Cayman Islands’ Needs Assessment Unit spreads Christmas cheer
Staff of the Needs Assessment Unit (NAU) showed that their work is more than just a job to them this Christmas. Rallying together, the Unit’s personnel recently raised an internal collection to sponsor a number of families for Christmas in…
Belizean bus driver steered to Cayman Islands for life-saving surgery
From CARIBBEAN360 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Wednesday December 21, 2016 – A popular bus driver from Belize is alive and well, thanks to Health City Cayman Islands. Tyron Coleman, who works for James Bus Line, had been experiencing chest pain…
Search and Rescue Reviewers meet Cayman Islands sea-going community
Members of the maritime community met with the United Kingdom (UK) Coastguard team reviewing local search and rescue capability late last week (Wednesday 14 and Friday 16 December 2016). The focus groups at the District Administration Building on Cayman Brac…
Local Cayman Islands businessman, Mike Brown, dies
It is with much sadness we have to announce the death of Caymanian businessman, Mike Brown (68). He passed away on Saturday (17). Mr. Brown was originally from Jamaica and came to Grand Cayman in 1972. He started Mike’s Ice,…
Duty concession on imported Cayman Islands building materials extended
The Government has extended the flat 15% import duty rate on building materials imported to Grand Cayman for a further year, to 31 December 2017. In explaining the reason for the extension of the duty concession, the Minister for Finance…
New blue iguana exhibit opens at WCS’s Bronx Zoo
By Raymond A. Edel , A new exhibit in the Reptile House at World Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo features the Grand Cayman iguana (Cyclura lewisi), also known as the blue iguana. The exhibit is now open to the public and…
Cayman Islands new Police Commissioner visits Little Cayman; holds community meeting
Last week, Thursday, 8 December, Commissioner of Police, Derek Byrne, made his first visit to Little Cayman, and met with police officers, the district administration, and the greater community. This visit followed an earlier trip to Cayman Brac in November…
CCRIF pays Nicaragua US$1.1 million after Hurricane Otto
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, December 12, 2016 – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) made a payout of US$1,110,193 to the Government of Nicaragua as a result of the passage of Hurricane Otto which triggered a payment…
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Caribbean Journal’s Best Beach in the Caribbean: Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman
Best Beach in the Caribbean: Readers’ Choice Awards 2016 From Caribbean Journal What’s the best beach in the Caribbean? We asked Caribbean Journal readers, and they voted the spectacular Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Thousands of Caribbean…
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Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa joins Cayman Cookout with “First Taste” launch event for Lingua Franca Wines
GRAND CAYMAN, C.I. December 12, 2016 – Today, the restaurants and bars team at the newly opened Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa on Seven Mile Beach announces its Avecita restaurant will host the premiere global launch event for Lingua Franca…
