5 reasons not to buy a puppy for Christmas
By: Joel Boyce from Care2 1. FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD BE ADOPTED, NOT “BOUGHT” There are enough shelter animals looking for homes that the idea of encouraging the demand for backyard-bred puppies is difficult to justify. In case you need any more convincing, just watch this…
US: Two new lawsuits filed against Catholic Church over abuse
By Eric T. Chaffin from The Legal Examiner Pittsburgh Sexual abuse victims have filed two new national lawsuits against the Catholic Church. According to the Washington Post, both suits were filed on November 13, 2018, and both name as defendants the…
Puzzles for Dec 11 2018 Number search/Sudoku/Word search/Crossword
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Cayman Islands: Man charged with 6 offenses, including Resisting Arrest and Assaulting an Officer,
From RCIPS 10 December 2018 A man, age 28 of George Town, has been formally charged with Assaulting a Police Officer, Resisting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct, Intentional Harassment, Alarm or Distress, and two counts of Common Assault. The first three charges…
10 Dec Weather in Cayman
h 10 Dec Mon 2018 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Light and variable wind will give way to moderate northerly winds across the Cayman area over the next 24 hours as a cold front approaches the our area by this evening….
The Editor speaks: Beauty surrounds us
The great 13th-century Persian poet,Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, more popularly known as Rumi, said “beauty surrounds us but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it”. Our garden, or gardens, are our three Islands where we…
Premier hosts largest London Friends of Cayman Islands dinner
LONDON– The Premier, Hon Alden McLaughlin and the Cayman delegation in the United Kingdom including Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs Hon. Tara Rivers; Minister of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure Hon. Joseph Hew; Attorney General Hon. Sam Bulgin; Leader…
Cayman Islands: PAHO offers mental health training for doctors
Sixteen public and private doctors attended a special training that focused on mental health for general practitioners and primary care physicians. Led by a team of three from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), the two day session aimed to…
Cayman Finance statement on the ‘Cayman Islands Economic Substance Bill’
6 December 2018 The Cayman Islands Government today released the draft International Tax-Co-operation (Economic Substance) Bill, 2018 “a law to provide for an economic substance test to be satisfied by certain entities; and for incidental and connected purposes” (the “Bill”)….
Cayman Islands publishes Bills to further strengthen standards
In response to global developments in financial services, the Cayman Islands Government today published three bills that further strengthen our compliance with international standards. The bills are The Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2018; The Local Companies (Control) (Amendment) Bill,…
