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Cayman Ministry and Department of Tourism Host Networking Event for Tourism Scholars at Union Grill

I News Cayman · August 15, 2025

L-R Current scholarship recipients Aiyana Martin-Ebanks; Isaiah Whittaker; Hon. Gary Rutty Deputy Premier and Minister for Tourism; Patrick Thompson Jr.; Allyson Edwards; Marzeta Bodden, Deputy Director Tourism Product Development. Missing...

u-blox agrees $1.3bn sale to private equity firm, eyes “next chapter of growth”

RCR Wireless News · August 18, 2025

Swiss module maker u-blox will be acquired by Advent International for CHF1.05bn, valuing shares 53% above average. The deal will delist u-blox, and support new growth in automotive and industrial positioning technologies. In sum – what to know:...

Cayman Islands to host CXC results ceremony

Dominica News Online · August 14, 2025

Dominica News Online - Thursday, August 14th, 2025 at 9:01 AM Dr Wayne Wesley, Registrar and CEO, CXC. Photo: CXCOfficials from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) have arrived in the Cayman Islands ahead of the highly anticipated Results...

Cayman Captive Insurance Industry Wins Top Honour at 2025 Captive Review US Awards

Radio Cayman ·

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — 2025 – The Cayman Islands has again been recognised as a global leader in the captive insurance sector, taking home Cell Captive Domicile of the Year and receiving Highly Commended in the category Captive Domicile of...

Cayman Captures Top Honours at 2025 Captive Review US Awards

I News Cayman · August 14, 2025

IMAC Chair Kieran Mehigan Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – August 12, 2025 – The Cayman Islands has once again been recognised as a global leader in the captive insurance industry, winning Cell Captive Domicile of the Year and earning Highly...

Chamath’s “American Exceptionalism” SPAC to target DeFi among four key areas

Crypto Briefing · August 18, 2025

Key Takeaways Chamath Palihapitiya’s American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. is raising $250M to invest in DeFi, AI, defense, and energy production. The SPAC highlights Palihapitiya’s track record in clean energy, AI hardware, early crypto...

Marriott gets the nod for precedent-setting beach work

Cayman News Service · August 18, 2025

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government approved a coastal works permit for the Grand Cayman Marriott Resort on Seven Mile Beach to begin replenishing its eroded beachfront. According to a summary of a Cabinet meeting last week, the project was given...

CXC to release 2025 exam results in Cayman islands on Friday

St. Vincent Times · August 14, 2025

CXC® and Cayman Islands Host May-June 2025 Examinations Results Ceremony Officials of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) have arrived in the Cayman Islands for the highly anticipated Release of Results Ceremony for the May-June 2025...

ONE | GT appoints founding leadership team for Grand Cayman debut

Travel Daily News · August 14, 2025

ONE | GT appoints Andrew Barlow as GM and Lucy Taylor as sales director ahead of its luxury Grand Cayman debut this winter. GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – As ONE | GT approaches its highly anticipated debut, the landmark luxury hotel and residences...

Cabinet green lights list of private coastal projects

Cayman News Service · August 18, 2025

(CNS): During a meeting on 6 August, Cabinet issued five coastal works permits to allow private owners to build docks of varying length to moor their luxury boats and one for a cove to be filled in on a piece of property along North West Point....

Conservative MP Helps Coal Mining Firm Sue UK Government in Secretive ‘Corporate Court’

Byline Times · August 14, 2025

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features Keir Starmer’s Government is being sued in a ‘corporate court’ by a Singapore based investor in the...

How a signature downtown office tower landed in receivership — and what’s next

Grand Rapids Business Journal - Michigan · August 18, 2025

One of downtown Grand Rapids’ largest office buildings has been under receivership since May as a legal dispute plays out between the building’s ownership group, its lenders and contractors who have worked at the property. The May 15 receivership...

CMEx Leadership Awards to Honor Caribbean Leaders in Tourism, Media and Business [Cayman has 3 Winners – Monique Hamaty Simmonds, Shomari Scott & Marcus Simmonds]

I News Cayman · August 13, 2025

Source: Caribbean Media Exchange, inc SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey (August 13, 2025) — The Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) has announced the majority of its 2025 CMEx laureates whose work spans hospitality, cruise tourism, medical tourism,...

Lions Club of Grand Cayman installs new board

Radio Cayman ·

Local entrepreneur Siri Jones-Russell has been installed as the new President of the Lions Club of Grand Cayman for the 2025-2026 lionistic year. Mrs Jones-Russell has replaced outgoing president Brian Barnes and is the sixth female president in...

Government Reports Strong Start in First 100 Days

Radio Cayman ·

Om Friday, 15 April, the National Coalition For Caymanians Government will release its' First 100 Days in Office Report, highlighting swift and decisive action across multiple sectors on the road to creating a stronger, fairer Cayman Islands. In...

Exclusive: Squint raises $40 million at $265 million valuation to modernize manufacturing for companies like Pepsi and Michelin

Fortune ·

Manufacturing dates back about 2.5 million years, when early hominins fashioned stone tools. Since then, it’s been an industry formed and reformed by technology. And as AI has become the axis on which all technology turns, it makes sense AI would...

VISITING JOURNALIST TOURISM PROMOTION FOCUSES ON REVIVING AGRICULTURE

Caymanian Times ·

By Staff Writer The Department of Tourism recently hosted UK journalist and podcaster Hannah Ajala as part of its Visiting Journalist Program, which brings journalists from the islands’ source markets to experience the destination and drive...

Cayman: Applications for Backyard Garden Programme Have Closed

I News Cayman · August 8, 2025

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands — [8th August 2025]— The Ministry of Planning, Lands,Agriculture, Housing & Infrastructure (PLAHI) is pleased to announce the official closure of applications for the Backyard Garden Programme Pilot Initiative — a new,...

Cayman: MoET & DES Announce Hybrid Start for Layman E. Scott Snr. High School

I News Cayman · August 8, 2025

Hon. Rolston Anglin, Minister of Education & Training The Ministry of Education & Training (MoET), in collaboration with the Department of Education Services (DES), announces that Layman E. Scott Snr. High School will begin the 2025–2026 academic...

Cayman Islands, Japan lauded for contribution to Ja’s agri sector

The Gleaner · August 7, 2025

The Cayman Islands, Japan and other stakeholders have been lauded by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, for their contribution to the country’s agricultural sector. Cayman’s Minister for Planning, Lands, Agriculture,...