The dark origins of Valentine’s Day
By Arnie Seipel From npr Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled. Though no one…
The Editor Speaks: When is a dog ‘dangerous’?
There has been a mounting call for a dog court to deal with owners of dogs who mistreat their pets or neglect them by allowing them to roam the streets without a leash or a muzzle. Dogs are labeled as…
Why pension funds are finding Bermuda captivating
By Ashley Fife From APPLEBY Bermuda is becoming increasingly attractive as a place to invest pension assets, manage the risks associated with funding pensions, and to carry on a pension trustee business. In the first instance, pension trustees’ investments in…
iNews Briefs
Premier’s HARDtalk airing changed The Office of the Premier has been advised that the airing for the discussion between Cayman Islands Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin and BBC HARDtalk host Stephen Sackur has been changed to Wednesday, 12 February, 2014, on…
Working as a Marine Biologist on the Cayman Islands
By Peter Sonnenberg From PAC Work as a marine biologist is very rewarding; becoming one requires very hard work, though. To become a marine biologist, one must go through four years of undergraduate education and around two to five years…
Cuba frees jailed Canadian businessman
From Washington Post TORONTO — A Canadian businessman who served 2 1/2 years of a 9-year prison sentence in Cuba for corruption has abruptly returned to Canada. Sarkis Yacoubian, president of Tri-Star Caribbean import company, said Saturday that he’s extremely…
January 2014 funerals
Harrison Myrie – 10 Jan 2014 Creek Buel Stoel Ebanks 17 Jul 1934 – 15 Jan 2014 Boatswain Bay Kenneth John Hay 31 May 1953 – 20 Jan 2014 Garden of Reflections Steve Jackson – 26 Jan…
PPS in the Caribbean hold key to success
From The Barbados Advocate “Worthwhile approach” It was noted quite recently that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Caribbean hold the key to the success of infrastructural development in the Bank’s Borrowing Member Countries. There is a recognition that infrastructure development…
Awesome adventure: Swimming with stingrays on Grand Cayman
By Shivana Maharaj From City Style and living Magazine Now in its 60th year of operation, Captain Marvin’s Watersports offers several options for exploring the ocean. We decide to take a half-day snorkel excursion, including a chance to swim with…
Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert and co predict the tastes of the future – globally and locally
By Samantha Wood From The National When a star-studded cast of chefs – think Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, José Andrés and two Daniels (Boulud and Humm) – congregate in one spot, the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, for an annual cookout at…
