Public Works to test Cayman Islands hurricane readiness
Don’t be alarmed if you see hurricane shutters being erected on numerous Government buildings and hurricane shelters in Grand Cayman this Thursday, 10 May 2012. The Public Works Department (PWD) and the National Roads Authority (NRA) will be carrying out…
‘SUPERMOON’ fills up the Cayman skies
If you thought the moon was looking bigger and brighter than usual this weekend, you were right. Earth’s satellite is as close as it ever gets to us at the moment, making it look up to 14 per cent larger…
Tragedy on Grand Cayman May 3 2008: Blue Anniversary
Peter Harrison (www.thetwentyfirstfloor.com) For the last few years, the 3rd of May has been a sad and angry day for me. This is a quick anniversary piece about a conservation tragedy that occurred on Grand Cayman 4 years ago, one…
Disney Cruise Line honours Grand Cayman students for conservation efforts
The Year 6 class from Triple C (Creative Christian Character) School celebrated their success as the winners of the 2012 Disney’s Planet Challenge (DPC), the in-school edition of Disney Friends for Change, during a special awards ceremony held Tuesday, 01…
Cayman Islands’ Reefs
By Leonard Ho (http://www.advancedaquarist.com) It’s time to show the Caribbean some love again. While the diversity, of fish and corals is dwarfed by their Pacific counterparts, the coral reefs of the Atlantic are still a place of awe and beauty…
Cruise ship “Disaster” exercise held
A mock major cruise ship ‘accident’ in George Town Harbour on Tuesday, 24 April saw top Cayman Islands’ officials, especially emergency responders, turn out in force to react to the planned exercise. The operation, code-named ‘Exercise Save Vessel’, was the…
Don’t dump waste on Government property
The public is being advised by the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) not to litter or to illegally of dispose waste on Government property (or other lands). Recently, DEH Environmental Health Officers and a team from the solid waste section…
Wanted Alive or Dead (preferably dead) Cayman Islands’ Lionfish. Reward $5 each
Lionfish are trespassers and are like the locusts are to plant life. They are: 1) Voracious predators being shown to eat native fish and crustaceans in large quantities, including both ecologically and economically important species like grunts, snapper, grouper, and…
Cayman Island’s Green Anole
Jonathan Losos reporting for “Anole Annals” This fella (see pics) was caught a week and a half ago near North Side fire station, Grand Cayman. It’s the first green anole found outside the capital, George Town. The question: what is…
Fireball remnants likely in Calif.
(AP) — Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of Northern California likely were part of a giant fireball that exploded in daylight with about one-third the explosive force of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World…
