Damaging article about Grand Cayman
“The Story of the Rise and Fall of the Cayman Islands” Full article see http://highbrowmagazine.com/story-rise-and-fall-cayman-islands Highbrow Magazine (to quote from them) “is a liberal, general-interest online magazine, focusing on the arts, entertainment, food, travel, news and politics.” The magazine is…
Pilot Immigration Online upgrade well received by business community
The Cayman Islands Government’s Department of Immigration recently unveiled its brand new Immigration Online system to a group of key businesses to an enthusiastic response by those in attendance. Mick Whitworth, Applications Project Manager in the Government’s Computer Services Department,…
The Editor speaks: Should we ban jet skis?
Jet skis are banned on Tobago’s south west peninsula, no jet skis are allowed in Anguilla, and they cannot be used in the British Virgin Islands. I have to ask the question, “Should jet skis/wave runners be banned here?” In…
British Bobbies leave
It was no surprise to me to hear the negative feedback regarding the announcement by RCIPS Commissioner, David Baines, that twelve members of the UK officers who came to assist our police here have left. I even had a respected…
Hotel bomb kills three, wounds 27 in south Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful bomb that killed at least three people and wounded 27 others in a budget hotel packed with wedding guests in the southern Philippines, officials said Monday. Investigators believe the blast…
50-50 conference launches essay competition
The Planning Committee of the 50-50 Caribbean Conference has launched its Essay Competition as part of the ongoing efforts to encourage participation in what promises to be one of the most anticipated events of March 2012. The theme for the…
Number portability weeks away
In exactly eight weeks, and ending the possibility of a government-sponsored lawsuit, number portability will debut in the Cayman Islands. On 31 January, after more than seven years of fitful struggle, negotiation and argument, Cayman’s four leading telephone companies —…
St Maarten finds local lionfish tainted with toxin
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Conservationists in St. Maarten are warning islanders not to eat lionfish after tests found a naturally occurring toxin in the flesh of the candy-striped invasive species, officials said Thursday. The findings have dealt a blow to…
The Editor speaks: Christmas cracker crackdown by RCIPS
If any one has any complaining to do about the RCIPS’s seasonal police road safety crackdown this year, codenamed Operation Christmas Cracker, beginning on Monday 28th Nov., we have only ourselves to blame. “Last year we were so disappointed by…
US awaits release of three students
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Family and friends of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo waited anxiously Friday for news that they had been released from police custody. Derrik Sweeney, Luke Gates and Gregory Porter, who attend the American…
