The Editor Speaks: Why is protecting our environment a constant battle?
Whilst I applaud our South Sound activists who raised $1,000 last Sunday (4) with a special yoga session (called “Bliss Yoga”) in their campaign against two developments that will affect the coastal environment in their area, it should not have…
Championing Chabra: an update from the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal
From Appleby In the latest act of the ongoing drama played out in the Cayman Islands courts (and, indeed, the English and BVI courts) between VTB Capital plc and Mr Konstantin Malofeev and companies connected to him, the Cayman Islands…
Jerry Bruckheimer may Lose Final Cut on Pirates of the Caribbean 5
by Adam Chitwood From Collider THE LONE RANGER Producer Jerry Bruckheimer May Lose Final Cut on PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 5 as Disney Looks to Lower the Budget The box office failure of Disney’s The Lone Ranger looks like it…
French woman posts ad offering to breast-feed babies of gay couples for $130/day
By Brian Love, Reuters From Business Insider PARIS (Reuters) – A woman has posted an offer on a French website to breast-feed babies of homosexual male couples for 100 euros ($130) a day, stirring up media interest just weeks after…
Digicel agrees to abolish regional roaming charges
From Guardian Media Digicel has agreed to abolish roaming charges for users of the company’s networks when they travel in the region from October 1, according to a statement issued last night by Caribbean Telecommunications Union president Phillip Paulwell. Paulwell…
Cricket fan electrocuted in St Lucia
From Caribbean 360 Health officials attending to cricket fan (Photo courtesy St. Luicia News Online) CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday August 7, 2013 – A former police officer was electrocuted at the Beausejour Cricket Ground (BCC) as cricket fans watched the…
Rivers remains upbeat
Today (Friday) the whole island will be waiting, and as Dave Martins says “pulsating”, and just as eager for Cayman’s Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, to deliver his judgment at 2:30pm on Minister Tara Rivers’ election case. Courtroom 5 will be…
Long time awaitin’ for those Tradewinds
It has been a long six years to wait for Dave Martins and his band The Tradewinds to perform again in the Cayman Islands. However, good things do come to those who wait. So it was last Saturday 27th July…
U.S. Embargo could screw Cuba’s International baseball plans
By MANUEL RUEDA (@ruedareport) Just two months ago, baseball fans in Latin America celebrated Cuba’s announcement that it would return to the Caribbean Series, an annual competition between the league champions of Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela….
Hew finishes 2012-13 swim season in style at Canadian Age Group Championships
Camana Bay Aquatic Club (CBAC) swimmer Lauren Hew, 13, returned to Cayman a champion after winning a bronze medal in the 2013 Canadian Age Group Long Course Championships, which took place in Montreal from 24-28 July 2013. Hosted by Swimming…
