The myth of foreign investment
By Shahid Shah From The News International KARACHI: While several market pundits predicted a pre-election rally, few expected the KSE-100 index to cross the 21,000-point mark. The fundamentals hadn’t changed, they argued, so hefty inflows were unlikely. But the ‘foreign…
I-5 bridge collapse survivor: ‘You hold on’
By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER, From Yahoo News MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a “big…
9 Pieces of Furniture Made from Shipping Pallets
By Chaya, selected from Networx, Care2 Shipping pallets are a plentiful source of wood to reclaim and build with. Since pallets are rough hewn, they lend themselves to rustic pieces of furniture, which happen to be in style right now….
Dance UN-LTD celebrate 25 years of dance
On Saturday June 1st Dance UN-LTD are celebrating 25 years of dancing in the Cayman Islands with a Gala Night. To commemorate this event Dance UN-LTD are performing a dance spectacular on Sat June 1st at 7:30pm, Sunday June 2nd…
Treasure islands in trouble
From The Economist Britain’s Caribbean dependencies have been hurt by economic stagnation, the war on tax havens and their own fiscal recklessness and corruption. Last month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest…
Sponsor the 2013 Jingle Bell Walk/Run
From Cayman Islands Crisis Centre JINGLE BELL WALK/RUN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2013 HOSTED BY THE GRAND CAYMANIAN RESORT While no one is ready to think about year-end and the holidays yet, we are in the planning stages for this year’s…
8 Things that wish they were turtles [on World Turtle Day]
From Mashable It was World Turtle Day, hooray! Today (Thursday May 23rd), we finally get to celebrate the awesomeness of the shelled reptiles of the planet. These chill dudes really don’t get the recognition they deserve, constantly being out-cuted by…
CIHS announces Petapalooza (scheduled for June 1st) is postponed
From Cayman Islands Humane Society Due to circumstances beyond the control of the CIHS, the venue at Grand Harbour is not available for us to hold the Petapalooza event. We will inform you of the new date and venue as…
South Korean jumps off building and lands on and kills young girl walking below
By Sam Kim, From Business Insider SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building….
Local observers salute electorate
This press release is sent on behalf of Team Leader Norman Bodden. Identification for attached photo is as follows.Local observers meet to plan their report on Wednesday’s election: (from left) Tom Hines, Norman Bodden, John Macmillan, Pastor Alson Ebanks, Adrian…
