Increases to other fees proposed by Cayman Islands Premier in Budget
Cayman Island Revenue Enhancement Measures In addition to the revenue measures announced as alternatives to the Community Enhancement Fee, Government is proposing increases to other existing fees to further improve Government’s revenue for the 2012-13 Financial Year and beyond. Along…
Update: LA postponement of the Throne Speech and Budget Address
The LA office has advised that the Throne Speech and Budget Address originally scheduled for Friday afternoon has been postponed until Monday 20 August at 2:30 pm. Statement by the Premier The Cayman Islands Government has postponed until 2:30pm on Monday…
Drug arrest in Spotts, Newlands area
On Tuesday afternoon 14th of August 2012 at around 15hrs officers from the Bodden Town Police Station, OSU and X-Ray 1 carried out an operation in the Spotts, Newlands area. One 32 year old male was arrested under the Misuse of…
NOAA raises 2012 Atlantic hurricane season forecast
As the 2012 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season progresses the chances of storms forming and making landfall is rising, according to the latest forecast update from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Their latest forecast which was…
Hypersonic jet Waverider fails Mach 6 test
The US Air Force has said an attempt to fly its hypersonic jet Waverider at Mach 6 (3,600mph; 5795km/h) failed. The unmanned aircraft had been designed to fly at six times the speed of sound after being dropped from a…
Dynamite case may ignite
Suresh Bhemsein Prasad, Director of Midlands Acre, appeared in Summary Court yesterday (15) facing charges relating to the notorious and highly explosive case of importation of dynamite without a permit. This is the highly reported case that involves Cayman Islands…
51% Expect Most Reporters To Help Obama; 9% Predict Most Will Help Romney
From Rasmussen Reports Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Most voters think President Obama has gotten better treatment from the media than Mitt Romney has, and they expect that biased coverage to continue. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that…
Exploring Our Maritime Heritage
The story of our maritime heritage lies at the very heart of our national identity. From the first permanent settlers harvesting turtles and salvaging shipwrecks, to our merchant mariners who travelled the globe, and more recently with the advent of…
USA Presidential elections forces Miss Cayman Pageant postponement
In a press release issued by the The Miss Cayman Islands Committee, the Miss Cayman pageant scheduled to have taken place in September has been postponed at a date to be decided. The release said the postponement is beyond…
Which TV-News Personality Has the Most Movie Cameos?
By Adam K. Raymond of Vulture Jodie Foster’s 1997 alien hunter pic Contact lists 80 people in its cast on IMDB. Nearly a quarter of them were CNN employees. Warner Bros. cast them to help pimp the network, a fellow…
