Renewable energy gets another spark
CUC confirmed on Wednesday (9) that they have chosen two renewable developers to start talks with them to provide renewable energy to the Grand Cayman power grid. CUC says it’s considering two 5 megawatt solar plants and one 3 megawatt…
Warning for Cayman?
This was sent us by one of our readers who also placed the title. Obituary In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinborough, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some…
“Don’t do it again” – Warning for travellers after horse race on Cork road
THE TRAVELLERS’ GROUP Pavee Point has warned those involved in the harness race on the Cork to Mallow road at the weekend not to even contemplate doing it again. A video of part of the race appeared on YouTube this…
“Bank Robber” robbed
The owner of “Bank Robber”, a 38′ LX Fountain, Triple Mercury Verados 275HP boat found it missing from “The Estates in Grand Harbour between 4pm on Tuesday and 10am on Wednesday morning. If anyone finds the boat or its engines…
Cyber Rays Robotics Team win at First Lego League World Invitational Tournament in Lakeland, FL
The Cayman Prep High School robotics team, and the only Robotics team in the Cayman Islands, the Cyber Rays, returned recently from Lakeland, FL, where they competed in the First Lego League World Invitational tournament. The tournament, held between May…
“Three Blind Mice” hold Shadow Parliament
There was between 150 – 200 persons outside the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (10) to watch a Shadow Parliament that was in session complete with a ‘Speaker’ (Consuelo Ebanks) and six members of the LA. Independent member from North Side,…
Art Show at Woods Furniture
At Woods Furniture, Dorce Drtive, Geroge Town, yesterday (10) there was an Art Show called Vis Vires” featuring artists Courtney Platt, Jeremy Sibley, Patrick Broderick, Nickola McCoy-Snell, Shane Aquart, Teresa grimes, Joanne Sibley, Gordon Solomon, John Broad, Anne Gouldon, Mikael…
The Cayman Islands’ Labour Force Survey Report
Total employment in the Cayman Islands in 2011 was estimated at 35,267, higher by 0.8 percent compared to 2010. Caymanian and non-Caymanian employment rose by 1.1 and 0.6 percent respectively compared to a year ago. “I am pleased that the…
The Editor Speaks: Is this a record for a government referendum?
Premier McKeeva Bush’s government must hold a new record. Where else in the world has a government held their own referendum – I will say this twice – their OWN referendum, and officially opposed it? How can they possibly introduce…
Deal done in Cayman Islands that could decide the Vodafone India Tax Case
As the British telecommunications company Vodafone Group and India’s finance ministry edge ever closer to a full-blown confrontation over taxes related to Vodafone’s $11.1 billion acquisition in India, a key issue may be the India-Netherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty, signed between…
