iNews Briefs, More and Community Events
Community Events Lutheran pastor to speak at Men’s Breakfast Meeting The Grand Cayman chapter of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International holds its monthly breakfast meeting this Sat. July 25th at the Upper Crust restaurant, Caymana Bay. The guest speaker…
Awards & recognitions for the Cayman Islands School of Hospitality students
SHS Awards Ceremony RCGC – 16 July 2015 The Hon. Moses I. Kirkconnell, JP, MLA, Deputy Premier, Minister of District Administration, Tourism and Transportation pictured with students of the School of Hospitality Studies at the inaugural awards and recognition ceremony…
Cayman Islands Rubis Summer Jetaway Competition – applicable terms and conditions
CONTEST The RUBIS Summer Jetaway Competition (the “Competition”), exclusive to participating Rubis Service Stations in Grand Cayman, will run until Thursday 27 August 2015 with the final prize drawing taking place on Friday 28 August 2015. The Competition Prizes are…
Cayman Islands fund services provider opens SF office
Maples Fund Services establishes West Coast presence with the opening of its San Francisco office Maples Fund Services, a leading independent global fund services provider and division of MaplesFS, has announced the opening of its office in San Francisco, its…
Dubai and Abu Dhabi climb world high-cost rankings [Cayman Islands is third]
By Jennifer Bell From The National UAE DUBAI // Dubai has the most expensive wine and beer in the world and is the second most costly city for dining out, a global study has found. Dubai was the 29th most…
McDermott white-collar ace wins pro bono victory in 1982 murder case
By Jennifer Henderson, From The Am Law Daily For 23 years, Raymond Tempest Jr. has been professing his innocence in the gruesome murder of Doreen Picard, whose bludgeoned body was found in a basement in the Rhode Island city of…
Caribbean Cement posts record profit on cheaper energy, debt windfall
From The Jamaica Gleaner Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) posted its highest profit on record. The $870 million in net income earned during the six months to June 2015 beat its highest annual earnings previously achieved in 2004, when it…
Donald Trump: In his own colourful words
From BBC Republicans have a field of 16 candidates to choose from as their nominee for next year’s presidential race – a list of names that may increase even more over the next few weeks. The front-runner, for now, appears…
Sole immigrant on U.S. currency might become history
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Whoever said ‘silence is golden’ was not referring to talk about changing the face of a particular U.S. paper money. Nor should the popular mantra apply to Nevisians and Kittitians who should demand…
Farmers struggle, crops dry up in Caribbean and Central America
From telesurtv Rice farmers in the Dominican Republic expect they could lose 80 percent of their crops this season given the dry conditions. Historic drought in the Caribbean is causing huge losses for farmers as the region suffers the driest…





