Couple stranded by cruise in Turkey receives outpouring of support
By Brittany Alana Davis From Tampa Bay Times CLEARWATER — A Clearwater couple is finally getting help in an American hospital in Turkey after Royal Caribbean cruise lines abandoned them at a rural hospital, leaving them with only hand gestures…
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility members renew at reduced rates
by Artemis All sixteen member governments of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) [including the Cayman Islands] have renewed their hurricane and earthquake parametric insurance coverage for the 2013/2014 policy year which began on the 1st June. All members…
Cayman islander blames the devil for sexually abusing five-year-old
From Caribbean360 The step-grandfather, when caught molesting the child by his wife, said “the devil made me do it.” GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – A court has sentenced a 45-year-old man to nearly three years in jail after he admitted…
John Nelson’s mystery plant
From Aiken Standard Mystery plant grows in Canada, Caribbean and eastern U.S. The summer’s flower is to the summer sweet — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 94 Ah, late summer: hot and sticky, soft, fragrant mornings, with roiling storms darkening the afternoon…
Trump defends his school, prosecutor calls it ‘a scam’
By Jose Pagliery From CNN Money Donald Trump’s real estate school is under attack by New York’s top prosecutor, and both sides took to the airwaves Monday to elaborate on the upcoming legal battle. During separate interviews on CNN’s “New…
Nottingham’s Caribbean Carnival 2013
From leftlion uk Nottingham’s Caribbean Carnival once again danced, bumped and grinded it’s way through the city’s streets in a colourful Sunday swirl of elaborate costume and smiling faces. The parade finally wending it’s way to the Forest Recreation Ground…
Jamaican arrested in US on healthcare fraud and identity theft charges
From caribbean360 Georgia Bowen, aka Bennett, who illegally benefitted from Medicaid, faces up to 10 years behind bars and a US$250,000 fine if convicted. NEW YORK, United States, Monday August, 26, 2013 – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Dismissed guards to hear Pan Caribbean proposal
From Go-Jamaica Unions representing security guards dismissed by the Pan Caribbean Sugar Company have finally received a proposal from the company to take back the workers for consideration. The parties met yesterday and NWU President, Vincent Morrison says Pan Caribbean’s…
3.9 magnitude earthquake rattles Trinidad capital
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Tuesday August 27, 2013 – The Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Tuesday confirmed that an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 had rattled several parts of Trinidad, the second tremor to be felt…
The Editor Speaks: The Power of the JLSC
Sometimes it is necessary to ‘bite the bullet’ It has been revealed by a Freedom of Information Request that Cayman Islands Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, has spent $360,799.22 on legal fees from the court’s budget seeking a ruling regarding the…
