United States to host CONCACAF Women’s Championship on road to World Cup Canada 2015
United States to host CONCACAF Women’s Championship on road to World Cup Canada 2015 Canada (pictured) celebrates after winning the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament in Cancun, Mexico. (Photo: Mexsport) MIAMI (May 16, 2014) – The Confederation of…
Tsunami conspiracy theories in the Caribbean
By Martín De Ambrosio From SciDevNet [ST THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS] As soon as I arrived at last week’s meeting on tsunami science here in the Caribbean, I encountered two delegates who shared a worrying rumour with me: “Somebody knows something…
Costa Rica has the 4th highest rate of alcoholism in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Corey Kane From The Tico Times The beer-loving Central American country had the fourth highest rate of alcohol dependence in the region, though it was not significantly higher than the regional average. The World Health Organization (WHO) published a…
Digicel kick starts the future of Cayman football
Chelsea FC Foundation coaches the Cayman Islands’ top three players who will attend the Digicel Academy Monday, 20th May 2014 – George Town, Grand Cayman: Senior International Development Officer for the Chelsea FC Foundation and Digicel Kick Start Clinics Head…
The Caribbean colony that brought down Scotland
By Allan Little BBC News, Darien, Panama As Scotland prepares for an independence referendum I decided to look back at the late 1690s when an independent Scotland launched an ambitious but ultimately doomed plan to create a colony in what…
Jury finds Anglin guilty of Swiss banker murder
Chad Anglin (34) was found guilty of the murder of Swiss banker, Fredrick Bise, by a 12 person jury in Grand Cayman’s Crown Court on Tuesday (20). Justice Alex Henderson then gave Anglin the mandatory life sentence. The case was the first…
Details of review by EY of the Cayman Islands Civil Service
At a Government Press Conference on Friday May 16th the details of the review of the Civil Service to be executed by Ernst & Young (EY) who were appointed at a cost of over $155,000 was announced. The Civil Service…
Cayman Islands Court clarifies treatment of foreign tax liabilities in bankruptcy
Article by Colin D McKie and Brett Basdeo From Maples and Calder The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of a creditor against a bankruptcy order made against two Cayman Islands resident debtors, the primary purpose of…
Rivers and Connolly say their first year in MEE&GA has been ‘very productive’
Cayman Islands Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs progress report: May 29, 2014 marks one year since Hon. Tara Rivers, Minister, and Mr. Winston Connolly, Councillor, joined the Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs (MEE&GA). During the past…
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Sudanese women sentenced to death for marrying Christian man By Celestine Hendrickson International News From CMV A Sudanese woman who was born to a Muslim father was sentenced to death by hanging for marrying a Christian man. The 27-year-old pregnant…
