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Self Defence for Extended After School Programme

Self defence is credited with an ability to teach patience, determination and above all how to protect one’s self. On Thursday 21 June 2012 at the Dalmain Ebanks Boxing Gym, students who regularly attend the Extended After School Programme (EASP)…

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Man charged with attempted murder due in court

Police can confirm that a 40-year-old man has been charged and is due in court today in connection with an incident in Windsor Park on 21 June where a man sustained a serious stab wound to his neck. He has…

MRCU aircraft facility on track

  The Mosquito Research Control Unit’s multi-purpose facility is on track and is to be completed sometime before the end of the year. The MRCU’s aircraft facility includes a 12, 402-square foot hangar, a 2,787- square foot custom-built pesticide store…

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Stacy-Ann Kelly’s Code 876

SHE has achieved her dreams of becoming a professional model, entering Miss World and Miss Universe, being a public relations executive and becoming an attorney, but former Miss Cayman Islands Stacy-Ann Kelly is not yet satisfied, and has embarked on…

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Penny Palfrey ends attempt to complete unaided swim from Cuba to Fla.

Endurance swimmer Penny Palfrey, who is 49, ended her attempt early Sunday (1) to become the first woman to swim unaided from Cuba to the Florida Keys, unable to close the gap on the last 26 miles of the 103 miles…

Hedge Funds article in NY Times showcases Cayman’s hedge funds business

Last Sunday (1), under the heading “In Caymans, It’s Simple to Fill a Hedge Fund Board”, an article appeared online at dealbook.nytimes.com saying how over the last decade in the Cayman Islands hedge funds have grown “from a cottage industry…

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CCRIF Retains Sagicor as its Insurance Manager

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is pleased to announce the retention of Sagicor Insurance Managers Ltd. (Sagicor) as insurance manager for the Facility for the next three years, commencing June 1, 2012. CCRIF was launched in June 2007…

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Michael Jackson’s Bengal tiger ‘Thriller’ dies from lung cancer

Shortly after the third anniversary of Michael Jackson‘s death Tippi Hedren announced on Wednesday that Jackson’s former Bengal tiger named Thriller died from lung cancer. The 13-year-old, 375 pound tiger had been living at Hedren’s big cat sanctuary since May…

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The Chinese Want to Replicate Guernsey’s Funds Sector

The Chinese government is so impressed by the way British island Guernsey regulates its hedge funds that it plans to replicate that system for its own funds sector. Investment Europe reported that the Shanghai Municipal Services Office has enlisted Guernsey-based…

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Defining and Defending My Poetry

By H.M. Peter Westin I enjoy writing poetry. If I had to define the style of poetry I write, I would characterize it as ‘free verse’. Free verse poetry typically has no rhyme scheme or stratified stanza style format. The…