Caribbean British Overseas Territories will discuss hurricane relief with UK
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands –The Premier, Hon. Alden McLaughlin returned from Miami over the weekend after chairing a special meeting of elected Heads of Government from Caribbean British Overseas Territories. Hon. Tara Rivers who has Ministerial responsibility for Hazard Management…
Costas Takkas: The king or the kingmaker? [Costas Takkas has been sentenced to 15 months in prison]
By Collister M. Fahie From Caribbean News Now Sentencing of defendants reveals behind the scenes maneuvering of the Feds, because Costas Takkas was put “in almost complete isolation for 29 months after his arrest” in the FIFAGATE scandal. Jeffrey Webb,…
[FBME:] A new bank of crooks and criminals
By John Berthelsen From Asia Sentinel Death on the street Another businessman named Alexander Perpilichny fled Russia in 2010, to hand Swiss prosecutors details of the alleged involvement of senior Russian officials in the Hermitage theft, only also to end…
Cancer in populations of African Ancestry: studies of the African Caribbean Cancer Consortium
From Springer Link Authors Authors and affiliations Camille Ragin Elizabeth Blackman Robin Roberts Raleigh Butler Samuel Gathere Darron Halliday Kimlin Ashing Among all non-communicable diseases, cancer is the second cause of death worldwide. Although some cancers are preventable [1, 2, 3] and treatable and even curable, cancer…
Cayman Islands: Two CIFEC students become full time employees at HSM
The HSM Group has added two more employees to the firm from the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) Internship Program. Gabriel Morla has joined HSM IP Ltd. to work on Intellectual property matters as an IP Administrative Assistant; he…
Cayman Islands Toastmasters Youth Leadership Programme Graduates 11
The Youth Leadership Programme (YLP), run by the Grand Cayman Toastmasters Club, graduated 11 young leaders on Saturday, 21 October. “The aim of the programme is to teach participants to be better thinkers, listeners and speakers,” Assistant Co-ordinator and Master…
Cayman Islands’ Danielle Coleman returns from aid secondment in BVI
Danielle Coleman has returned from her secondment to the British Virgin Islands (BVI), describing the situation there as worse than the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan on Grand Cayman in 2004. The Deputy Director of Preparedness and Planning with Hazard…
The Editor Speaks: Health care and Cayman Airways take the wrong direction
It was a good thing government managed to generate $26.3 million more than the forecasted $908.5 million that was in the last budget prepared by former Finance Minister Marco Archer. Health care and Cayman Airways travelled the wrong way ending…
Cayman Islands sculptor detained, later charged with obscenity
From FREEMUSE Defending Artistic Freedom Sculptor Ronald “Foots” Kynes, based on Cayman Brac, was charged on 16 October 2017 under section 157 of the Penal Code for “displaying an obscene object for public exhibition and intending to corrupt morals”, related…
Tropical Storm Philippe dissipates after spawning tornadoes
By Mike Clary and Aric Chokey From Sun-Sentinel What a difference a day makes! Tropical Storm Philippe dumped 5-10″ of rain on us Saturday and early Sunday with 2 confirmed tornadoes. Behind the cold front, Sunday turned out beautiful with…