Rosetta: Waiting game after comet lander glitch
From BBC A European robot probe has made the first, historic landing on a comet, but its status remains uncertain after harpoons failed to anchor it to the surface. Officials said the craft may have lifted off the comet after…
34 Chikungunya cases in Cayman Islands – 10 caught locally
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya Update as of 10 November 2014 The total number of confirmed chikungunya cases in the Cayman Islands has reached 34 to date. Meanwhile the number of locally transmitted cases is now ten. The…
Serpell wins Cayman Islands trials’
From CIEF Last week two of Cayman’s top youth show jumpers competed for a place on the Cayman Islands’ team headed to Jamaica this month for the final round of the 2014 Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Junior Show Jumping Competition (“CEA…
iNews Briefs
Tony Blair allegedly earned thousands in secret contracts with a Saudi oil company [registered in Cayman Islands] By Joshua Barrie From Business Insider Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair allegedly earned £41,000 a month after signing a contract with a…
Cayman Islands saving Green Sea Turtles
The Cayman Turtle Farm is a 23-acre adventure marine park and is allegedly the only one of its kind in the world. Owned and operated by the Cayman government, it is home to over 11,000 green sea turtles ranging from…
The Editor Speaks: A new broom sweeps clean what was spectacular about Pirates Week
A new broom sweeps clean they say but the new management in charge of the Cayman Island’s National Festival Pirates Week has swept off all what was exciting and good about the Saturday Landing and Float Parade. It wasn’t exactly…
Christmas comes early for The National Gallery via a donation of “Dready” artwork
Artist Shane “Dready” Aquart recently gifted a large panorama of Grand Cayman to the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI). The work, entitled Cayman Panorama – Things That Exist Only in Fading Memory, features a series of Caymanian architectural…
Letter to the Editor
The darkest day for democracy in Guyana By Hon. Brigadier David A. Granger To The Editor: A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is enraged at President Donald Ramotar’s promulgation of a proclamation to prorogue parliament on Monday Nov., 10, 2014….
Cayman Islands October 2014 funerals
Iva Lorna Ebanks 12 Feb 1920 – 25 Jan 2014 Ireland George Burnis Ebanks – 27 Sep 2014 …