Warship crew pay respects to fallen sailors in Florida
by Sam Bannister, The News Portsmouth UK Halfway around the world in a cemetery plot for American sailors sit two graves unlike the others. These white marble headstones belong to two Royal Navy sailors who were buried there in 1952….
2013 Constitution Day Message (revised)
Cayman Islands Constitutional Commission On 4 July, 1959 the concept of constitutional development began in the Cayman Islands after Caymanian Assemblymen petitioned the United Kingdom resulting in the issuance of a Royal Order-in-Council. After several revisions, the major one in…
Total Subers Return from Grand Cayman
By Aja Clarke, PADI PADI Diving Society members returned to Grand Cayman’s Sunset House for another week of diving, parties and friends. During the weeklong event (1-8 June 2013), Total Subers got a chance to dive with Dan Orr, President…
Olympians highlight gorgeous open water Flower Sea Swim in Cayman Islands
By Steven Munatones at Open Water Swimming, Swimming World With 882 people lined up at the start of the 21st annual Flowers Sea Swim, it was undoubtedly going to a fast 1-mile swim down Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman…
Banana conflict continues in Costa Rica
Banana workers in Costa Rica reached their eighth day of strikes against the US multinational Del Monte, which, along with four other companies, controls the worldwide market for the product, reported Telesur. The National Union of workers (UNT) called the…
Kim Collins to be inducted in University Hall of Fame
By Times Caribbean Staff Writer, From ZIZ Caribbean Sprint Legend Kim Collins will have yet another accolade added to his already illustrious career. The 37 year old Former World Champion and current top World Sprinter will be inducted into the…
“Switching” St. Kitts Parliamentarians Need To Act Honorably
Basseterre, St. Kitts From The Labour Spokesman There is something happening in St. Kitts-Nevis to which all Caribbean Governments and opposition parties need to pay attention. They need to do so because it has a direct bearing on Caribbean Governments’…
Antigua’s opposition alert
By Rickey Singh, Trinidad Express The parliamentary opposition Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has alerted the secretariats of both the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and the Organisation of American States (OAS) to what it views as a serious threat to…
OECS Countries seeking to comply with US Tax Law
From The Gleaner The St Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says it is spearheading the establishment of a working group to ensure that financial institutions which operate within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) are prepared to comply with…
Caribbean Airlines to look at dual branding
From Go-Jamaica A Joint Working Group is to examine the possibility and scope for dual branding for Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL). Transport Minister, Dr Omar Davies yesterday met with Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Investments, Vasant Bharath,…
