The Editor speaks: When silence is not golden
I was at a small gathering of members of Elmslie Church last night and a debate followed the presentation by a visiting pastor on “Salt”. Like most debates the subject broadened out past the confined barriers of the original subject…
Hurricane forecasters watching another area of the far Atlantic
By Brett Clarkson From Sun Sentinel Another week, another area of potential storm development in the Atlantic. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are watching a patch of weather in the far eastern Atlantic that so far has a slight…
Sharks on a Plane: Southwest & Discovery giving away vacation to Cayman Islands
Discovery sets ‘Shark Week’ partnerships with Southwest Airlines and more brands Southwest and Discovery also are giving away a vacation to Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands to see sharks up close By Kimberly Nordyke From Hollywood Reporter Other brands…
Queen’s Baton – Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will arrive in Cayman Islands
Queen’s Baton relay – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC) is excited to announce that the Queen’s Baton for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will be arriving in the Cayman Islands July 14-17, 2017. The…
American national arrested in Cayman Islands for firearm offences
From Cayman Islands CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT The Customs Department has announced that on 07th July, 2017 Cayman Brac Customs Officers arrested a 52-year-old male American national for several firearm offences. During the inspection of a shipping container, a large quantity of…
Last Week’s Tropical Depression Four could come back to life in the Atlantic; Hurricane Hunter Mission scheduled
By Jon Erdman from Weather Underground The remnant of last week’s Tropical Depression Four continues to sprout thunderstorms and may regenerate as a tropical cyclone as it tracks toward the Bahamas and possibly Florida later this week. Located just over 100 miles…
Eugene-based tech security company acquired by Bay Area firm
By Ed Russo From The Register-Guard Info@risk, a Eugene firm that tests the information security systems of business and government agencies, has been acquired by a San Francisco-based accounting firm. BPM, with six offices in the San Francisco Bay Area…
Cayman Islands Voluntary Liquidations: Operational efficiencies from starting the liquidation process earlier
Maples & Calder The timing of the commencement of the voluntary liquidation of a Cayman Islands company was often driven primarily by the desire to avoid incurring the following year’s annual government fees. To avoid those fees, the liquidation had…
Recipe of the week
7 Tips for Making a Restaurant-Quality Salad By Lisa Appleton From The Kitchn Have you ever tried to recreate your favorite restaurant salad at home? At the restaurant, it feels so special — there’s something about the crunch and the…
Rio’s Valongo slave wharf
Rio’s Valongo slave wharf becomes Unesco heritage site From BBC News A wharf in Rio de Janeiro where nearly a million African slaves are estimated to have landed has been declared a World Heritage site by the UN cultural organisation,…