NGCI announces new art courses
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) has announced two new upcoming courses: Drawing (1) – A beginner’s course in drawing conducted by Gabrielle Wheaton and Watercolours (1) – A course to teach you pencil and pen drawing, watercolour…
ICP Hedge Funds [Cayman] file for creditor protection in U.S.
By Patrick Fitzgerald, From Bankruptcy News Dow Jones & Company Ltd A pair of Cayman Islands-based hedge funds run by a former Harvard quarterback accused of defrauding clients who invested in collateralized debt obligations is seeking bankruptcy protection in the…
Kelly-Ann Baptiste: Trinidad and Tobago sprinter fails drugs test
From BBC Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste has failed a drugs test and will not compete at the World Championships in Moscow. Baptiste won 100m bronze in the World Championships in Daegu two years ago and finished sixth at…
Maples and Calder continues support for UWC
The United World Colleges Cayman Islands National Foundation (UWC Cayman Islands) is pleased to announce a US$25,000 donation from The Maples Foundation. Each year, UWC Cayman Islands provides full scholarships for students selected to attend one of twelve prestigious UWC…
Golden Apple Awards re-introduced
The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce recently announced the re-introduction of the Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching and is proud to partner with the Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs with a renewed process for the programme….
Leveraging reparations
By Tennyson Joseph From Trinidad Express Newspapers With the issue of reparations for Caribbean enslavement now adopted as part of the official work programme of Caricom, the region has now crossed an important threshold in its long march to achieving…
Dale Begg-Smith, missing Winter Olympian, is living on Grand Cayman Island
By Anthony Sharwood From news.com.au It was the Canadian accent with a twinge of Aussie that gave him away. That, and the reluctance to enter into a conversation. Dale Begg-Smith, the mysterious and reclusive mogul skier who is Australia’s most…
HBO announces its September highlights in the Caribbean
The Artist (Warner Bros.) – Hollywood, 1927. The actor Georges Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie star, but his career gets threatened by the coming of sound movies. While he struggles to save his career, Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo),…
Fabrice Tourre claims asylum in Cayman Islands
From Codewit World News Convicted financial trader Fabrice Tourre has fled the United States and applied for political asylum in the Cayman Islands, local officials confirmed. The former Goldman Sachs trader, who called himself Fabulous Fab, said he was the…
Oprah Winfrey claims Swiss racism over crocodile handbag
By Christopher McKinley, From Irish Times TV host says assistant refused to get €28,500 handbag for her because it was ‘too expensive’ PHOTO: Oprah Winfrey said she asked the sales assistant at the Trois Pommes store in Zurich to see…
