IEyeNews

iLocal News Archives

Day: May 31, 2012

Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee with a public turtle release on Saturday, 2nd June and a resident rate special on the Jubilee public holiday Monday, 4th June. The turtle release planned…

Editors Choice iCommunity iHealth iLifestyle iLocal News News

Cayman Islands Cancer Registry: Be counted!

Supporting the Cayman Islands Registry is a contribution everyone in the community can make by encouraging a family member, or friend, or neighbours with cancer to give their details to the registry. Everyone can help! The information contained in the…

Editors Choice iCommunity iHealth iLifestyle iLocal News News

Message from the Minister of Health The Hon. Mark Scotland, JP

World No Tobacco Day 2012 Every year on 31 May, we join the World Health Organization’s celebration of World No Tobacco Day. This day draws global attention to the negative effect tobacco use has on our health while also advocating…

iBusiness iLocal News iNotices News

Better Building and Free Planning

1. Planning Teaches Better Building As part of its continuing public outreach efforts the Department of Planning is partnering with industry representatives in presenting a new three part lecture series focusing on best practices, particularly  roof trusses, framing and uplift…

Editors Choice

How to find today’s other news stories, news from previous dates, puzzles, etc.

Highlight a Heading from the Top Menu (NEWS, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, OPINION, ETC.).  From the dropdown menu of each Heading, select the category you wish to view.  Click on the category and you will be taken to all items in that…

iWorld News News

Small island states plan to diversify into renewable energy

Linda Hutchinson-Jafar reports on the “Barbados Declaration” adopted at the Conference of Small Island Developing States held in Barbados earlier this month Many small island nations that depend on imported fossil fuels plan to diversify into renewable energy to free…

iBusiness iLocal News iWorld News News

Cayman Islands Registered Chinese retailer draws record number of subscribers for Taiwan IPO

Grand Ocean Retail Group Ltd., a department store chain operator in China, has attracted a record 72,460 subscribers over the last three days for its initial public offering on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), its underwriter said Wednesday. Yuanta Securities…

iEnvironment iLocal News iWeather News

It’s almost “Goodbye” to Beryl

The centre of Tropical Depression Beryl is close to the ocean again, and the storm has strengthened slightly in response. Beryl’s heavy rain show will be focused on Eastern North Carolina today, where widespread rain amounts of 2 – 4…

Editorial Editors Choice iOpinion Our Eye

The Editor Speaks: Gasboy is back

I am somewhat pleased and surprised the abuse of government’s Gasboy fuel card system is  resurfacing. After the Auditor General Dan Duguay’s original report highlighted an abuse of around $500,000 that COULD have been fraudulently obtained from government’s fuel station…