New Year’s Eve
Here we are once again afraid to make a decision now, when it matters most, on whether to extend the liquor licencing closing laws on New Year’s Eve. You see, New Year’s Eve this year falls on a Saturday and…
Olympus lose $687m in rouge CI account
Olympus has defended paying $687m to financial advisers but refused to comment on its former CEO’s claims that the cash was channelled to ‘unknown parties in the Cayman Islands’. Asked why Olympus paid such a high fee in relation to…
Miss Teen becomes Leo Club member
The Leo Club of Grand Cayman on Wednesday inducted three new members, foremost among them the recently crowned Miss Teen Cayman Brooke Parchment. West Bay’s Miss Parchment, 15, crowned on 27 August at the Lions Centre at the 33rd annual…
Disappearing
Where is the Island that once we knew – and the Caymanian people, the backbone of this place? They lived life happily, peacefully. Theirs was a hard life, but always, they had time to smile, reach out to each other,…
The Editor Speaks: Healing and Sirach
Doctors, hospitals, Hospice, and rehabilitation centres have been in the news lately. At some time in our lives we have to go to a doctor or hospital to be healed. The same way an alcoholic and/or drug user will be…
Anglin at schools frontline
Minister of Education, Training and Employment, the Hon. Rolston Anglin, JP, has begun his third round of school visits, which will take him to all schools falling within his ministry’s responsibility. Explaining his objectives he said, “Visiting schools at the…
A good sport
Being “a good sport” means you are gracious when you win and gracious when you lose. Both are difficult but more so when you are accustomed to winning and unexpectedly you lose. Here, in Cayman, we don’t have too many…
Hundreds gather for annual Brenda Tibbetts-Lund 5K
Over 700 walkers and runners turned out for the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens (LCTG) Annual Brenda Tibbetts-Lund 5K Memorial Walk/Run, which was held at West Bay Public Beach on Saturday, October 8. Now a firm fixture on the events…
Developments at the Office of the Auditor General
The Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick has announced that his office have launched a new website and issued the details host of programmes. The new OAG website, www.auditorgeneral.gov.ky, provides information about the mandate and work of the OAG and is much…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, Recently, for the first time in the long history of the Courts of these Islands, comments have been made publicly which bring into question the integrity of decisions of the Courts. While the great majority of the responses…
