Yahoo taps Gibson to go after reporter’s source on tell-all book
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. took an aggressive and potentially risky step last week when it sued a former employee for allegedly leaking confidential company information to a reporter. The suit, filed by lawyers…
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Community Events MAY 19 Cayman Islands Seafarers Association General Meeting The Cayman Islands Seafarers Association wishes to inform all Members that there will be a General Meeting, on Tuesday May 19, 2015 at 7:30 PM. in the Seafarer’s Hall, 11…
Poetry Festival strikes a colourful note in the Cayman Islands
By Fiona Pimentel It was the first Poetry Festival ever held in Cayman. Books and Books hosted the event on Wednesday 29th April. Nineteen poets performed works of humorous, romantic, tragic, religious, rap and dub poetry. What immediately struck spectators…
Garcia Marquez’s signed masterpiece stolen from Colombian book fair
From The Guardian UK Associated Press First edition copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude taken from locked, guarded display case Colombian police are investigating the theft of a valuable first edition copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece, One Hundred…
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Community Events MAY 5 Special Olympics Cayman Islands Aquatics Special Olympics Cayman Islands invites you to the 2015 Annual National Games and Week of Awareness. The next event is Tuesday (5 May) at 5:30pm at the Lions Pool where athletes…
‘Caribbean Architectural Mode’ relevant in today’s climate
By McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Aid workers should read through archaeologists’ notebooks on house-building A paper published in Human Ecology, by co-author Dr Alice Samson, (British Academy Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research), suggests aid workers who…
Signs of recovery in Caribbean golf market – new KPMG study
KPMG Caribbean Golf Overview This week sees the launch of the 2015 Caribbean Golf Overview from KPMG’s Golf Advisory Practice, at the annual Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit in Florida. The report, one which provides invaluable figures for key…
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Community Events APRIL 29 Amin Mohammed Memorial Steel Band Competition The Amin Mohammed Memorial Steel Band Competition is Wednesday (29 Apr) at Mary Miller Hall at 630pm. Police Welfare Committee Fundraiser The Police Welfare Committee is inviting all government departments…
Voice of the islands: Oonya Kempadoo has a pan-Caribbean perspective
From Repeating Islands In this article writer Oonya Kempadoo defines the Caribbean as a place with shared experiences but simultaneously contradictory: “We are one and we are specific, competing island nations at the same time. Different languages add to the…
Russian stores pull Holocaust graphic novel ahead of WWII anniversary
From Business Insider Moscow (AFP) – Russian bookstores were hastily removing an award-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from their shelves on Monday, reportedly because its cover shows a Nazi swastika. “Maus”, by American artist and author Art Spiegelman won…