
Issue No. 983 Wednesday, 7 December 2005
Jamaica Visa Office Under Pressure
Donovan Ebanks, Deputy Chief Secretary, told Cayman
Net News that while he has not ruled out putting in a system to
accommodate people in Montego Bay who want to apply for visas, it is not
feasible right now. “We are still trying to get the office in Kingston
settled before we start anything new,” Mr Ebanks said. Mr Ebanks said that
while he recognised that the people from the western end of the island...
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Cadets hone survival skills in East End
THIRTEEN
young Caymanian cadets have been equipped with survival skills after a weekend
of eking out life in the outdoors with minimal supplies at the Quarry area in
East End. The teenagers, who are mostly from the John Gray High
School, spent 2 to 4 December learning how to survive in the open air and vast
field of the eastern district. Captain Ricardo Henry, one of the training
officers...
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Esso courts Cayman Airways
One month before the licence to supply jet fuel at the
Owen Roberts International Airport comes up for review, the national carrier
Cayman Airways is holding discussions with a new partner. Esso, Grand Cayman disclosed to Cayman Net News
that it was in talks with CAL the National Flag Carrier as an alternate provider
to Texaco Caribbean, the only fuel supplier at the airport...
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Former Segoes president meets with Cayman liquidators offshore
The former president of Segoes Services Ltd, James
Fontanetta, has reportedly met with the liquidators outside of the country to
work around the Attorney General’s denial for limited immunity. As the former
director and prominent employee of the online securities broker, the
information he provides may help the liquidators find out what happened to the
missing $15 to $25 million in investors and company’s funds...
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Conrad Black denies fraud, freed on $20M bail
Deposed media tycoon Conrad Black pleaded not guilty
Thursday to charges that he and other executives looted his newspaper empire,
which reportedly owns a 40 percent interest in Cayman Free Press, of more than
80 million dollars...
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Person of The Day - Greg van Koughnett
From Ottawa in Canada, Greg van Koughnett loves the
restaurants and snorkelling. He is the head of the Licensing and Compliance
Department at the Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA). “I love the restaurants first and the water second. My
wife, three kids and myself are certified in snorkelling. The kids came down in
August and we went to Cayman Brac and snorkelled. It’s lovely here...
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