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Month: February 2018

Swimmer Johnson clocks Youth Olympic qualifying mark

From Jamaica Observer Jamaica’s young sensations set the pool alight on the final day of competition as they rewrote the record books and achieved Youth Olympic qualifying times at the recently concluded UANA Cup in Coral Springs, Florida. Overseas-based Shaun…

Bichotte commemorates Black History Month

BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life Brooklyn Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte has paid tribute to those who persevered through racial oppression, intolerance and injustice to pave the way for civil rights in the United States. Bichotte, who represents the…

DOJ busts counterfeiter who helped sell more than 40,000 fake iPhones and iPads in the US

Yoni Heisler From BGR The DOJ on Friday announced the arrest of Jianhua Li, a Chinese national living in the United States who, over a period of nearly five years, participated in a massive iPhone and iPad counterfeiting operation that…

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The iced tea company that changed its name to include ‘blockchain’ retracts on bitcoin mining operation

By Sarah Buhr Remember the iced tea company that changed its name to Long Blockchain and immediately shot up by 500 percent on the stock market? Well, it turns out it may not be getting into the blockchain after all….

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US: It’s time to replace Groundhog Day with Lobster Day

By Chloe Bryan Everyone is sick of Groundhog Day (no offense, Phil) and it’s time to liven things up a bit. Let’s take a leaf out of Nova Scotia’s book and hire a lobster instead. Lucy the lobster — a…

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Cayman Islands: Intruder at West Bay Residence reported early Sunday morning, 4 February

From RCIPS Mon Feb 5 2018 Just before 3AM on Sunday morning, officers responded to a report of an intruder at a West Bay residential address.  A resident at the address had locked herself in her bedroom after her residence…

5 Feb Weather In Cayman

5 Feb Mon 2018 Weather In Cayman Synopsis     Moderate northeasterly winds and slight to moderate seas will continue across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours as a high pressure system moves over the Central Atlantic Ocean….

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Drones can fix our forest problem by planting 100,000 trees a day

By Chris Smith From BGR We’re so good and so busy at cutting down trees that we can’t possibly make up for the forests we lose each year by replanting trees by hand. However, smart drones could fix humanity’s major…

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Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission on Confiscation Hearing – Canover Watson

On 4 February 2016 Canover Watson was convicted by a jury of his peers of the following five counts: 1. Two counts of Conspiracy to Defraud contrary to Common Law; 2. One count of Conflict of Interest contrary to sections…

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New Grand Hyatt Grand Cayman to have Island’s largest function space

From International Meetings Review The Hyatt brand is returning to Grand Cayman in the form of a new Grand Hyatt hotel that will have the island’s largest function space. As part of a franchise agreement between a Hyatt affiliate and…