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Community Events NWDA Community Outreach The National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA), in an effort to provide improved customer service to its clients in their job seeking efforts, will have a representative at the district libraries to provide: Opportunities to…
Envoy says Indian doctors a blessing to the Caribbean
NEW DELHI, India (October 7, 2015) – Having spent nine years in New Delhi, the Dominican Republic’s Ambassador to India has endorsed the expertise of Indian medical practitioners who are dispensing high quality medical care and saving lives in the…
Cayman Islands: Applications for tobacco registration renewals are due
The Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) reminds all tobacco dealers that according to the Tobacco Law, their applications for registration renewals must be submitted by 1 November 2015. Because 1 November falls on a Sunday, DCI advises the dealers…
Maples and Calder Grants Scholarships to Six Caymanians
Maples and Calder announced today that it has granted its 2015 scholarships to six young Caymanians. Pursuing legal and non-legal degrees at varying levels, the scholars include Ciara Henry, Hailee Robinson, Louis Solomon, Andrea Bodden, Loshana Lopez-Francis and Duane Thompson….
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Community Events NWDA Community Outreach The National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA), in an effort to provide improved customer service to its clients in their job seeking efforts, will have a representative at the district libraries to provide: Opportunities to…
Cayman Islands court’s first valuation verdict on minority side
By Quintella Koh From International Adviser East Capital, a Swedish fund company specialising in emerging and frontier markets, said it won a landmark case in the Cayman Islands defending the rights of minority shareholders. The case, involving Russian oilfield services…
CAB requests the removal of named Caribbean territories on US “Tax-haven” list
The Caribbean Association of Banks Inc. (CAB) is once more forced to express its deep concern over yet another “tax-haven” list which includes 15 Commonwealth Caribbean countries. The referred list appears within the District of Columbia’s 2015 Budget Support Act…
Disney Cruise Line releases early 2017 Bahamas, [Cayman Islands] and Caribbean itineraries
By Leah Zanolla From DIS Disney Cruise Line has released their Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries for early 2017. The four cruise ships will continue sailing from Port Canaveral and Miami, as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico and Galveston, Texas….
Marriott plans to open 60 new hotels in the Caribbean and Latin America by 2018
From Marriott International, Inc. SAO PAULO, Oct. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Tim Sheldon, President of Caribbean and Latin America operations at Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR), announced today an expected 75 percent increase in Marriott’s Caribbean and Latin American distribution between…
CHTA’S ‘Chief’ to explore Cuba impact on Caribbean Tourism; taps industry experts for insight
By Theresa M. Oakes From St. Maarten Islands Time THE CARIBBEAN – One of the most highly anticipated panels of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association’s (CHTA) upcoming Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) is “Cuba: Opportunity or Threat?” took place…





