UPDATE: Cruise ship spends Christmas stuck in ice off Antarctica – rescued by helicopter
UPDATED: Antarctic rescue of Akademik Shokalskiy ship completed From BBC Rescuers in Antarctica have safely transferred all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy. The Australian rescue operators said the scientists and tourists were now all aboard the…
Cayman Airways flight turns back amid safety concerns
On Saturday 28th December a Cayman Airways plane, flight KX105, departed Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) for Cayman Brac at 6:40 p.m., and experienced “an anomaly with one of the aircraft’s flight control systems approximately 10 minutes into the flight,”…
Cayman won’t rush to embrace gambling
Don Burgess, Deputy Editor BDA Sun Cayman Islands Tourism Association has put the brakes on any talk of adding casinos to the British Overseas Territory. In a report on CayCompass.com the CITA said energy would be better spent on other…
CEC achieves successful outreach in London’s Tech Industry
With its North American marketing programmes in place and gleaning good results, Cayman Enterprise City (“CEC”), the Cayman Islands’ award winning Special Economic Zone is now focused on raising its profile in London, the centre of the world’s financial services…
Caribbean chikungunya outbreak grows, poses threat to US
Via CIDRAP, Lisa Schnirring writes From croftsblogs Health officials are reporting a sharp rise in the number of patients sickened in a chikungunya fever outbreak centered on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, which may signal an increasing risk to…
Cayman Cookout 2014 events
Thursday, Jan. 16 Wine Fair & Auction Presented by Jacques Scott and the Chefs of The Ritz-Carlton Cayman Islands Ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman A celebration to feed body and spirit. Wine connoisseurs amble amongst an assemblage of wine…
Corporate executive goes off the deep end as a scuba diving entrepreneur
Ron Kipp was a rising star at IBM during the company’s heyday in the 1970s when he abruptly made a career change—he left the corporate world to own and operate a scuba diving business in the Cayman Islands. His story…
The health-care ‘revolution’ coming to an island near you
By Matt Clinch Assistant Producer cnbc In late February, around 480 miles off the coast of Florida, the Cayman Islands will get ready to cater for a new kind of visitor. On top of tourism and financial services, the islands…
Cayman database a major step forward
By Kevin Ryan From HFM Week Magazine Earlier this month, the Cayman Islands financial regulator, Cima, revealed proposals to create a public database showing details of offshore directors’ workloads. This move follows a long campaign by investor pressure groups who…
2014 Caribbean Combine, First Ever for MLS
2014 Caribbean Combine, First Ever for MLS By Darren Weber From Soccerly Recently, Major League Soccer announced that 24 elite-level players have been invited to participate in their first ever Caribbean Combine. The three-day event will take place January 2-4,…
