New leadership for Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association
From Breaking Travel News.com The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association has named hospitality industry leader Jeff Vasser to the position of director general. He assumes his new post on November 18th. Vasser joins the CHTA after serving since 2002 as…
World Mental Health Day Message
From Minister of Health, Sports, Youth, and Culture Hon. Osbourne Bodden 10 October 2013 Each year, as we celebrate World Mental Health Day in the Cayman Islands, we are reminded of shocking numbers produced by the Pan American Health Organisation…
Alarm bell over increase in juvenile diabetes and youth incapacitated by accident injury
By Erasmus Williams, Press Release (CUOPM) BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) – An alarm has been raised about the growing numbers of cases of juvenile diabetes and youth incapacitated by accident injury. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon….
Caribbean American entrepreneur among thousands in march for immigration reform
From CaribPR Wire NEW YORK, NY – Caribbean-born, New York-based media entrepreneur and columnist, Felicia J. Persaud, was among tens of thousands in the United States joining the march nationally for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, (CIR), on Saturday, October 5,…
Daniel Strachman joins Athena
Athena International Management, an independent directorship services provider in the Cayman Islands, has expanded its team and its geographic reach to include New York. Daniel Strachman, a financial services expert with more than seventeen years of Wall Street experience, has…
SB Architects to Design Kimpton Grand Cayman
Dart Realty Hires San Francisco and Miami-based Firm to Create Kimpton Hotels’ First Overseas Resort Property BY SB ARCHITECTS MIAMI — /PRNewswire/ — The first international resort for Kimpton Hotels will open on the Caribbean Island of Grand Cayman in…
Man meets Kansas woman in Cayman using dead brother’s identity to build an empire
By Tristin Hopper, National Post Leslie Camick allegedly used a 50-year-old birth certificate to live the life his brother ‘never had the opportunity to enjoy Seven years ago, Canadian telecommunications engineer Leslie Camick appears to have been ready for a…
UCCI Caribbean Conference 2014 gains momentum with Call for Papers
The UCCI presents the 2014 Caribbean Conference with the theme, “Towards a Corruption-Free, Caribbean: Ethics, Values and Morality” continues to gain momentum with an impressive line-up of high profile world leaders and speakers such as Dr. the Hon. Ngozi Okonjo-lweala,…
iNews Briefs
Government owed around $2.8M from permanent residents Eric Bush, Chief Officer from the Home Affairs Ministry said at a meeting in West Bay on Tuesday 8th October, the Cayman Islands Government is owed approx.. $2.8M by Permanent Residents (PR) who…
Japan’s crazy obsession with cats
By La Carmina / lacarmina.com, From Business Insider Take a walk around Tokyo, and you’ll see cat faces on every product imaginable. Hello Kitty, arguably Japan’s most famous export, is only the tip of the iceberg. I’ve tried on bowler…
