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Cayman Islands tennis tournament to become ATP-sanctioned event? The organisers of the Cayman Open annual tennis tournament are applying to have it sanctioned by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). On Monday (19) Cayman Islands Tennis Club Teaching Professional Dale…
The Editor Speaks: I am not surprised Bush is to sue, but I don’t give a damn.
The Leader of the Opposition and past Premier, McKeeva Bush, has announced he will be suing the officials he believes conspired to bring charges against him. The charges he has shouted so eloquently as being “SHAM” and “TRUMPED UP”! I…
AAA hands out diamonds to hotels and restaurants [ Ritz Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman receives one]
By Nancy Trejos, From USA TODAY AAA has added 14 restaurants and hotels to its annual list of Five Diamond establishments, the travel authority’s highest honor. A total of 121 hotels and 63 restaurants have earned Five Diamond status in…
A positive trajectory for corals at Little Cayman Island
By Carrie Manfrino From PLOS ONE Abstract Coral reefs are damaged by natural disturbances and local and global anthropogenic stresses. As stresses intensify, so do debates about whether reefs will recover after significant damage. True headway in this debate requires…
IAMCO Awards Postgraduate Financial Grant for the Arts
Local foundation IAMCO has awarded a financial grant to Caymanian student Kerri-Anne Chisholm to pursue postgraduate studies at the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom. The grant will be administered by the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands through…
HMS Severn calls in on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
High school students, a world-class chef and members of the media all walked up the gangway of HMS Severn, following its arrival in the Cayman Islands yesterday, Sunday 18 January 2015. A river class offshore patrol vessel with a relatively…
Colin McKie Q.C.’s Address at the opening of the Grand Court
My Lord Chief Justice, Honourable Justices, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Mr Attorney, Madam DPP, my colleagues at the Bar, our Special and Distinguished Guests, Ladies & Gentlemen If it may please my Lord. In 1992 our late Chief Justice…
Cayman Islands offer some of Caribbean’s best diving
By Brian E. Clark, From Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel The Cayman Islands are best known in financial circles as an offshore banking haven where the super wealthy park their millions to avoid paying taxes. But for scuba divers, it’s the underwater…
New Landfill Compactor
Environmental Health officials expect that a new compactor should help alleviate the daily burden of waste entering Grand Cayman’s only landfill. Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin and Department of Vehicle and Equipment Services Director Richard Simms handed over the $450,000 “Aljon…
Chief Justice’s Report to the Opening of the Grand Court on 14 January 2015
After inspection of the Guard of Honour by the Hon. Chief Justice (with the other members of the Judiciary, the profession and members of Court staff in attendance) proceedings were commenced in Court with prayers led by Pastor Winston Rose….
