The Editor Speaks: Air ambulance service with emphasis on the broker
I am not surprised the Ministry of Health, the Health Services Authority (HSA) and the Cayman Islands National Insurance Company (CINICO) have issued a joint statement in response to the Auditor General’s Public Interest Report on the Provision of Air…
Ben Miller to be replaced by Kris Marshall on Death in Paradise
By Tom Cole Radio Times DI Richard Poole will leave the show during its third series and make way for a new lead character Ben Miller will leave Death in Paradise during the sun-kissed detective drama’s upcoming third series, and…
Tifa is Europe bound after rocking the Cayman Islands
PR from TDC Group of Companies Ltd July 30th, 2013 — Fans in the Cayman Islands were totally satisfied after dancehall diva Tifa’s performance last Friday. The dancehall diva rocked the 876 Pre-Independence party at Sparky Drive leaving fans salivating…
Flesh-eating maggots found in British woman’s head after holiday
From John Hall The Independent UK 27-year-old Rochelle Harris had just returned from a holiday in Peru ‘A writhing mass of flesh-eating maggots’: Doctors find larvae inside British woman’s ear after she complained of headaches and bizarre scratching sounds inside…
Zimbabwe tightens security before poll
From Aljazeer Police deployed in potential election flashpoints ahead of election showdown between President Mugabe and PM Tsvangirai. Heavily armed riot police have been deployed in potential election flashpoints in Zimbabwe on the eve of a poll showdown between President…
CUC linesman fails to get sentence reduced
Michael Hugh Powell (42) was sentenced by Justice Charles Quin in Cayman’s Grand Court on Thursday May 30th to the minimum sentence of 7 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charge of possessing an unlicensed firearm. Powell had admitted…
Steve Berrios, master of latin jazz and drums, dies at 68
By PAUL VITELLO, New York Times Steve Berrios, a master percussionist whose command of jazz, Latin and Caribbean folk music traditions figured prominently in the sophisticated rhythmic drive behind a wide range of jazz and Latin-jazz fusion bands, died on…
Family Law Reform Commission submissions for public comment
The Law Reform Commission submits for public comment the second part of its review of the laws regulating family matters and proceedings in the Cayman Islands. A discussion paper, a Matrimonial Clauses Bill, 2013, a Maintenance Bill, 2013 and a…
Whale and giant squid found dead
On Tuesday (23) the Department of Environment’s (DoE) Cayman Brac Turtle Patrol discovered the carcass believed to be a pilot whale. The whale was found between 5 and 6am as the patrol was doing their rounds on the south coast…
Cayman Islands’ submarine cable system MAYA-1 partially down
From TeleGeography Cayman Islands’ incumbent telco LIME Cayman Islands has announced that MAYA-1 cable system, which provides international bandwidth capacity to the island, has suffered a shunt fault on Segment Six, located between the system’s landing station at Half Moon…
