Cayman Islands: West Bay officers render first aid to stabbing victim Saturday night, 20 August; Suspect arrested and charged
From RCIPS: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:36 PM Just before midnight, on Saturday, 20 August, a man came to West Bay Police Station bleeding profusely from a wound to his left forearm. Officers on duty rendered emergency First Aid…
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Turkey Kurdish wedding bomber ‘may not have been child’ From BBC Image caption Most of the victims of the bombing were children, media reports say AFP Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says authorities do not know if a suicide bomber…
Cayman Islands volunteer at Rio 2016 Olympics: Marzeta Bodden
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games would not function properly if it wasn’t for the 50,000 Olympic Volunteers. Miles away from home, Caymanian Marzeta Bodden has volunteered three weeks of her personal time to make the Rio 2016 Games as successful…
Final results announced for Cayman Islands Stroke and Stride
Congratulations to all who took part in the 2016 Jaguar Land Rover Stroke & Stride from the Cayman Islands Triathlon Association and the team at TRAC Automotive! The event saw a record number of athletes take part this year, with…
The Editor Speaks: Why do countries bid to stage the Olympics? Welcome The Olympic Computer Games
The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics are over. And I enjoyed watching every moment of it. I can hardly wait another four years. Thank goodness we have the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Not the same but…
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The View from Europe: Rebalancing the Chinese economic relationship
BY: DAVID JESSOP From Barbados Advocate Last month the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published a paper ‘Chinese rise in the Caribbean – What does it mean for Caribbean Stakeholders?’ Although, in its conclusions, it said little more than a number…
Cayman Islands: CCUK hosts Third Annual Reception
Nearly 70 guests consisting of students, government officials and private sector members recently met for an evening of networking, opportunities and refreshment. On Thursday, 18 July 2016, Cayman Connection UK (CCUK) held its third annual reception at St. Ignatius, Loyola…
Cayman Islands People’s Choice Award
After three years the Miss Teen Cayman Islands Pageant 2016 is back with a bang. With seven beautiful ladies representing districts from across the Cayman Islands the pageant slated for Saturday 27th August looks like it’s going to be a…
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Oxitec CEO: This is the worst-case scenario for unleashing genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Public-health officials are doing everything in their power (and budget) to prevent infectious diseases like Zika, yellow fever, and dengue from spreading. But the bugs that transmit those diseases, specifically the Aedes Aegypti mosquito,…
A handful of hedge funds just made a play that screams ‘out of ideas’
By Linette Lopez From Business Insider A bunch of hedge funds just sent a subtle message to the market: “Guys, we’re out of ideas.” On Tuesday, the activist hedge fund ValueAct Capital announced that it had taken a $1.1 billion stake…
