Shipping slump: Why a vessel worth $60m was sold as scrap
By Jamie Robertson From BBC In January 2010, the container ship Hammonia Grenada was delivered from a Chinese yard to its new owners, reportedly priced at about $60m (about £37m at that time). Just seven years later – at the…
Caribbean | CCJ Jurist says Caribbean people must jealously guard the ‘rule of law’.
From WiredJa BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Mar 11, CMC – Prominent Caribbean jurist Justice Adrian Saunders, is urging the region to jealously guard and protect the rule of law, noting that “one of the challenges to the rule of law in…
Odebrecht mess leaves devastation trail from Andes to Caribbean
By David Biller and John Quigley From Bloomberg In Peru, Colombia, Dominican Republic politicians in trouble Spreading scandal so big that Peru’s GDP has been affected Trucks ascended to Braulio Pucllo’s pasture high in the Andes mountains five months ago…
Irish weather: Sun-drenched Ireland to be hotter than IBIZA as Caribbean plume sends temperatures soaring to 17C
BY ANITA MCSORLEY From Irish Mirror But will it last? The chilly spells have given way to Spring-like temperatures over the last few days. And forecasters say a Caribbean plume is set to send temperatures rocketing next week. Weathermen are…
US Insurance companies taking over pensions
By Newsmax Wires From Newsmax U.S. insurers are buying corporate pension plans at a record clip as rising interest rates and all-time high stock-market values give companies the perfect excuse to offload them. “The movement is expected over time to…
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Cayman Islands: FURTHER UPDATE -Roads in West Bay blocked due to motor vehicle collision
From RCIPS March 13 2017 at 1;55 PM Update: MVA This Morning, 13 March, on Birch Tree Hill Road Birch Tree Hill Road in West Bay is still blocked as a result of this morning’s accident. CUC is in the…
Cayman Islands: Death of infant early Saturday Morning, 11 March
From RCIPS Mon March 13 at 11:13 AM Just before 3AM Saturday, 11 March, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched police and emergency personnel to a residence in West Bay where an infant girl was unresponsive. The infant was transported to…
13 Mar 2017 Weather in Cayman
Mar 13 Monday Synopsis Isolated showers along with light to moderate east to northeasterly winds and seas are expected over the Cayman Islands as a broad inverted trough moves into the Northwest Caribbean today. Radar images show scattered showers within…
HM The Queen’s Commonwealth Day Message
Commonwealth Day Message by Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth This Commonwealth Day, a baton will set out from Buckingham Palace and begin a long and extraordinary journey. Over the next twelve months, the Baton will visit people…
