Expedition Diving with Peter Sotis – Grand Cayman April 6 – 11
Join Peter Sotis of Add Helium on some fantastic expedition diving to 400 feet on the sheer walls of Grand Cayman. It’s about deep dive planning, equipment configuration, bailouts from any depths, team planning for expedition style diving and decompression…
Import Duty Concessions extended
From the Cayman Islands Financial Secretary’s Office In its on going effort to further stimulate economic activity, the Government has extended the existing import duty concession on building materials. The Cabinet extended the duty concession on imports of building materials…
J’can wanted in Cayman captured in St Ann
From The Gleaner A Jamaican man who is wanted for several crimes in the Cayman Islands was captured by the police in St Ann yesterday. He has been identified 31-year-old Dainian Henry, also known as ‘Yellow’ of Top Road in…
2012/2013 PFL Playoffs begin this weekend
The always entertaining 2012/2013 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) Playoffs begin this Saturday, January 5 starting at 9:00 am at the Annex Field with games scheduled in the Under 9 and Under 11 Champions Cups only. Due to the relatively…
Certificate and Badge of Honour For Six
His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Duncan Taylor, CBE has named six Caymanians to receive the Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour (Cert. Hon). Mr Owen Murphy Farrington and Mr Harold Burnell Banks are both honoured for services to seamanship…
118 Road crashes since start of RCIPS “Stay Alive” campaign
By Georgina Wilcox In the latest Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) news release concerning road safety from 30th November up to December 30th they have reported 28 DUI’s, 100 speeding tickets, 41 using cell phones whilst driving, 87 non set…
Queen Honours Leonard Ebanks and Henry Muttoo
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has recognized Leonard Norman Ebanks and Henry David Muttoo in her 2013 New Year’s Honours List. A retired banker with a history of civic engagement, Mr Ebanks is named an Officer of the Order of…
Cuban migrants opt to stay
Five Cuban migrants have opted to remain in the Cayman Islands after their vessel reached East End at 8.30 pm last night, Thursday December 27, 2012. Although the crew of the boat had initially intended only to carry out repairs,…
Delhi gang-rape victim dies in hospital in Singapore
A female student gang-raped on a bus in India’s capital Delhi has died at a Singapore hospital, doctors say. “The patient passed away peacefully at 4:45am on 29 Dec 2012,” a statement from the hospital said. The patient’s family had…
Magnitsky case: Putin signs Russian ban on US adoptions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian orphans. The law is a reaction to the US Magnitsky Act, which blacklists Russian officials accused of rights abuses. The death of anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky…
