Summer is for Interns
The week starting Monday, 30 July, GIS Spotlight revisits summer interns, examines climate change and refocuses on hurricane preparedness. Join us as we recall how government’s summer interns are able to translate their academic skill into hands-on experience. We highlight…
Bermuda’s Premier hits back at Bush
(orig. “Cox hits back at Cayman Premier”) By Marcia Breen, The Royal Gazetteonline Premier Paula Cox last night accused Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush of making disparaging remarks about rival jurisdictions to cover up problems in his own country. Ms Cox…
The thing about perfect
By Paul McGowan* of PS Audio Perfection is an interesting concept and sometimes it serves us and sometimes it doesn’t. For example when a musician spends their life perfecting their craft to be able to play the music perfectly with…
MLA Ezzard Miller’s response to the Premier’s statement on the Budget
From Radio Broadcast Friday 27th July Good evening Caymanians and expats, these are troubling and unstable times in our beloved Cayman Islands. The Premiers announcement on Wednesday July 25 that his UDP government intends to introduce direct income based taxation…
Pinterest loves the Cayman Islands
Pinterest (website:pininterest.com) is an online pinboard where you can organise and share things you love. I found it by accident the other day when I was searching for stories that had a Cayman connection and I was pleasantly surprised to…
Tax for Cayman has made headlines all over the Internet world
There are so many articles concerning our premier’s announcement of a PROPOSED “Community Enhancement Fee” that fooled no one into believing it was nothing but a TAX, and Mr. Bush certainly got free publicity for the Cayman Islands. Unfortunately, it…
CIMA Investigates HSBC Mexico S.A.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) is investigating whether the Cayman Islands Branch of HSBC Mexico S.A. (“The Cayman Islands Branch”) breached any local laws or regulations. As the regulator of financial services institutions in the Cayman Islands, CIMA officials…
Turtle Tragedy on Public Beach in Cayman Brac
Despite pleas to Public Works and Government officials in Cayman Brac protesting brightly lit Public Beach, it became a tragic scene for 133 baby Loggerhead Turtles emerging from their nest on Sunday morning. In the early morning hours, a local…
Boom lift tips over in George Town, Grand Cayman
At approximately 11.35hrs on Sunday (29) a 27 year old male was transported to George Town Hospital with head injuries. The male was operating an 80ft boom lift in the process of carrying out painting work on the CIBC-First Caribbean…
Letter to the Editor: Don’t Let South Korea Kill Whales for Research
From Care2 Hi iNews, When will humans learn that whales are mammals too: capable of thoughts and emotions, including fear? When will we stop trying to find excuses to massacre these beautiful, intelligent animals? Now, South Koreans want to begin…
