Pirates Week Festival to become 5 Day event!
[Savannah, Grand Cayman, May 4, 2017] – Cayman’s longest running and most popular national event – the Pirates Week Festival has been restructured and re-vamped into one comprehensive and exciting 5- day weekend! The decision came after much analysis, surveys…
Customs new facility
Cayman Islands Customs New Facility Officially Opened A year after construction began, the Finance Minister, Hon. Marco Archer, snipped a ribbon to officially open a new Customs facility that houses the department’s mobile x-ray scanning truck, revenue and border protection…
Hand hygiene is key to safe care and prevention of antibiotic resistance
61% of health workers do not sanitize their hands when necessary, which puts people at risk of contracting an infection. PAHO calls on countries and health centers to strengthen prevention and control of infections Washington, DC, May 5, 2017 (PAHO)…
Cayman Islands Proud of Them 2017 – more bios
Kaela Ebanks – Sports – 19 – West Bay Kaela Ebanks has always had a keen interest in sports. Her sporting career began in primary school, where she led her team from Sir John A. Cumber Primary to victory at…
STEP Caribbean Conference, Cayman [Islands]
From The STEP Blog I have just enjoyed a highly informative STEP Caribbean Conference in Cayman from May 1-3, which attracted well over 300 delegates from across the STEP world. Presentations ranged from the emerging theme of cryptocurrencies, which I…
Cayman Islands Health Services Authority at the forefront of interventional radiology
The Health Services Authority (HSA) has pioneered the use of a unique procedure in the Cayman Islands with the addition of an interventional radiologist to its team of specialists. The procedure known as ‘Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)’ was performed, for the…
Taiwan: President meets delegation from Caribbean ally
From Focus Taiwan Taipei, May 4 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Thursday during a meeting with a delegation from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that she hopes Taiwan will be able to make a greater global contribution with…
Jam Cruise reveals initial musical lineup for 2018 trip
The 16th sailing of Jam Cruise will take place aboard the Norwegian Jade between January 17 – 22, 2018. Jam Cruise 16 will depart and return to Miami with port stops scheduled for Roatan, Honduras and Grand Cayman. Organizers Cloud…
Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers can share and connect on this Caribbean cruise
By Mary Forgione From Los Angeles Times Lori La Bey, founder of a Minnesota-based organization called Alzheimer’s Speaks, maintains an online community in which patients and their caregivers “meet” and discuss common challenges. Now she plans to bring them and…
Two Caribbean Islands among World’s Most Scenic Airport Approaches
From Curacao Chronicle Saba’s Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport has the shortest commercial runway in the world. PrivateFly, a booking platform for private jet charters, recently named the world’s top 10 most scenic airport approaches, and the Caribbean took off in…







