Archive for January 14th, 2015
Passenger died at ORIA departure lounge
(CNS): An elderly woman died at Owen Roberts International Airport earlier this month due to natural causes, police have confirmed. The 80-year-old woman, who was visiting Cayman with her family from the United Kingdom, became ill in the departure lounge on Sunday 4 January at around 2:15pm.
Bush calls for fuel price transparency
(CNS): As the local pump prices seem to be taking an age to reflect the international fall in oil prices, the opposition leader has called on government to intervene in some way to make the local fuel suppliers more transparent about why Caymanians are forced to pay so much for gas. McKeeva Bush has filed […]
Cayman’s football boss focuses on diversity
(CNS): In an effort to embrace and promote diversity in the game, the regional football boss, Jeffery Webb, has unveiled a new handbook designed as an educational guide for the football community. The first ever Diversity Handbook was launched Wednesday at a Club Licensing Seminar in Miami.
Passenger falls off cruise ship in Caribbean
(CNS): A passenger travelling on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, was rescued by another cruise line after he fell overboard off the coast of Mexico last week. According to international reports, the American man, identified as 22-year-old Frank Jade by Disney Cruise Lines, had been in the water for five hours before […]
Nation Building Fund audit soon come
(CNS): The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has published its revised schedule of the work for the next three years. With plans to review a catalogue of government departments and entities, the public spending watchdog said it would be releasing its review of the controversial Nation Building Fund (NBF) in the next few weeks. Auditor General […]
Officials to draw teams for 2018 World Cup qualifiers
(CNS): The draw to determine who will play who in the region during the first games on the road to the 2018 World Cup in Russia will take place in Miami Thursday. The draw includes 27 of the 35 national teams making up the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), including […]
