American Airlines apologizes for in-flight mag photo of ‘Pilots’ drinking
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist American Airlines is apologizing to its employees for running a photo in its in-flight magazine of two guys drinking and serving booze while dressed as pilots. The March issue of American Way featured a profile…
DOCKSIDE is released by Cayman Islands author
Book News Desk From Broadway World BWW Sandra van der Bol’s new book Dockside ($16.99, paperback, 9781498495172; $8.99, eBook, 9781498495189) is about love. It is about the surprises, the unfolding, the testing, the joy, the pain, the adventure and the…
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Cayman Islands Post Office Closures Postal Service clients are advised of changes to its operations on two days during April. All of Grand Cayman’s post offices will close at 12:30p.m. next Tuesday, 4 April 2017, to facilitate a staff function….
This author’s 1975 letter shutting down a fan is so hilariously blunt
BY SAM HAYSOM From Mashable In the age of Twitter, authors like J.K. Rowling shut people down pretty much every day. It’s not a new thing, though. Back in 1975, British novelist Kingsley Amis was shutting people down with the…
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Cayman Islands: Flags Lowered for London Victims Flags at the Government Administration Building in Elgin Avenue were lowered to half-mast today (Thursday, 23 March 2017) as a mark of respect for the victims of a terror attack in London, U.K….
In Memoriam: Derek Walcott and his Caribbean Odyssey
By Ankhi Mukherjee New Delhi From Hindustan Times Black faces sprinkled with continual dew– dew on the speckled croton, dew on the hard leaf of the knotted palm tree, dew on the elephant ears of the dasheen. Through Kurtz’s teeth,…
The Unfinished Work of Maurice Bishop, by Peter Binose
Here is an extract of the last chapter in Peter Binose’s unpublished book about Maurice Bishop. I am not sure when Peter actually wrote this because he started the book in 2004 and I believe but am not sure finished…
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Visit Cayman Islands Magazine launches 2nd issue
The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) and North South Net Cayman Ltd. (NSN) recently celebrated the launch of the second issue of their in-house publication, Visit Cayman Islands. Major stakeholders, representatives from various accommodations and members of CITA’s Board of…
World Poetry Day- Cayman Islands
From Cayman Literary Development Program Dr. Mervyn Morris has accepted to join us again and celebrate with us World Poetry Day. This time he will be teaching workshops for adults and kids, visiting schools, and leading a poetry recital on Tuesday…