Carnival Reduces Cruise Passengers
Carnival Cruise Line passenger arrivals in the Cayman Islands are projected to fall by nearly a quarter of a million in 2013, the Ministry of Tourism learned late in December. On Friday December 21, 2012, the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association…
7th Heaven for Nicol in Camana Bay
Nicol David claimed her seventh World Open title with a straight-games win over first-time finalist in front of a packed, noisy and enthralled crowd at Camana Bay on Dec. 21st 2012. The Malaysian went into the match as hot favourite,…
Burry Stander: South African mountain biker killed in crash
South African mountain biker Burry Stander has died in a road accident while on a training ride. The 25-year-old, who finished fifth at the London Olympics in 2012, was killed in a collision with a taxi in Shelly Beach, a…
Patti Page, ‘Tennessee Waltz’ Singer, Dead at 85
Pop-country crooner was best-selling female artist of 1950s Pop-country singer Patti Page died on January 1st in Encinitas, California. She was 85. Born Clara Ann Fowler, Page was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s and had 19 gold and…
Transocean agrees to pay $1.4bn oil spill fine
Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, has agreed to a settlement with the US government. The Swiss-based company will pay $400m (£248m) in criminal penalties and a $1bn civil fine after pleading guilty to violating the Clean Water…
India gang-rape: Five suspects charged in Delhi
Indian authorities have charged five men with the kidnap, gang rape and murder of a woman in Delhi last month. The 23-year-old died of her injuries two weeks after the 16 December attack. The five men will be tried in…
UK prime minister rebuffs Argentina over Falklands
The future of the Falkland Islands is up to its inhabitants – not Argentina, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. It comes after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner urged the prime minister to abide by a 1965 UN resolution to “negotiate…
Think Left and the UK Tory Party
This opinion piece on the Think Left website represents an interesting observation on the governing UK Conservative Party that some persons say are interfering too much in our own decision making in the Cayman Islands. Note however, that as the…
Transparency goal for UK PS
The head of Britain’s Public Service (PS) Sir Jeremy Heywood has called for a ‘transparency revolution’ in Whitehall to make the UK Government the “most open” in the world. As Secretary to Cabinet, Sir Jeremy admitted that in the past…
NCC Contract Endorsements – September 2012
NCC Contract Endorsements – September 2012The following contract award recommendations have been endorsed and/or approved by the National Contracts Commission (NCC) during September 2012, for award, under the powers which are reserved to the NCC by Sections 23D(1)(b) & (c)…
