Issue No. 832 Friday, 6 May 2005
Government chose port bid for $3m more
The process of tendering over Government projects is coming under fire once
again. This time, two local construction firms say their joint bid for the Port
development was almost $3 million lower than the one actually awarded to Misener
Marine to develop the new George Town port.
A joint-venture bid for the new port project was made by local contractors
McAlpine and Arch & Godfrey but a spokesperson for the two firms...
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C&W launches internet phone service
 Legendary Soca singer Byron Lee tried out the new Cable & Wireless product,
NetSpeak, by calling his son in Jamaica on 4 May at the telecommunication firm’s
new product launch. NetSpeak is an internet phone service for making
international calls and will be available to the public from Monday 9 May.
“NetSpeak is going to revolutionize the way our resident customers
communicate,”...read more...
Liquidators appointed for Segoes
After allegedly operating a ponzi fraud scheme, where funds from new
investors are used to pay off older investments, Segoes Services Ltd, an
internet-based stock trading company, went into provisional liquidation on 29
April.
“This case has elements of a Ponzi scheme and outright fraud,” said Ken Krys,
joint provisional liquidator for Segoes. “A typical Ponzi scheme is where new
funds from individuals...
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New strategies to seize the guns and stop arms smuggling
Even though new equipment is not yet in hand, strategies to increase the
abilities of the law enforcement teams and agencies to detect weapons in
incoming cargo are being reformed.
Addressing a process that started with intensity earlier this year Head of
Customs Narcotics Enforcement and Assistant Collector of Customs, Jeff
Jackson, explained: “We want to purchase equipment that we will be able to use...
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Net News’ CiNTV partners with C&W for election coverage
Once the polling stations have closed on
11 May Election Day, Cable & Wireless will be providing updates by means of live
streaming video over the Internet direct from the National Elections Office
starting at 7pm until the last winner is announced...
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Caymanian of the Week - Sue Doak
After being a midwife for 25 years, Sue Doak is now
seeing the children she helped to be born having babies of their own and can’t
remember a time when she didn’t want to be a midwife. “It is a very rewarding job because you see life born
every day,” said Ms Doak. In her free time, she reads a lot and is working on
getting her house repaired from Hurricane Ivan. But cooking is her passion. “I
really like to cook anything at all,”...
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