Caribbean told to brace for 11 storms in 2015
By CMC/Jamaica Observer From St Lucia newsonline BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The US-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting six to 11 named storms for the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season even as regional disaster officials warned Caribbean countries not…
The Editor speaks: Why is there silence from Cayman’s Football authorities?
Even though many of the top brass of the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) are away this is no excuse from not issuing any statement at all concerning their president Jeffery Webb. There is such a thing called “the Internet”….
iNews Briefs, More and Community Events
Cayman Islands Community Events MON JUNE 1 National Workforce Development Agency in East End The National Workforce Development Agency will be at the East End Library on Monday (1 Jun) from 10 — 1pm. TUE JUNE 2 Child month Board…
British-born accountant seized in FIFA dawn raids ‘recruited British players to play for the Cayman Islands in 2022 World Cup qualifiers’
By Christian Gysin From The Daily Mail Costas Takkas,57, being held in Zurich after being arrested in Swiss raids Businessman was born in north London and studied at London University He acted as general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football…
Liquidators of Ex-Harvard QB’s Funds [in Cayman Islands] sue Barclays for $80 Million
By Patrick Fitzgerald from The Wall Street Journal The liquidators of a pair of failed Cayman Islands-based hedge funds run by a former Harvard quarterback are suing Barclays PLC to claw back some $80 million they say was illegally funneled…
Belvedere Ponzi scheme with Cayman Islands connections makes headlines again
CWMFX’s parent group linked to massive offshore Ponzi scheme, researcher says From Finance Magnates According to Offshore Alert, CWM World is linked to a $16 billion Ponzi scheme run by the Mauritius-based Belvedere Management Limited, as sources close to the…
How the Cayman Islands became a FIFA power
By Jeré Longman From The New York Times GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Chickens scurried about on Friday morning as a bulldozer spread crushed rock for a new soccer field with artificial turf at the Cayman Islands Football Association. It…
High scores rock Cayman Islands
By Joanna Humphries From CIEF This month Cayman has seen a host of riding activity at two of Cayman’s riding schools. Riders from The Equestrian Centre and Cayman Riding School took part in the third of this year’s National Dressage…
Cayman Islands Health City set to install solar farm
A 1.2 megawatt solar farm will soon be installed at Health City Cayman Islands, the first of its kind for a Caribbean hospital. The solar farm will utilise cutting edge technology to integrate a photovoltaic energy storage system with the…
Recipe of the week
Want a rich and silky pan sauce for your steak? Grab the cream By Daniel Gritzer Culinary Director From Serious Eats Cream is the secret weapon in this rich, silky pan sauce with mushrooms. [Photographs: Vicky Wasik] One of the…