Cayman: Update on current verification numbers
After a weekend spent verifying signatures on the cruise port referendum petition, the Elections Office has received an additional 801 verification forms, bringing the total forms received to 1,503 thus far. Between the door-to-door verification process, booths set up at local…
Cayman Drama Society: The Wizard of Oz (youth performance) this FRIDAY! Places on age 13-16 acting camp next week
From Cayman Drama Society THE WIZARD OF OZ Our 8 to 12 year olds have been working hard since Monday to create a short performance of the famous tale of The Wizard of Oz. Come with us to the Emerald City…
The Editor speaks: Same-sex marriage
I am open on my stance against same-sex marriage. If two same sex couples want to live together so be it. I have absolutely no problem with that. Similarly, I am as strong against any form of vindication, verbally and…
Cayman: Hurricane season increases threat to national bird
With the 2019 hurricane season now upon us, the Department of Environment (DoE) asks members of the public who are making their own preparations, to also consider the resilience of Cayman’s natural habitats and species during this storm season. Our local…
Cayman Islands will defend its title in the Island Games with a New Generation
From FIBA.basketball GIBRALTAR – The National Basketball Team of Cayman Islands arrives this Sunday at the XVIII NatWest International Island Games with only one thing in mind, defending the championship they won in 2017. The tournament that will run from…
A mysterious coral disease is ravaging Caribbean reefs
By Cassie Martin From Science News Divers monitoring coral reefs off St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in January noticed something alarming: Big white lesions were eating into the colorful tissues of hundreds of stony corals. Some corals were…
Divetech Grand Cayman schedules World Record attempt during Women’s Dive Day
To celebrate Women’s Dive Day 2019 Divetech will bring together women hand in hand in an attempt to break our own World Record! In July 2018, 86 women at Divetech in Grand Cayman created a human chain along a 300ft…
Cricket: Team USA 19 World Cup Qualification campaign to be live streamed [features Cayman Islands]
From USA Cricket The qualification campaign for the Team USA 19’s through the ICC Americas Regional Qualifier to the 2020 ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup will be live streamed with every match of the tournament being broadcast in association with…
Habito, the digital mortgage broker, will begin direct lending via its own mortgages
By Steve O’Hear From TechCrunch Habito, the London startup that has spent the last three yearsdragging the mortgage process online, is to begin direct lending via its own range of mortgages. Starting with ‘buy to let’ mortgages, the move represents…
Soccer: The Women’s World Cup final got bigger US TV ratings than the 2018 men’s final
By Travis Clark From Business Insider Fox’s broadcast of the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday was watched by 14.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That’s up 22% from last year’s broadcast of the men’s final. Sunday’s game is the…