Criminals in for a shock
Police in Cayman could soon be armed with Taser guns to fight crime. The powerful electric shock weapons send 35,000 volts pulsating through the body of suspects. As part of a shake-up of the RCIPS Police Commission David Baines has…
Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future
The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) is collaborating with the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI) to present an international conference, dubbed “50-50, Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future.”…
Parents have a right to be nosey, says visiting pastor
“A child’s right to privacy should not be allowed to interfere with the duty of parenting,” says visiting pastor from the United States, Pastor Ralph Wheeler Jr. “Whatever happens to the child you are going to blame the parent, then…
Prep for Success recipes: Carrot ginger soup with coconut roasted shrimp
Cayman Prep and High School have produced a book of multi-cultural family recipes that everyone can enjoy. It was made possible through the selfless efforts of the parents of Cayman Prep students who worked tirelessly to see the project through…
Rotary celebrates literacy
To celebrate International Literacy Day, observed globally on 8 September, the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise donated some 700 illustrated dictionaries to all first-year students attending government high schools. The first presentation was made to a group of enthusiastic…
Turtle poachers thwarted in Barker’s
Small restaurateurs are risking huge fines and even jail time for buying illegal turtle meat from the black market. The stern warning comes from the Department of Environment after a joint police operation to catch poachers in Barker’s….
Call for cancer patients to register
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is calling for patients to join their register so they can learn more about the deadly disease. The organisation wants to gather accurate statistics to allow them to assess the need for local specialists and…
The history of cheesecake
I can’t imagine a world without cheesecake. Actually, you’d have to search back to 776 BC, long before the first Cheesecake Factory opened as the Greeks are said to have served cheesecake to the athletes at the first Olympic games….
I’m mad ‘cause I’m one. I’m sane ‘cause I‘m one (but only when playing the game).
I’m alone. I’m standing on a soapbox in the middle of George Town. I’m shouting, “I, Georgina Wilcox, should be the Premier of the Cayman Islands.” If a psychiatrist passed by he would diagnose me as suffering from this or…
