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Issue No. 609 Tuesday, 9 March 2004

Ritz Now Seeks 1,000 Permits

The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman will seek 1,000 work permits for construction workers to take the place of those that were working for terminated general contractor Fluor Daniel Caribbean, according to a reliable source... read more...


C&W responds to telecom competition

Cable & Wireless (C&W) is fighting back against its new competition, AT&T and Digicel in effort to maintain a large share of the telecommunications market.  From Tuesday, 9 March, all C&W mobile customers will enjoy reduced mobile rates for local and international calls... read more...


PPM Calls On LOGB To Respond To Miami News Report

The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. D. Kurt Tibbetts, JP called on the Leader of Government Business, Hon. W. McKeeva Bush, OBE, JP, to respond publicly to allegations recently made about him in court proceedings filed in Florida and reported in the KYC News publication Offshore Alert.  Mr. Tibbetts noted that the Offshore Alert article of 29 February had been widely circulated in Cayman...  read more...


Phone Companies Vie For Pre-paid Market

The mobile war is truly underway. Never before have mobile phone users in Cayman had such a choice.  The popular pre-paid market is seeing the three competing companies battle it out for the majority share by tempting customers with reduced rates per minute for local and international calls... read more...


Parmalat seeks millions from US banks as another BofA executive is added to investigation

Parmalat is seeking to seize up to $618 million from US banks in order to recover assets for creditors of the insolvent dairy group, Dow Jones Newswires reports. Parmalat has hired attorneys in Milan to determine whether there are grounds to seek the cash from global banks under an Italian claw-back law called "revocatoria."... read more...


Young Child of the Day - Patrisia Thompson


She sings and she is outdoorsy. Patrisia Thompson is an all-round student at Ren & Ren Pre-school.  According to her teachers, the pre-school's Early Intervention Programme has resulted in Patrisia speaking more fluently and she has gained a greater self-confidence. Patrisia is always a very pleasant, energetic child. She loves playtime outside on the swing and on the slide with her brother, Toreandre. She also loves playing with her best friend Janisha Byrd... read more...


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