Zak Quappé Scholarship names first recipient
The Zak Quappé Flight Scholarship (ZQFS) committee is proud to announce the recipient of the 2014 flight scholarship. 17-year-old Samuel Hale Whitney of South Sound was born in George Town, Grand Cayman. Sam has had a fascination for flying from…
What’s hot in 2014? Taking travel to new extremes
By Maria Lenhart From Travel Market Report Travelers want to go to extremes in 2014 – so travel agents should not hold back from steering their clients in new directions. So says travel trends expert Daniel Levine, executive director of…
Commemorative Heroes Day coins available
With the advent of Heroes Day on the horizon, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) would like to remind the public that a limited number of the commemorative 10th Anniversary Heroes Day coins are still available for purchase. Released by…
British spies are officially getting the ‘License To Speed’
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE From Business Insider British spies are to be given a “licence to speed”, allowing the likes of James Bond to drive fast with impunity in the name of national security. Transport minister Robert Goodwill was to…
NYT: NSA embeds radio transmitters to access offline computers from miles away
By Richard Lawler From engadget [Another] fun NSA revelation comes courtesy of the New York Times, reporting on an agency program to access and alter data on computers that aren’t connected to the internet. Cherry picked from the NSA’s tool…
CIREBA donates to The Pines NCVO Retirement Home
Cayman Island Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) recently made a donation to The Pines. The donation of CI$15,000 was presented at the organization’s holiday party. Jeanette Totten, President of CIREBA, said, “CIREBA is thrilled to be able to support the…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Russia won’t ban homosexual relations: Putin
From the Siasat Daily Russian laws do not criminalize homosexual relations unlike some other countries, President Vladimir Putin said Friday (17). “We prohibit nothing and grab no one, there’s no responsibility for those relations unlike in the other countries,” Putin…
Cameron’s plea to Putin: help me stop Salmond
Exclusive By David Leask And Paul Hutcheon From The Herald Scotland David Cameron’s Government wants the backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the battle against Scottish independence, the former USSR’s leading news agency has reported. Official Russian news agency…
Blue Water enters into LOI for distillation of its own privately labeled rums
Blue Water Enters Into LOI for Distillation of Its Own Privately Labeled Rums Blue Water Will Offer Three Rums Under Its Own Label With Exclusive Worldwide Distribution Rights CANTON, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Blue Water Global Group, Inc. BLUU…