DCFS & NAU Office Closure/Acker Bilk: legendary jazz clarinettist dies aged 85
DCFS & NAU Office Closure The Department of Children and Family Services and the Needs Assessment Unit will close on Monday, 3 November 2014 until noon and will be open for regular hours until 5:00 p.m. Acker Bilk: legendary jazz…
Cayman Brac: Traffic Disruptions-Brac Pirates Parade Saturday 1st November 2014
From RCIPS Oct 31, 2014 at 2:13 PM Motorists are asked to avoid West End Cross Roads and Gerrard Smith Avenue, Cayman Brac between 330pm and 630pm on Saturday 1st November to facilitate the Brac Pirates Week Parade or plan…
UPDATE: Robbery at Cayman Islands Tortuga Rum Company/6 burglaries reported
UPDATE: Robbery at Cayman Islands Tortuga Rum Company From RCIPS Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 1:25 PM At 11:30pm Thursday 30th October 2014, two men were arrested following the robbery at the North Sound Road, Tortuga Rum Store earlier that night….
Remembrance Day in the Cayman Islands
A Brief History and what to expect this year Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. It was originally called “Armistice Day” to commemorate armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11,…
Cayman Islands native Bethany Ebanks receives commendation
Intro: The Proud of Them initiative recognises the positive achievements of young persons aged between 10 – 25 years. Through a public nomination process, individuals are honoured in the categories of Academics, Careers, Business, Sports, Culture or Community Service. Each…
Chik V reaches 29 cases in Cayman Islands
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya Update as of 27 October 2014 The total number of confirmed chikungunya cases in the Cayman Islands has reached 29 to date. Meanwhile the number of locally transmitted cases is now five. The…
Merger to make Greenville’s Elliott Davis a top 30 accounting firm
By Rudolph Bell, From Greenville Online Greenville is set to be the home base for one of the nation’s top 30 accounting firms now that homegrown Elliott Davis plans to merge with Decosimo of Chattanooga, Tenn. Rick Davis, managing shareholder…
Latin America and the Caribbean should do more to facilitate trade in order to boost region’s exports
By S Coward Washington – Oct. 29, 2014 – Three years of sluggish growth in the exports of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) make it urgent to implement policies that facilitate trade, according to a study published today by…
JCC head is dead
From Jamaica Observer PM leads tribute to business icon Francis ‘Paco’ Kennedy ALERT government officials and recipients of national awards knew that there was something ominous when Francis ‘Paco’ Kennedy’s wife Marjorie had to receive his honour in his place…
Concerns about Jamaican ministers’ huge cell phone bills
By Demerara Waves From Carib News Desk A furore over telephone bills incurred by members of Jamaica’s cabinet has erupted with the country’s Parliamentary Opposition demanding an explanation from the Simpson-Miller administration. This follows an investigation done by a local…
