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Day: September 29, 2016

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Court documents reveal Oxitec’s Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes could cause increased numbers of different disease-carrying mosquitoes

WASHINGTON— Genetically engineered (GE) mosquito company Oxitec has admitted a major risk of its technology – reducing one mosquito species may increase the numbers of a second disease-carrying species. The information surfaced today when four environment and food safety groups…

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Cayman Islands Minister’s Message – International Day of Older Persons

Saturday, 1 October International Day of Older Persons  Minister for Community Affairs, Youth & Sports Hon. Osbourne Bodden, JP Message – International Day of Older Persons 1st October 2016 The elderly are the nation’s conscience. They, more than any other part…

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Cayman Enterprise City and Strategic Wealth Preservation announce Strategic Partnership

29th September, George Town, Grand Cayman – Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) Cayman’s special economic zone, and Strategic Wealth Preservation Cayman (SWP) an offshore facility for storing precious metals, are partnering to promote the Cayman Islands as the ideal jurisdiction and…

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The Editor Speaks: Old people

I am one of the “Old People”. Do I like being old? An emphatic NO!!! October has been designated “Older Person’ Month” Not “Old People’s Month”. Perhaps the powers that be that came up with the name “Older Person’ Month”…

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Cayman Islands Freedom of Information Annual Statistics

As part of the annual Right to Know Week events, the Information Commissioner’s Office has published the 2016 Annual Statistics Report on Freedom of Information. The Report is based on requests registered and tracked in the central FOI tracking system…

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Cayman Islands Public Works apprentices break new ground

Four PWD Apprentices Break New Ground Public Works Department (PWD) team members, managers and Government leaders came together on Friday, 16 September 2016, to celebrate two milestones in the Department’s Apprenticeship programme. At an after work gathering on the PWD…

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John Stanton Named Beverage Manager Of Grand Cayman’s Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa

(GRAND CAYMAN) – September 29, 2016 – Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa, located on the world-famous Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, is pleased to announce that John Stanton will serve as the property’s Beverage Manager. A Kimpton veteran, Stanton…

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Cayman Islands has a very dry 2016 so far

Rainfall data collected at the Owen Roberts International Airport from January through August 2016 confirms a very dry year. Only January 2016 provided rainfall totals greater than the 30 year average with the summer months May-August showing significantly below normal…

Cayman Islands: Older Persons’ Month – Ambassadors named

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has chosen Mrs. Janilee Clifford and Mr. James Powell as ambassadors for Older Persons’ Month 2016 this October. The seniors, who hail from George Town and West Bay respectively, were recently selected…

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Cayman Islands Progressives: Falsehood vs Truth Part 5

By The Progressives GET THE FACTS MAC CLAIMS CAYMANIANS WORSE OFF FALSEHOOD McKeeva Bush claims more Caymanians cannot pay their bills or are worse off since the PPM have been in power TRUTH This is False. The truth is incontrovertible….