Sunsets & sweet somethings in Grand Cayman
by Jackie Sayet The reasons number many that I love my six visits a year to Grand Cayman my work permit permits. Seeing my favorite people at the restaurant is a little kumbaya but, heck, it’s true. Plus Cirillio, and…
Jazz singer remembers Grand Cayman’s mangos
Sarah Fenwick is a jazz singer living in Cyprus and performs with the best jazz and blues singers. She grew up in the United Kingdom and in the Cayman Islands. In an interview published in Cyprus Mail she recalls her…
RCIPS Equips Responders
The week starting Monday, 22 October, GIS Spotlight revisits RCIPS’ diversified role, youth engagement and a peace initiative. Ensuring adequate and proper first response in emergencies is a priority for every nation’s health services. Delivery of such care, which can…
Imagine If a Woman Had Directed the Evil-Hitchcock Biopic The Girl
From Vulture The Girl (HBO, October 20, 9 p.m.), about the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, is an intriguing behind-the-scenes look at a classic, a portrait of a brilliant but disturbed director who put leading ladies through hell, and…
Marine turtle conservation organization joins WSPA in fight to close Cayman Turtle Farm
Press release from Sea Turtle Conservancy Stop Sea Turtle Farming After the recent deaths of an estimated 300 green sea turtles at the Cayman Turtle Farm in the Cayman Islands, Sea Turtle Conservancy has joined the World Society for the…
Online Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing Registration Begins
Individuals who register for Government’s new e-services identification (ESID) number can now renew their vehicle and drivers’ licences online. Announcing the initiative on a local radio show today (Friday, October 19, 2012), the multi-agency public sector team that oversaw the…
Idaho dairy fires 5 workers in animal abuse video; 3 of them charged
By Michael Martinez and Amanda Watts, CNN (CNN) — Five workers at an Idaho dairy have been fired after an undercover video by animal rights activists showed mistreatment towards cows, the dairy owner said. Three of the workers have been…
Cayman retains top spot in Banker rankings
For the fourth consecutive year the Cayman Islands has received the accolade as top jurisdiction as a Specialised Finance Centre in The Banker magazine’s 2012 survey of international financial centres, beating all other financial centres globally in this category. Cayman…
Ex- cop Welcome gets unwelcome jail sentence
Justice Alexander Henderson, in the Grand Court on Friday (19), gave Rabe Welcome a prison sentence of six months for wounding. Welome, a 38year old former Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officer, was found guilty by a jury last…
Beirut funeral for Wissam al-Hassan followed by clashes
Clashes have erupted outside government offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut after thousands attended the funeral of security chief Wissam al-Hassan who was killed by a car bomb on Friday. A group of protesters tried to storm the HQ, after…
