Some Tips for Dazed Republicans
Pat Choate Economist, Author and Ross Perot’s Vice Presidential Running Mate in 1996 Republicans are trying to figure out why they did so poorly in the 2012 presidential and Congressional elections. I have a few tips that they may find…
IMF reforms not fast enough
The Jamaican Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) has expressed its frustration at the slow pace of public sector transformation. Chair of the PAAC, Edmund Bartlett said neither the Cabinet Office nor the Public Sector Monitoring Unit (PSTU) could…
BP gets record US criminal fine over Deepwater disaster
BP has received the biggest criminal fine in US history as part of a $4.5bn (£2.8bn) settlement related to the fatal 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Two BP workers have been indicted on manslaughter charges and an ex-manager charged with misleading…
Gaza missiles fired at Tel Aviv
Palestinian militants have attempted to hit Israel’s commercial capital, Tel Aviv, with missiles fired from Gaza. Residents took cover after air raid sirens alerted them to a missile threat for the first time in two decades, but there were no…
PNG investigator claims Australia ‘Cayman Islands’ of Pacific money-laundering
Pacific Scoop: Report – By Cassandra Mason Papua New Guinea’s new government has given the Task Force Sweep team the freedom to investigate, prosecute and charge anyone they believe to have benefitted from corruption and its proceeds. The plan is…
JetBlue makes inaugural flight from New York to Grand Cayman
Inaugural Flight landed Thursday, 15 November, 2012 Premier McKeeva Bush OBE, JP was on hand today along with other Ministers and dignitaries to welcome JetBlue Airways, which touched down today at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA), marking the first of…
PAL and CAL to wed?
San Miguel considers PAL-Cayman deal amid PH air safety rating issues BY LALA RIMANDO, Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – What’s San Miguel Corp. to do if its newly acquired multi-million aircraft could not be deployed for the intended lucrative routes? The…
PS changes reveal no lessons
A British think tank has warned that job cuts in the Public Service (PS) have resulted in fundamental changes in the way British PS worked, but because the changes were made almost entirely within individual Departments, little attempt has been…
Cayman Islands investment manager fired by Axiom
In a letter to investors of Axiom Legal Financing Fund from the Fund’s directors it announced the termination of investment manager Tangerine Investment Management. The Tangerine Investment Management’s website is currently down saying “This website is currently undergoing an update….
Smaller isles to feel pinch of American Eagle’s move
By Gay Nagle Myers, Travel Weekly For many years, American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines since 1989, was king of the San Juan hub, with a route network that spun out in all directions throughout the Caribbean, from…
