEAST is back
DEH Recycles Christmas Trees The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) on Saturday 23 January turned hundreds of used Christmas trees into reusable mulch. Angello Roye, the DEH’s Recycling Foreman of Solid Waste says more than 1,800 trees were donated to…
Cayman Enterprise City gets planned area development approved for new George Town campus
By Peter Buxbaum From Global Trade Special Economic Zone Will Showcase Green Building and Sustainability Cayman Enterprise City is seeking to attract maritime services companies that handle shipments of export cargo and import cargo in international trade. Cayman Enterprise City…
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Cayman Islands fourth Grouper Education Programme
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) and the Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (DOE) announces the fourth year of the successful Grouper Educational Program (GEP), a marine sciences curriculum for Caymanian intermediate elementary, middle, and high school students. Launched in…
The Editor Speaks: Who is the hypocrite?
I found ex Chamber of Commerce boss Johann Moxam’s accusation that the Progressives were vote buying and of hypocrisy was like the pot calling the kettle black. Moxam made his comments on CITN/Cayman27’s “The Panel” programme and if anyone was…
Wave this magic wand: After IT, healthcare can be the next sector where India dominates the world
By Devi Shetty From Times of India Global healthcare and wellness is a $7.4 trillion industry, second only to the food and agro industry. Who is going to dominate this industry? The economy of the 20th century was driven by…
e-Shang and the Redwood Group announce strategic merger
Creates Foremost Pure-play Pan-Asia Logistics Real Estate Platform SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE and TOKYO, Jan. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Two of the leading developers, owners and operators of logistics real estate in Asia, e-Shang Cayman Ltd (“e-Shang”) and the Redwood Group Asia,…
Uganda: How events unfolded at the 1986 swearing in
By Yasiin Mugerwa From allAfrica Kampala — President Museveni, 71, a former rebel commander, whose nascent National Resistance Army (NRA) toppled the military government of Gen Tito Okello 30 years ago, was sworn in on January 29, 1986, as the…
ESMA publishes letter from European Commission on AIFMD passport Fund Management
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the letter it received from the European Commission (EC) in respect of its advice on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs,…
300 turtles found dead on Puri beach
From Times of India Bhubaneswar: As many as 300 Olive Ridley turtles and a dolphin were found dead along the Puri beach on Wednesday. Though carcasses of turtles are usually washed ashore on the Puri beach during winter, this was…
