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Two women, one mentally ill and the other crippled, forced to live in inhumane conditions in Guyana By Guyana Chronicles From St Lucia news Online Two West Coast Berbice women – one mentally ill and another crippled – were on…
Miss Cayman Islands gets fit for DG’s 5K Challenge
Newly crowned Miss Cayman Islands Monyque Brooks put her best foot forward last night (29th February) to help launch the Off the Couch fitness programme. The eight-week initiative is to get people in shape for the 2016 Deputy Governor’s 5K…
Cayman Islands joint marine unit launches maritime operations course
By Jacqueline Carpenter From RCIPS Yesterday, 29 February, marine officers from RCIPS, Customs and Immigration began a 4-week course covering various types of interdiction at sea. It is provided by members of the Caribbean Military Maritime Training Centre, and is…
The Editor Speaks: Ganja and the Ostrich
When I was a child and I am now going back to the late 1940”s my favourite television programme was “Muffin the Mule”. The presenter was Annette Mills, sister of John Mills, and Annette sat at a grand piano and…
Boy’s wing of Cayman Islands Frances Bodden Children’s Home opened
The Ministry of Community Affairs, Youth and Sports is pleased to announce the opening of the new boys wing; an extension of the Frances Bodden Children’s Home (formerly Frances Bodden Girls Home). The 1800 square foot, open concept facility is…
The Church is on a mission
From Jamaica Gleaner What is the Church doing? The short response by the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands to this question is that the United Church is committed to being missional! The United Church in Jamaica and…
Trouble in Paradise: Inside Canadian banks’ billion-dollar Caribbean struggle
From Freedom SKN 106.5 They arrived in droves starting at 5:30 a.m., desperate to secure a steady pay cheque. By midmorning, the anxious mob totalled 5,000 people. Sandals, a Caribbean hotel chain, was hosting a job fair in Barbados to…
How the US Congress hands US corporate taxes to Europe
By Jeffrey Sachs Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University From Huffington Post The American Congress is so incompetent that it is arbitrarily handing billions of dollars of U.S. tax revenues to Europe. The issue involves tax manipulation by America’s top…
5 leadership lessons from the FIFA scandal
By Alexandra Wrage From Corporate Counsel With so many compliance lessons to be learned from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) imbroglio, it’s difficult to know where to start. It’s even more difficult to avoid collapsing into caricature when…
Nominations sought for International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame Cayman Islands honourees
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (1 March 2016) For the first time, members of the public are being asked to nominate a scuba diving pioneer for consideration as a local [Cayman Islands] honouree at this year’s International Scuba Diving Hall of…
