Q&A: BBC crisis explained
The BBC’s head of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell have been replaced pending the outcome of an internal review into how the corporation handled sexual abuse claims against former presenter Jimmy Savile. The news came two days…
Noor Inayat Khan: The Indian princess who spied for Britain
By Samantha Dalton BBC News The Princess Royal has unveiled a sculpture of Noor Inayat Khan, a WWII agent dubbed the “Spy Princess” by her biographer Shrabani Basu, in London’s Gordon Square Gardens. Raised in Britain and France and a…
RCIPS donates cars to drive up interest in auto-mechanics
Students with an interest in auto-mechanics, or considering a career in that field, will be better prepared for the future – thanks to a joint venture between the RCIPS and the Ministry of Education, Training & Employment’s (METE) Extended After…
Skydive starts Pirates Week Landing and Float Parade
It was a spectacular start to the 2012 35th Annual Pirates Week Landing and Float Parade with a skydive. And that wasn’t all. A lady hovered over the water in Hog Sty Bay by the aid of downward pressure hoses…
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
“One of the strangest aspects of Election 2012 is that voters are demanding change but didn’t change politicians. They left Republicans in charge of the House, elected an even more Democratic Senate and re-elected President Obama. They’re unhappy with the…
“We will remember them”
“They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. “They shall grow…
Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission of Seventh-day Adventists Waylon Johnson’s Bible Boom Finals
Last year, Waylon Johnson of the Eight Mile Rock Seventh-day Adventist Church, made history twice. He was the first Bible Bowl winner of the newly formed Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission (ACUM). The event which was held in Nassau, Bahamas brought…
A “braincation” tech-free zone to be designated at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort.
Readers and experts agree: it’s difficult to fully unplug when you’re traveling. In a survey of more than 1,000 travelers, Marriott confirmed that at least half of its customers checked e-mail and voicemail multiple times a day while supposedly on…
Kelly Tarlton enters Hall of Fame
By Michelle Robinson Marine explorer Kelly Tarlton was overnight officially inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame. He received the posthumous recognition at a ceremony in the Cayman Islands where his widow Rosemary Tarlton accepted the award. He…
Balloon monstrosity may tower over historic church
Elmslie United Memorial Church is the most recognised church building in the Cayman Islands. It is about to celebrate 90 years since being constructed on its site on Harbour Drive, George Town, overlooking Hog Sty Bay. Two years ago it…
