Statement from His Excellency the Governor, Duncan Taylor, CBE
Statement from His Excellency the Governor, Duncan Taylor, CBE In response to numerous requests for comment from the media, the Governor has released the following statement: “I have noted the recent comments made about me by the Honourable Premier, including…
Food for Sale today (3) Fundraiser
FOOD FOR SALE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 3RD FUND-RAISER TO ASSIST A YOUNG FOOTBALLER TO PLAY IN ENGLAND CONCH $10 LOBSTER …
TS Watch PR from Hazard Management and Storm advisory preparedness from Post Office, RCIPS
TROPICAL STORM WATCH At 10 a.m. on Sunday August 5th, Tropical Storm Ernesto was located near Latitude 15.0N and Longitude 77.1W or 409 miles South East of George Town, Grand Cayman. Minimum central pressure is 1006 MB. Maximum sustained are…
Frasers stepped up and promise more
By Ronald Shillingford DOUBLE CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE Shaune and Brett Fraser deserve heroes welcomes when they return to the Cayman Islands in a couple of weeks after superb swims at the London Olympics which confirmed them as…
The Editor Speaks: A sad day for Cayman
If you were in the audience at the Bush Show or watching it, as I was last night, on local television, you should have been saddened. At the Sir John Cumber School hall in Bush Country of West Bay, where…
Sook expects Frasers to improve
by Ronald Shillingford Doctor Sook Yin-Eccles is the swimming manager for the Fraser brothers, Shaune and Brett at the London Olympics and she believes that they can only improve in the world rankings. Brett is now 12th fastest 200 metres…
Major Networks Shut Out of Best Drama Category in Emmy Nominations
From Brian Stelter and Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times The winner of the Emmy Award for outstanding drama won’t be announced until September. But the category’s losers were all identified on Thursday: the big broadcast networks that televise the…
Press Release from CIREBA Board of Directors: “Fiscal Suicide”
August 1, 2012 There are so many bad things about this proposed tax that it is hard to know where to start! The foundation of the lunacy surrounding this approach lies in the fact that this attempt to tax and…
TD 5 is now Tropical Storm Ernesto and forecast to visit us as a hurricane
Hazard Management says “be prepared” Hazard Management Cayman Islands and the National Weather Service are currently monitoring Tropical Depression number 5 (now TS Ernesto) which is located east of the Windward Islands. TS Ernesto 5 does not pose an immediate…
Five elite athletes honoured on 2012 Olympic stamps
There is no doubt that Olympic fever is in the air and to celebrate the participating Cayman Islands athletes, the Cayman Islands Postal Service will be releasing five stamps depicting the islands’ elite athletes: Cydonie Mothersill, Ronald Forbes, Kemar Hyman,…