NASA Imaging Technology Sheds Light on California’s Rim Fire
By Luisa Rollenhagen From Mashable As California’s giant Rim Fire continues to rage, new imaging techniques by NASA are providing a more comprehensive picture of what’s happening on the ground, all captured from miles above Earth. The blaze, which started…
Landmark solar project begins construction in Leeward Islands
By Nilima Choudhury From RTCC Experts have forecast the Caribbean will have installed 500MW of PV by 2016, powering 400,000 homes The largest solar installation in the Caribbean is finally under construction in the West Indies’ Leeward Islands, after overcoming…
Cayman receives Austrian diplomat
Sigurd Pacher, Deputy Head of Mission of the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C. visited the Cayman Islands from July 30 to Aug. 3. It was his first visit to Cayman and he inspected the Austrian Consulate in Grand Cayman and…
Time Gentlemen Please! – Extending an ELP investment period
By Solomon Harris Private equity investment funds are bespoke structures with their own set of rules and regulations as determined by the articles of association in the case of a Cayman company, or the partnership agreement in the case of…
Spicy shredded duck with crackling
By Jane-Anne From Scrumptious South Africa Here’s my latest MasterChef recipe, the fourth and last in a series of recipes I’ve written for Woolworths, food sponsors of the latest South African series. Tender shredded duck with cucumber, spring onions and…
Asia Frontier Capital hires In Hong Kong
From FIN alternatives Cayman Islands-based Asia Frontier Capital has made two hires for its Hong Kong office. Ruchir Desai has joined as senior investment analyst and Stephen Friel as marketing director. Desai joins AFC from The Leopard Asia Frontier Fund…
Heavy Earth Resources announces signing of share purchase agreement
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 29, 2013– Heavy Earth Resources, Inc. (“Heavy Earth” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: HEVI), an oil and gas exploration and production company focused in Central and South America, today announced that it entered into a securities share purchase…
FIFA boss invites Bolt to Brazil for World Cup
From Caribbean360 Usian Bolt accepts the FIFA World Cup mascot Fuleco from Sepp Blatter. ZURICH, Switzerland, Wednesday August 28, 2013 – FIFA’s president Joseph Blatter has invited sprint sensation Usain Bolt to Brazil to witness, football’s biggest showpiece, the 2014…
Cayman’s Fred Burton included in Indianapolis Prize for animal conservation.
Nominees Announced for the 2014 Indianapolis Prize; True Heroes to Vie for Quarter of a Million Dollars in World’s Leading Award for Animal Conservation Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. WorldNow and this…
Shoaib Malik, Krishmar Santokie top CLP batting and bowling averages
From ibnlive Port-of-Spain: Shoaib Malik of the Barbados Tridents and Krishmar Santokie of the Guyana Amazon Warriors finished as the top run-scorer and wicket-taker, respectively, of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Malik tallied 272 runs in eight games to…
