Alex Trebek ‘up and about’ after mild heart attack
If the answer is Alex Trebek, the question Monday must’ve been, “Who’s feeling better and itching to go home after a mild heart attack?” “Alex is up and about and in good spirits while doctors complete their testing at Cedars-Sinai Heart…
Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture says they will support ban on Paraquat
iNews Cayman has been shouting out loud the need for a ban on the deadly herbicide Paraquat. We have supported the Care2 action alert petition site to ban Paraquat in the Cayman Islands. We have written and published lead stories…
Tropical Storm Debby Will Impact Much Of Florida Through Much Of This Week
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:21 am Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather says: Tropical Storm Debby: Debby has degraded in its appearance overnight due to a combination of dry air intrusion and cooler shelf waters just off of the Florida panhandle. This…
New Crosswalk for West Bay Road
The National Roads Authority (NRA) will start work on a new crosswalk across West Bay Road. The design and construction of this pedestrian crosswalk, which will be located in front of the Strand shopping centre, follows the 2010 review on…
West Indies lose again to England in T20
Alex Hales hit 99 as England beat West Indies by seven wickets in the Twenty20 international at Trent Bridge. The Nottinghamshire batsman was denied England’s first-ever T20 century when he was bowled by Ravi Rampaul with four runs needed to…
The Endangered Blue Iguana
Iguana Images visited the Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Gardens and got a behind the scenes tour the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme. The Cayman Blue Iguana is a critically endangered species, with only 15 of them still living when they were…
Reluctance to invest public sector pension funds in Cayman Islands entity
Frank Sinatra was onto something when he sang, “riding high in April, shot down in May.” Greenwich’s public sector pension fund lost 4.6 percent in value during the month of May, dropping from $312 million in value to $296 million. “May was…
The Editor Speaks: I hate abbreviations
Yes I know there is a new language out there eg. “LOL” (I used to think that meant ‘lots of love’) and BTW and even at my old age I have adapted to it. iNews Cayman abbreviates a lot in…
Slush funds in the Cayman Islands?
Another ‘cheap’ crack about the Cayman Islands. Hedge funds are now ‘slush’ funds. This story concerning British comedian, Jimmy Carr, who revealed he was involved in a legal but embarrassing (for him) tax avoidance scheme, has been making the news…
CAC Junior Championships 2012 – El Salvador
The Cayman Islands will be one of the 38 member countries, represented at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (CAC Juniors) this weekend in El Salvador, as the CIAA will be sending a team of 6 athletes to compete…
