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Chikungunya death toll in the Caribbean passes 100 mark From Curacao Chronicle The death toll from the mosquito-borne viral disease Chikungunya continues to rise in the Caribbean, now passing the 100 mark, health officials say. The Pan American Health Organization,…
New process for exporting goods imminent for Cayman Islands
A new Customs process for exporting goods from the Cayman Islands will launch next month to ensure safety and to help curb possible stolen goods leaving the country. Currently, persons are permitted to pack containers for export at any location,…
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service – Strategic Police Plan 2015/17
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service are currently preparing their Strategic Plan and set out below some of the key areas where they believe their focus should be. However they want to get the views of our community on the…
Judge hits Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme with $40.7 million penalty
By Chris Morran From Consumerist If someone convinces you to invest with him by promising returns of 7% weekly, and that he’s never lost money and there’s no risk, you should be incredibly concerned about giving him your money, regardless…
World Animal Protection fears talks with Cayman Islands Government have broken down since July meetings; Issues Statement
September 19, 2014 – World Animal Protection issued a statement today outlining its fears that its ongoing discussions with the Cayman Islands Government (CIG) about the controversial Cayman Turtle Farm have broken down. World Animal Protection’s concerns follow encouraging talks…
Company providing floating ocean power platform technology to supply renewable energy to Cayman Islands in talks
US Baltimore-based OTEC International is in talks with Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC), Grand Cayman’s electrical provider, to supply renewable energy to the island via Ocean Thermal Energy from a platform at North Side. The company has already met with the…
CAYMAN ISLANDS – Sanctions: European Union significantly toughens its stance towards Russia
By Aki Corsoni-Husain and Peter Tarn from Harneys Publication Date:18 September 2014 Note: This is an update to our last bulletin on this subject of 13 August 2014. The new measures are relevant to Harneys’ core jurisdictions: Cyprus, the British…
Cayman Islands Compass Point earns recognition for sustainable tourism at SOTIC 2014
Puerto Rico cops top CTO Sustainable Tourism Award ~ Caribbean Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Awards presented at State of the Industry Conference in US Virgin Islands CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas (18 September, 2014) – The Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC)…
Threat to ban OTT services [by LIME and Digicel] on CTU meeting agenda
By Glen Bart St Kitts & Nevis Observer Dealing with threats by Caribbean telecom networks to ban ‘over-the-top’ (OTT) services would be a priority for telecommunications ministers, who meet in St. Kitts, Sept. 22 to 26, for the annual meeting…
$400M loan from its own CEO is only 1/10 of what Sears needs to stay alive
By Chris Morran From Consumerist I don’t know about you, but if someone loaned me $400 million, it would just about cover all my debts. But I’m not a sagging national retail operation that hasn’t been relevant in decades. If…
