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The Emissary of Evil By Peter Polack Evil does not always arrive on our doorstep in the form of crime. Sometimes it will arrive in a most insidious form, unseen. Crime is a very open form of evil committed and…
Cayman Islands Auditor General says there are improvements but “still a significant way to go”
The following is taken from the Financial and Performance Reporting by the Office of the Auditor General Cayman Islands “Ministries, Portfolios and Offices for the years ending 30 June 2011 and 2012 The Report is 54 pages long. We show…
Cayman Islands has 26 confirmed cases of chikungunya and 1 case of dengue
Chikungunya Update as of 20 October 2014 The total number of confirmed chikungunya cases reached 26 this week (20 October 2014). The distribution of confirmed cases (26) has been: George Town – nine; Cayman Brac – three; West Bay –…
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Cayman Islands earnings better than expected Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin said the Government’s Operating Bank account balances at September 30th 2014 totalled $67.1 million. This equates to over $2.5 million more than expected and spending was also down $5.5million,…
Carnival Magic cruise ship confirmed safe from Ebola
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a public advisory confirming that the Carnival Magic cruise ship is safe to continue its normal operations cruising the Caribbean. Following its review of all of the evidence pertaining…
Cayman Islands air arrivals through August of 2014 are up almost 12%
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (Oct 21 2014) The Cayman Islands has once again recorded stellar numbers of air arrivals, demonstrating the strength of the tourism sector for the country. Data for the month of August shows that the Cayman Islands…
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Jamaica seeks help from Cuba in warding off Ebola From Caribbean National Weekly Jamaica’s Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson will be leading a delegation to Cuba to seek support in light of the threat of Ebola. Ferguson made the…
Chikungunya in the Caribbean: A backgrounder for non-specialists
By Deborah Almond, Antillean Media Group From Caribbean360 IMAGE: Blood sucking Aedes mosquito with blood at its stomach BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday October 16, 2014, AMG – Chikungunya (CHIKV) was detected for the first time in the western hemisphere in December…
Fidel: The time of duty has come
By Fidel Castro Oct 19, 2014 From Liberation Source: Cuban News Agency As published by www.cuba.cu HAVANA, Cuba Our country did not take a single minute to give a response to the international agencies requesting its support to combat the…
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Cayman Islands Grace Gealey to star on FOX’s “Empire” Grace Gealey, originally from the Cayman Islands, will be starring on FOX’s Empire, which premieres in January 2015. Grace Gealey stars as Anika Gibbons in the anticipated FOX series EMPIRE co-created…