Music festival showcasing Cayman and international talent announced
The Cayman Islands Winter Music Festival (CIWMF) is a showcasing of local and international musical talent in Grand Cayman. The festival is held over 2 days at Calico Jacks, an extremely popular beach bar right on the world famous Seven Mile Beach, and…
The year’s first business conference for the Cayman Islands
The first business conference for the Cayman Islands this year is Cayman Business Outlook (CBO) 2013. This year’s theme is From Evolution to Revolution: The Dramatic change in Global Politics, Economy and Technology. The conference will be held at The…
Cayman Islands Public Holidays for 2013
The following are the official public holidays for the Cayman Islands in 2013 Monday, 28 January: National Heroes’ Day Wednesday, 13 February: Ash Wednesday Friday, 29 March: Good Friday Monday, 1 April: Easter Monday Monday, 20 May: Discovery Day Wednesday,…
Coalition For Cayman congratulates newly registered voters
Voter registration efforts generated a reported 2,783 additional voters 863 new voters from Grand Cayman and 44 new voters from Cayman Brac were registered on deadline day, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 Grand Cayman – January 4, 2013 – Coalition for…
Transocean agrees to pay $1.4bn oil spill fine
Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, has agreed to a settlement with the US government. The Swiss-based company will pay $400m (£248m) in criminal penalties and a $1bn civil fine after pleading guilty to violating the Clean Water…
Think Left and the UK Tory Party
This opinion piece on the Think Left website represents an interesting observation on the governing UK Conservative Party that some persons say are interfering too much in our own decision making in the Cayman Islands. Note however, that as the…
Transparency goal for UK PS
The head of Britain’s Public Service (PS) Sir Jeremy Heywood has called for a ‘transparency revolution’ in Whitehall to make the UK Government the “most open” in the world. As Secretary to Cabinet, Sir Jeremy admitted that in the past…
NCC Contract Endorsements – September 2012
NCC Contract Endorsements – September 2012The following contract award recommendations have been endorsed and/or approved by the National Contracts Commission (NCC) during September 2012, for award, under the powers which are reserved to the NCC by Sections 23D(1)(b) & (c)…
Public servants elsewhere in the world facing problems with staffing, pay and conditions
It is not just here in the Cayman Islands where cutbacks are the order of the day in the Public Service. Here are two stories one from Northern Ireland and the other from Ireland (Eire) Strike plans being drawn up…
OCG refers Jamaican Cabinet to DPP
OCG Refers the Cabinet of Jamaica for Criminal Prosecution for its Collective Failure to Comply with Several Lawful Requisitions of a Contractor General Kingston; January 2, 2013 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has today formally referred the…
