Mutant mosquitoes may fight tropical disease
Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by mosquito bites. They’ve rapidly replaced mosquitoes in the wild with skeeters that don’t spread the dengue virus. More than 50 million people a year get…
STAR shines new light on airwaves
New radio station to hit the airwaves as soon as next month. World renowned DJ John “Selecta Renegade” Watler owns and heads the new station STAR 92.7 FM. The station will have a format on top urban hits, music from…
Bush speaks on the gov’t financial performance – see Premier Bush’s full statement below article
Edited statement by the Hon Premier and Minister for Finance on the results of the Government and the Public Sector for the Year Ended 30th June 2011: (Premier Bush’s statement in full follows below) Much has been said in the…
Red Carpet for New Teachers
A slate of new teachers were welcomed into the public education service during a special reception and orientation session yesterday (Tuesday, 23 August). Top officials welcomed the 29 educators, one of the largest tranches, who are assigned to primary and…
Complaints Commissioner – an office open to all residents
It was a bus ride into town that first gave Nicola Williams a sneak peek into everyday life in the Cayman Islands: “When I first came here, for ten days I took the bus along West Bay Road into the…
Bob’s songs should be in hymn books
The songs of music icon Bob Marley may soon be heard within the walls of the House of God. The Bishop of Kingston, the Right Reverend Robert Thompson, says Marley’s music should be in hymn books so the church can…
Courtroom, the poor man’s theatre
The Courtroom, The Poor Man’s Theatre, is a collection of anecdotes taken from real-life dramas in the courtrooms of the Caribbean. The book, written by Mr. Justice Kipling Douglas, a retired judge of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, and retired…
Miss Cayman Carries Kirk’s Signature
Miss Cayman Islands 2010/2011, Cristin Alexander, received a Cayman Islands Signature Collection pendant donated by Kirk Freeport on Friday (18 August). Kirk Freeport Director Debbie Guyton presented the pendant and necklace to Cristin on the eve of her departure (Saturday,…
I’M BEING HARASSED: Bush says auditor is a “hitman”
Premier McKeeva Bush yesterday accused the Auditor-General of acting like a hitman – guilty of bureaucratic interference and harassment. The astounding comments came after Alastair Swarbrick blamed the country’s leader for dodging financial regulations and costing the public purse almost…
Brainy Sarah swots up on Cayman
It’s the most daunting chair in Britain: Mastermind, a TV game show where Britain’s brainiest are grilled with excruciatingly difficult questions. “I’ve started so I’ll finish,” – one of the show’s catch phrases – was recently heard by 28-year old…
