Caribbean and US showcase successes of CBSI
By S Coward Cocaine seizures across CARICOM Member States, training of police personnel and the provision of fast boats to help curtail maritime criminal activities are among the successes of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). These were outlined by…
16 Tips to make sure your home isn’t a den of dangerous accidents waiting to happen
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist If you’re like me, you have no muscle memories of the apartment you’ve lived in for five years and thus find your body banging itself up against a corner like it popped out of…
U.N. climate meet becomes about “not losing ground”
From Independent European Daily Express WARSAW – Diann Black-Layne grew up in a single parent home with nine siblings on the tiny Caribbean island of Antigua. Still, life was easygoing and enjoyable, she recalls. For her, it was paradise. But…
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Former police officer wins appeal over beating incident Rabe Welcome, who was fired from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service after being convicted of malicious wounding a man during an early morning off-duty arrest more than four years ago, has…
Legislator wants audit of EB-5 programme in SD [money flowing to & from Caymans]
By Dennis Daugaard From Argus Leader A Democratic state legislator is calling for an independent fiscal audit of South Dakota’s participation in a federal investment-for-green-cards immigration programme. The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development for years contracted with the…
Will SeaWorld tank after expose in ‘Blackfish’?
By Al Lewis From Market Watch Stock sinks as documentary makes a big splash The more people see the film “Blackfish,” the deeper stock of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. dives. Shares of Orlando, Fla.-based SeaWorld SEAS -0.65% have been sinking with…
Collection of Food Vouchers and Cheques
Persons scheduled to collect food vouchers or cheques from the Department of Children and Family Services BritCay Office on 29 November, 2013 should instead collect these on Friday 22 November, 2013 – as the DCFS George Town and administrative offices…
Grand Court Juror report date changed
The Grand Court juror report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 2 October – 31 December 2013 session, are now to report on Monday, 2 December 2013 at 9:45 a.m. Please call the jury information…
Niven’s Spice Island
By Jackie Sayet From The Genuine Kitchen Back home in the Design District [Miami], Niven shared a preview of the magic [being prepared on Grand Cayman – see iNews story “Niven’s Spice Island of the Cayman Kind”] going along for…
