Virgin Atlantic aircraft damaged on landing in St Lucia
By Caribbean News Now contributor PHOTO: The damaged Virgin Atlantic Airbus landing gear CASTRIES, St Lucia — A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 flying from Tobago suffered substantial damage to its landing gear when it touched down on a flooded runway…
Michael Schumacher, critical but stable after ski fall -UPDATE: “will not give up”
UPDATE: Jan 2 2014 From BBC Michael Schumacher ‘will not give up’ – family The family of injured Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher has thanked fans for their “great support”. “We all know he is a fighter and will not…
Double Russian Bombing
Terror Stalks Olympics Following Double Russian Bombing By Lisa Barron From newsmax he Winter Olympics, set to open in Russia in less than six weeks, have been thrown into chaos after two terrorist bombs killed 31 people in a city…
5 drowned men found along Colombia’s Caribbean coast
From Global News Canada – Dec 28 2013 BOGOTA, Colombia – Police say the bodies of five drowned men have been found along Colombia’s coast, and they suspect the men could have travelled from a Caribbean island in an attempt…
Sagicor to get £86m from sale of Europe assets
By Aleem Khan From Guardian Media T&T The Sagicor Financial Corporation (SFC) has received approval from the regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom and the Cayman Islands to sell Sagicor Europe Ltd (SEL) and its subsidiaries, which include Sagicor at…
Narayana Health: Providing world-class treatment to the poor – Work in Cayman
Award: Good Company Narayana Health Age: 60 Why He Won: For setting up a 6,000-bed multi-specialty hospital chain across India that provides world-class treatment based on a cross-subsidised model. His Trigger: Most Indians cannot afford tertiary and specialty health care….
What the UK is doing with waste tyres
Further to Cayman’s dump fire on Friday (20) and my Editorial on Monday (23) the following is an article from the United Kingdom’s Environmental Agency on how they are dealing with waste tyres. Waste tyres Every year tens of…
CIBC FirstCaribbean named Bank of the Year 2013
by Bajan CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Barbados business has been awarded the prestigious Bank of the Year 2013 by The Banker Magazine. Remarking on the award, Rik Parkhill, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, said the bank was…
Digicel acquires submarine fibre assets across the Caribbean Region
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 23, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Digicel today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Guadeloupe-based Loret Group and with Caribbean Fibre Holdings to acquire a submarine fibre network across the Caribbean region. Digicel will acquire…
Michele Henderson invites you ‘Home’
Dominican singer eyes global market with new album Roseau, Monday December 23, 2013: After five years, Dominican musical ambassador Michele Henderson returns with her latest musical endeavour- Home (Chez Moi); a world music album she plans to promote to global…
