Editorial/Reconciliation/Dom Rep wedding changes/Renouncing US citizenship
THE EDITOR SPEAKS: IDLE THOUGHTS Colin Wilson I was asked over this weekend to conduct a brief discussion at a men’s Group I belong to whilst we broke for refreshment and to to come up with a title for it…
Cartoon & puzzles
CARTOON OF THE DAY By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all…
Weather disturbance/No Carib tsunami warnings/Extinction/Bird survey
DISTURBANCE ORGANIZES IN THE CARIBBEAN By Daniel Phillips From KATC.COM There is no denying it has been an unusually quiet hurricane season so far. Only six named Atlantic storms and none of them have even become hurricanes. Still though…
Cayman feature/Redheads/Nominations for heroes/Wellness
UK’S DAILY MAIL FEATURES THE CAYMAN ISLANDS In deep in the Cayman Islands: I waited sixty years to kiss a stingray …and I liked it! By Tim Bentinck From The Daily Mail, UK When I told friends that I had…
Canadian Caribbean/Notting Hill carnival/3D Printing
WHERE TO FIND A TOUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN IN CANADA By Tim Kiladze, Magdalen Islands, Que. — The Globe and Mail Whatever the source, the Magdalen Islands, a cluster of roughly a dozen Quebec islands, made me realize the scope…
Cubans beaten in detention centre/Bahamas minister promises changes
CUBAN ARRIVALS FROM BAHAMAS ALLEGE BEATINGS AND SEXUAL ABUSES By Alberto de la Cruz From Babalublog.com The first Cubans to arrive in Miami from a notorious migrant detention center in Bahamas this month alleged Friday that guards regularly beat some…
Cayman dual citizenship/Illegal ganja/Testamentary/Miami Port security
CAYMAN JUDGE FAVOURS POLITICIAN ON DUAL CITIZENSHIP By Tyrone Reid, Senior Staff Reporter, The Gleaner Unlike in Jamaica’s dual-citizenship cases, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has ruled that a United States-born politician who renewed her US passport as…
Quicker parcels/Doing Dallas/CPL and LIAT/Measles/Frost dies/Horse death
POST OFFICE PARCELS TO BE PROCESSED QUICKER In a government press release it says the Cayman Islands post office has begun checking packages as they arrive to assess duty levels before customers come to collect their parcels in the presence…
LIME layoffs/Reg Cayman co. seeks TWSE listing/Legalise ganga/E Waste systems
200 LIME WORKERS ON WAY OUT SAT, AUGUST 31, 2013 – 12:07 AM LIME has confirmed that 200 workers will go home next month as a result of a deal with global provider Ericsson that will see the Swedish company…
US swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, makes historic Cuba-Florida crossing
From BBC Diana Nyad: “You are never too old to chase your dreams” Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage. After about 53 hours’ non-stop swimming, the…
