DCR training exercise
Cayman Islands DCR Conducts Training Exercise The Department of Community Rehabilitation (DCR) recently held a training exercise to further enhance the skills of all staff members when dealing with offenders. It was the third training exercise in the use of…
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Fifa trial: two ex-soccer officials found guilty on multiple charges of corruption
By Oliver Laughland From The Guardian UK Juan Angel Napout and José Maria Marin both found guilty in New York Fifa corruption spanned decades and resulted in $150m in bribes Two former South American football officials were found guilty on…
The court issues a final order to Yida Zhang [BCQS Grand Cayman to execute valuation]
From The Daily Observer The court issues a final order to Yida Zhang December 24, 2017 OSERVER Media The Big Stories 13 Comments The High Court has issued a final order for the sale of stock that YIDA Zhang holds…
DCR employees recognised
Outstanding Cayman Islands DCR Employees Recognised The Department of Community Rehabilitation (DCR) recently held an award ceremony to honour some of the department’s most committed and exceptional employees. Probation Officer Simone Savage was selected as the 2017 Steven Smith Award…
Automatic majority against Israel at UN will turn in 2032
BY HERB KEINON From Jerusalem Post 151 UN states vote to disavow Israeli ties to Jerusalem > Analysis: Vote shows Israel making little headway at United Nations If the current trend holds, it will take another 14 years before the…
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David Jessop: New US security policy raises difficult questions for the Caribbean
From Dominican Today By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor. By law, every US President must publish a national security strategy. The objective is to provide the highest-level guidance on the responses required by the country’s military, diplomatic, and…
Strong tremor jolts St. Kitts and Nevis
From South Florida Caribbean News Basseterre, St. Kitts – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rocked St Kitts and Nevis Sunday morning, but there are no reports of injuries or damage. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit says the 5.8 tremor…
Memorial tombstones
Cayman Islands Memorial tombstones unveiled Two cultural icons were recently honoured by the Ministry of Culture and the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF). In May 2017 the Hon Premier and then Minister for Culture, presented a grant to CNCF for…
Cruise ship horror: ‘We missed it by 30 seconds,’ family says
By Anne Geggis From Sun Sentinel For the Whittens of Jacksonville, being a large family proved fateful: It stopped them from boarding the bus that flipped over along a winding Mexican road, killing 12 people. Michelle Whitten was traveling with…
Quick guide to large polyp Caribbean corals
By NICOLE HELGASON From Reef Divers Large Polyps When most people images corals, they think of hundreds of tiny polyps creating a larger colony of coral. And while this is true for most corals there is a second category of corals which…
