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21-Year-old hit and killed by NYC subway while using her iPad By Alyson Shontell From Business Insider On Saturday afternoon, 21-year-old Aracelis Ayuso was hit and killed by the 4 subway train in New York City’s Union Square station. Officials…
National Internship Programme celebrates first Intern
The National Workforce Development Agency’s Training and Development Unit launched its National Internship Programme earlier this year as they partnered with on island active investment fund manager, Prosperity Capital Management Ltd. Managing circa USD3.1billion and with its head office in…
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This epic World Cup’s true legacy? Hopefully, not soccer
By Sam Laird From Mashable Analysis Take the brilliance of James Rodriguez, the impassioned fans from Chile, the heroic goalkeeping of Tim Howard, the — eh, never mind. We could go on, but it all leads to one thing: the…
[Cayman] Gems unit faces $200 million lawsuit from US developer
By Sananda Sahoo A New York property developer is suing a unit of Dubai’s Gems Education for allegedly breaching a tenancy contract in a US$1 billion deal to construct and lease its first school in the city. 93-94 Second Development…
Cayman Enterprise City continues to grow
Steady growth and expansion at CEC as it adds BritCay House to Zone Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) announced this week it has leased just over 12,000 square feet of vacant office space in BritCay House on Eastern Avenue, George Town…
Quotable Caribbean: Cayman Islands’ Shomari Scott, et al
By Patrick Washington Special to the Dallas Weekly “Health City Cayman Islands is the fruition of the vision of world renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty who was Mother Teresa’s personal physician. Health City Cayman Islands is his gift to…
Venezuela’s airport ‘breathing’ tax/United cuts flights to Venezuela
Venezuela’s airport ‘breathing’ tax By Daniel Pardo From BBC Trending Passengers at Maiquetia International Airport “That will be $20 ‘breathing’ tax please” The biggest international airport in Venezuela is charging a fee for the right to inhale clean air –…
TV contracts dictate daytime scheduling of Caribbean matches
By Tony Cozier From ESPN cricinfo Whether day-night Tests will be a success or not is yet to be seen, but it’s unlikely that fans in West Indies will ever get to enjoy five-day cricket in the evening It is…
Cayman Islands hosts pre-Joint Ministerial Council
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands will host Overseas Territories Heads of Government for a pre-Joint Ministerial Council meeting this week, beginning Wednesday. The meeting will be chaired by Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin and is an opportunity for…
Caribbean roots of black church explored
From Cross Roads News Dr. Noel Leo Erskine investigates the history of the black church in his latest book, “Plantation Church: How African American Religion Was Born in Caribbean Slavery.” Erskine, who lives in Lithonia, is a professor of theology…
