The Editor Speaks: Freedom of speech or news from the bush
In a recent poll appearing on the Rasmussen Reports Internet site it states 72% put freedom of speech ahead of not offending other cultures “Voters overwhelmingly rate protecting freedom of speech as more important than not offending other nations and…
Grand Cayman Customs Advisory
Seafreight Line advises that a Port Container Inspection Fee for all cargo moving from the United States to the Cayman Islands, was implemented by the Cayman Islands Customs Department on September 17, 2012. This local Grand Cayman Customs fee is…
First Dengue Case Confirmed in Cayman Islands
As a regional outbreak persists, Cayman Islands public health officials have confirmed the first local case of imported dengue fever by a returning resident. There have been no locally transmitted dengue cases reported in the Cayman Islands so far for…
A Dull Night At The Emmys, But A Big One For ‘Homeland’ And ‘Modern Family’
by Linda Holmes, npr Let us say this first: As an actual determination of the utmost merit in television, the Emmy Awards are ridiculous and have been ridiculous for quite some time. Naming shows that the Emmys failed to take…
O2Micro Receives Patent for BMS Invention
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Sep 24, 2012 – O2Micro(R) International Limited, a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today announced that it was issued 23 claims under United States patent number 8,222,870…
New mammography centre at Chrissie Tomlinson
The Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital (CTMH) has just recently installed a three-dimensional “pain free” mammography centre and the Minister of Health, Hon Mark Scotland, was on hand to officially open it. CTMH has upgraded its mammography equipment and integrated an…
Indaba Capital Fund, L.P. Acquires Common Shares of NiMin Energy Corp.
TORONTO, Sep 24, 2012 – Indaba Capital Fund, L.P. (“Indaba Capital Fund”), c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, today announced that it acquired ownership and control of 2,621,441 common shares (the…
Immigration Supports a Good Cause
Staff of the Department of Immigration gave monetary contributions and dressed in purple on Friday, 21 September, as a show of support for the local Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association (ADA). ADA Founder/Chairperson Dorothy Davis thanked the immigration staff for their…
Little Cayman Emergency Command Centre to be opened
Deputy Premier and Minister of District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly will be opening the Little Cayman Emergency Command Centre at the Public Works Department Compound on Wednesday, 26 September at 11am. An invitation is extended by…
The right’s eyebrow-raising defense of Romney’s foreign tax havens [like the Cayman Islands]
Paul Abrams Huffington Post All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, all men are Socrates. (Love & Death, Woody Allen). Mitt Romney (R-MA) seems to have succeeded in becoming persona non grata overseas, but his money is welcome…
