Update: Calling All Clubs and School Bands For Queen’s Jubilee Parade
All service clubs, government and private schools (primary and secondary), school bands and uniformed groups are invited to participate in a parade for Her Majesty the Queen to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee on Monday, 4 June. Starting from the Government…
Cruise ship “Disaster” exercise held
A mock major cruise ship ‘accident’ in George Town Harbour on Tuesday, 24 April saw top Cayman Islands’ officials, especially emergency responders, turn out in force to react to the planned exercise. The operation, code-named ‘Exercise Save Vessel’, was the…
Cayman Islands to take part in Softball World Games qualifier in Belize
The Belize Softball Federation and the entire country of Belize will play host to the Softball World Games Qualifier for the English speaking Caribbean countries from November 27-December 3, 2012. The World Games Qualifier will be played at Rogers Stadium,…
Ethics czar mulling probe into Fantino over alleged Cayman bank accounts
By: Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press The Canadian ethics watchdog is deciding whether to probe a Conservative cabinet minister over allegations he did not disclose bank accounts in the Cayman Islands. But a spokesman for Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino…
Cayman Island hedge fund ruled “very doubtfully solvent”
Looks like the Louisiana Firefighters’ Retirement System, the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System and the New Orleans Firefighters’ Pension and Relief Fund may have lost almost $100 million that the three public funds invested in a New York hedge fund run…
Suicide bombing in Syrian capital kills 10
(AP) — Two weeks into a cease-fire agreement, there still was no peace in Syria: Security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing. Activists reported troops firing on protesters. Video showed a crowd…
The Norwegian ‘Children of the Rainbow’
Tens of thousands of people have protested in Norway against the anti-immigration views of Anders Behring Breivik, as they sang a peace song derided by the mass killer. A crowd of around 40,000 in the capital Oslo chose ‘Children of…
David Cameron and the offshore connection
By Dan Hind Source: Al Jazeera Last weekend, the Guardian reported that the British prime minister’s father, Ian Cameron, held directorships in companies registered in tax havens. These companies were created soon after then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher relaxed capital controls…
Don’t dump waste on Government property
The public is being advised by the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) not to litter or to illegally of dispose waste on Government property (or other lands). Recently, DEH Environmental Health Officers and a team from the solid waste section…
