Cayman Islands “Lady Rabia” tells how she is going blind
BY MIKE LOCKLEY From Birmingham Mail Children’s author to climb mountain in aid of charity for visually impaired. Popular children’s author Rabia Abdul-Hakim, who writes under the pen-name Lady Rabia, is going blind. She can no longer recognise her own…
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Citrix: Taking “Remote Access” to a New Level From Tax Justice Blog The Citrix Corporation is a widely known provider of remote-access software, which allows employees to use “remote login” technogy to access a centrally located computer from their home…
Cayman Islands Children’s Film Competition Registration extended
The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) has extended its registration deadline for students wishing to enter their short films in the Young Image Makers (YIM) competition. Budding filmmakers can now submit their entries now through Wednesday, 13th April, 2016. The…
Health City completes first ever TAVI procedure in the Caribbean
The first ever Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) undertaken in the English-speaking Caribbean region has been completed at leading tertiary care hospital, Health City Cayman Islands. The complex cardiac procedure was performed on local Cayman Islands patient, Dianna Merren, in…
Cayman Islands Brokers Assoc. re-elects 1st female president
The Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) has re-elected Jeanette Totten, who was also the first woman President to serve CIREBA from 2011-2014. Jeanette started her own boutique-style real estate company, Cayman Luxury Property Group with her husband in…
‘Empire’ cast, crew talk growing pains, diversity and guest stars at PaleyFest opener
From Yahoo TV A lively audience filed into the Dolby Theatre tonight for PaleyFest’s opening-night Empire panel, with cast including Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett and Gabourey Sidibe and co-creator Lee Daniels spilling the secrets behind Fox’s soon-returning hit. Taraji P….
Growing trend of marriage equality in West
From The Royal Gazette Where in the world can a same-sex couple get married? Not in Bermuda — yet. But elsewhere in plenty of places in the West, same-sex marriage is already on the statute books and many other countries…
The Editor Speaks: Ignorance is bliss
It is better if you don’t know all the facts and being blissfully ignorant of them makes an excellent Chairman of the Cayman Islands Planning Authority (CPA). If you do have all the facts presented to you and ignore them…
Akinita Thomas pursues her artistic dream
By Tamara Bailey From The Jamaica Gleaner MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Twenty-one-year-old Akinita Thomas, a final year arts and business major student of Northern Caribbean University, Manchester has travelled from the Cayman Islands to pursue her dreams. Born in England and raised…
Cayman Islands football: CIFA League Updates
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