Green Building Council Heads to Cayman

By: - July 11th, 2011

The Sailfish Estate in Sunrise Landing on Grand Cayman is the first LEED-certified private residential home built outside of the United States. LEED is the certification system of the United States Green Buildings Council, which rates the energy efficiency and sustainability of buildings. Developer GreenTech is the only company in the Caribbean to have one of its projects accepted into LEED’s International Program, which is currently a pilot programme. Two other companies, one in Saudi Arabia and another in China, have been accepted into the program. “The Sailfish Estate will set a new standard for energy efficiency and environmentally friendly design and construction here in Cayman and throughout the Caribbean,” said James Whittaker, managing director of GreenTech. [Caymanian Compass]

Cayman Islands

Bahamas Reshapes its Road Network

Above: Prince Charles Drive in Nassau (BIS Photo) The Bahamas is in the midst of a massive infrastructure project that is reshaping nearly the entire road system of the main island of New Providence. The New Providence Road Improvement and Infrastructure Project, which encompasses 19 major corridors and intersections in New Providence, is set for […]

Cayman Islands

Gonsalves: Need for Calm on REDjet

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has called for moderation in the debate over new low-cost air carrier REDjet. According to Gonsalves, who said he had been following the public debate over the company, he had been “kept out of the loop” of the inter-Caribbean regulatory debate. [Nation News]

Cayman Islands

Privy Council Hears Last Belize Appeal

The London-based Privy Council heard its last appeal from Belize yesterday, one year after Belize formally signed on to the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final court of appeal. “It is 30 years since Belize became independent,” said Lord Nicholas Phillips, one of the judges presiding over the appeal. “It has been a tribute […]


Increased Ties for Barbados, Panama

Above: Panama City Barbados and Panama are looking to improve their relations, with an aim of increased airlift and greater business cooperation. Barbados Foreign Minister Maxine McClean met with Arlina Gonzales Costa, the Panamanian ambassador to Barbados, yesterday in a courtesy call. “We have had some very strong historic ties in Panama and for us, […]

A CARICOM Television Station?

Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo has called for CARICOM leaders to establish a regional television station to counteract what he called a “bombardment of North American culture.” Jagdeo was speaking at the closing ceremony of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Basseterre, St Kitts. “If we don’t say positive things about ourselves, we’ll be defined […]

New Airline Could Launch in Turks

Above: Panama City Barbados and Panama are looking to improve their relations, with an aim of increased airlift and greater business cooperation. Barbados Foreign Minister Maxine McClean met with Arlina Gonzales Costa, the Panamanian ambassador to Barbados, yesterday in a courtesy call. “We have had some very strong historic ties in Panama and for us, […]

Bahamas Begins Marking Firearms

From left: Commodore Roderick Bowe, Commander, Defence Force, Prison Superintendent Dr Elliston Rahming, Minister Tommy Turnquest and Florencia Raskovan, training facilitator for the OAS’s Department of Public Safety (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) The Bahamas has added another tool in its approach to combating the illegal gun trade, taking receipt of a Firearms Marking Machine from the […]

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