Can both the Auditor Generals be wrong?
Colin Wilson When I first arrived on these Islands thirty years ago the office of the Auditor General of the Cayman Islands was rarely, if at all, in the news. On the official Government website the office is described as:…
Tax reprieve for US expats
US demands for money from anyone with a business, financial or other relationship to America have been delayed by one year after a global outpouring of protest to Washington. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), widely perceived as an…
LESSONS IN CARIBANA
Dave Martins I was living in Toronto, playing music full time with the Tradewinds band, when the annual Caribbean festival in Toronto known as Caribana was born in 1967. Today there are carnivals in a many cities outside the region,…
iCommunity events
PASSPORT2SUCCESS: Caymanians ages 17-20 are invited to apply for the next training session, which starts early September. Apply by visiting passport2success.ky/apply and either fill in or download an application form. Paper form are available from the Wellness Center, Unit D5…
Hostility to Jamaican Church hospital
The Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands are alarmed at a claim their hospital’s land may be confiscated for other purposes. The Nuttall Memorial Hospital, which is a privately run medical facility in Jamaica, is currently managed and operated…
Bob Marley
Our story yesterday (Thu) that songs by the reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, who practiced Rastafarianism, will appear in new Anglican Church hymnals in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, has produced much debate on the local air waves….
Dart deal…What Dart deal?
Governor Duncan Taylor has neither seen nor signed any applications to allow elected officials to trade any crown land to Dart Realty for a multi-million-dollar series of infrastructure projects. While Premier McKeeva Bush has said government and Dart Realty have…
Red Carpet for New Teachers
A slate of new teachers were welcomed into the public education service during a special reception and orientation session yesterday (Tuesday, 23 August). Top officials welcomed the 29 educators, one of the largest tranches, who are assigned to primary and…
The greatest leaders are servants
Do you know who said that? Actually quite a lot of people have. Possibly the greatest leader of all time, depending on your beliefs, preached this continuously. The person I am referring to is Jesus Christ. Whether you are a…
Libyan conflict causes oil price hike
PARIS (AP) — Confusion over the extent of the rebels’ hold on the Libyan capital and a rally in stock markets drove oil prices higher Tuesday, a day after they fell in anticipation of the end of strongman Moammar Gadhafi’s…
