200 years on, Napoleon returns to southern France
AFP From Business Insider French actor Frank Samson (C), dressed as Emperor Napoleon, performs during the reenactment of Napoleon’s landing on March 1, 2015, in Vallauris Golfe-Juan © AFP Jean-Christophe Magnenet Vallauris (France) (AFP) – Standing proudly at the front…
Cayman Islands: Where are the 2015 YCLA finalists now?
It is easy to mistake the Young Caymanian Leadership Foundation as a once a year live broadcast awards event and dinner. In truth however the people who are nominated are constantly, and at times thanklessly, working behind the scenes to…
TAX EVASION: Cayman Islands and US Taxpayers
BY GARY S. WOLFE, ESQ. From California CEO Two Cayman Island financial Institutions plead guilty to aiding US taxpayers in hiding more than $130m in offshore accounts. In March, 2016 the US Dept. of Justice announced guilty pleas for Two…
Cayman Islands mobile homes fire North Side
From RCIPS On Friday 2nd September 2016 around 4:03 pm 911 received a call that a mobile home was on fire on Rossini Street, North Side. Emergency Services responded and found that two mobile homes were engulfed in flames. The…
Cayman Islands still looking for suspect who robbed and committed an indecent assault on South Church St Fri (26 Aug)
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service are still looking for the suspect in last Fridays Indecent Assault and Robbery which occurred on South Church Street in the vicinity of Sunset House. The suspect has been described as approximately 5 feet…
Hurricane Hermine hits Florida, weakens into tropical storm
By Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy, From CNN CNN)Hurricane Hermine made landfall early Friday in Florida with a furious mix of rain, whistling winds and surging waves — then weakened into a tropical storm as it wobbled toward Georgia. Hermine,…
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority provides development opportunities for young Caymanians
Each year, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) provides career-development opportunities to young Caymanians who are looking to gain valuable work experience. The Authority also awards scholarships to students who are seeking to further their education in the Finance and…
Sagicor gives boost to Cayman Islands Cancer Society operations
Sagicor Life Cayman Islands has given The Cancer Society a boost that will see improved programmes and services being provided to the wider community. A donation of US$1437.50 was presented to the organization recently to support the entity’s free community…
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Colombian national goes to jail for sex crimes in Cayman Islands Michell Anderson Garcia (26), a Colombian national, received a 12 year jail sentence on Wednesday (Aug 31) by Justice Michael Mettyear at Cayman Islands Grand Court. Garcia pleaded…
The Editor Speaks: Conservation according to Fred
The well respected local conservationist Fred Burton, who headed up the successful Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, is now with the Department of Environment’s terrestrial programme to pick the best land for conservation. Burton has come up with a novel way…