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Interior design concept of Grand Cayman’s airport expansion revealed
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (28 May, 2015) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has unveiled the interior conceptual drawings for the multi-million dollar expansion project at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA). Commenting on the design created by Florida based…
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US TV Sitcom star and veteran actor to attend Cayman Islands Film Festival
CBS Sitcom Star Reno Wilson to attend CayFilm Cayman International Film Festival Fans of the CBS Monday night hit comedy series “Mike and Molly” will be familiar with actor Reno Wilson who plays Officer Carl McMillan alongside Emmy-award winning actress…
Cayman Islands: Dr Watler-Lyons graduates from MEMOS
Dr Dalton Watler-Lyons successfully completed MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sport Organisations Management), class of 2015. The mission of MEMOS is to assist professionals working in national or international sports bodies to develop the knowledge required in order to better manage…
FIFA: A soulless, stinking scourge finally gets its comeuppance
By Sam Laird From Mashable Analysis In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during last summer’s World Cup, an activist named Julia Mariano told me about being chased through city streets by police firing rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. Mariano and…
The FIFA arrests show how far Qatar has fallen in the past 5 years/See petitions
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider The US Department of Justice’s charging documents against 14 individuals accused of bribery and racketeering in conjunction with their roles at FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, barely mention Qatar. Nevertheless, the accusations don’t reflect…
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How South Africa’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup was allegedly built on bribes
By Daniel Rivero From Fusion Votes for the hosting location of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were bought by bribes. This morning, soccer fans awoke to overdue news: Nine FIFA officials had been indicted by the U.S. Department…
Acorda goes on attack against hedge fund’s IPR
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder The first pharmaceutical company to come under fire from a well-known Dallas-based hedge fund formally asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Wednesday not to play ball with what it describes as a…
Adventures in Laser Kerf Bending
By Rain Noe From Core77 If you’re going to go curved, you may as well go pretty When Shaun Crampton designed a bentwood housing (http://fasaxc.blogspot.com/2012/06/sensor-receiver-enclosure.html) for his self-built radio receiver, he didn’t go with steam-bending. Instead the software developer went…
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Top panelists discuss new ways to assess progress and well-being in the Caribbean
Caribbean countries need a more comprehensive means to measure progress and well-being, beyond traditional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and “living above or below an international poverty line” assessments. This was a key message at a high-level meeting here today with…
The Caribbean received $6.027 billion dollars in foreign direct investment in 2014, down nearly 5% from 2013
In its latest annual report, ECLAC proposes that Caribbean countries revise the utility of the incentives used to attract FDI and advance towards a coordinated policy of promotion on a subregional level. (27 May 2015) The flows of Foreign Direct…
