Topic: Philippines
Recruitment patterns reshaping Cayman’s workforce
Nepal and India are now among the top five countries for work permits in Cayman, part of a wider shift in where the island sources its workforce across all sectors of the economy.
Selling the Cayman dream: Desperate migrants shell out life savings in ghost-permits scam
Migrant workers are paying blackmarket fixers thousands of dollars for jobs in Cayman that don’t exist, leaving some penniless and stranded on the island.
Remittances: Cayman’s quiet engine of global development
For thousands of migrant workers in Cayman, sending money home is a vital means of support for friends and family. Often overlooked, these remittances are a powerful yet quiet force driving global development.
Filipino fire victims receive support in Grand Cayman
Twelve Filipinos who were displaced by a fire on Denham Thompson Way have received relief funds from the Philippines government.
Reports of ‘rampant abuse’ of vulnerable foreign workers in Cayman
Rogue companies are conspiring with foreign recruitment agencies to con vulnerable workers to part with hard earned cash in exchange for the promise of work in the Cayman Islands.
2nd evacuation flight to Philippines announced
A second British Airways flight to Manila, Philippines, is set to depart Grand Cayman on 28 July, according to Governor Martyn Roper's social media pages.
The changing face of Cayman’s workforce: 130 nationalities now in country
When Dr. Binoy Chattuparambil first touched down in the Cayman Islands, the thing that struck him was the traffic and the noise. There was not any.
The Conversation: Why is peace failing in the Philippines?
The majority of modern peace agreements fail within five years. What is causing these negotiated peace settlements to collapse?
Boxing legend Pacquiao coming to Cayman
Manny Pacquiao, the boxing legend, politician and most famous man in the Philippines, is coming to the Cayman Islands in January to host the Island Rumble boxing event.
Post: A pivot to where?
The pivot to Asia piloted by President Barack Obama has been rocked by setbacks that should concern everyone who believes that the United States must maintain a robust role in the Pacific at a time of China’s intensifying quest for power and influence.
Applebaum: How Duterte cast himself as an agent of change
Standing with China, Duterte looks new and different, bold and fast, a man ready to gamble, to junk a decades-old alliance in favor of a partnership with a decades-old rival.
Kine: Justice by assassination
“If I make it to the presidential palace,” [Duterte] said, “I will do just what I did as mayor. You drug pushers, holdup men, and do-nothings, you better get out because I’ll kill you.”
