Cayman: Water-Related Death in George Town
From RCIPS Shortly after 12:00PM yesterday, 8 August, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched police and other emergency services to a report of a person in distress in the waters off North Church Street, south of the intersection with Eastern Avenue….
Grenada cuts Royal Oath
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life Governor General Dame Cecile La Grenade. Photo courtesy of Grenada government Grenada has given a strong hint about the need to dispose of colonial-era relics, moving at the weekend to end local officials’ swearing…
9 Aug Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 2 Dist
Sat 9 August 2025 TROPICAL REPORT Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook Atlantic – Caribbean Sea – Gulf of Mexico Tropical Weather Outlook 800 AM EDT Sat 9 Aug 20251205 UTC Sat 9 Aug 2025 IMAGE FROM NHC Tropical Weather Outlook Text Tropical…
The CIAA Welcomes Spirit Airlines to Grand Cayman Airport
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (8 August 2025) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA), which operates the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) on Grand Cayman and the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CKIA) on Cayman Brac, is pleased to announce that Spirit Airlines…
CBI/CIP Countries on Cusp of Passing New Law for Establishment of Regional Regulator
07 August 2025. After months of extensive consultations, the countries in the Eastern Caribbean that offer Citizenship By Investment Programmes (CBI/CIP) are on the cusp of enacting legislation to establish a regional regulator. This new law will be enacted…
OPINION: Caribbean Leaders – A Failure To Launch
By Peter Polack Peter Polack Across the length and breadth of the Caribbean our new leaders have consistently failed to emulate or even equal past leaders like Michael Manley, Eric Williams, Vere Bird,Eugenia Charles or the pinnacle, Alexander Bustamante. Speaking…
How Trump Helps Companies Save a Pittance at the Risk of Workers’ Live
By David McCall Author Bio: David McCall is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Source: Independent Media Institute Credit Line: This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute. Dart Taft praised the district office of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health…
Three to five named storms expected to develop in the Atlantic basin in August
From AccuWeather Public Relations AccuWeather® hurricane experts say an uptick in tropical wave activity and conditions conducive for tropical development will likely lead to Erin and Fernand forming in the next two weeks. AccuWeather® Global Weather Center – Aug. 8, 2025…
Cayman: Applications for Backyard Garden Programme Have Closed
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands — [8th August 2025]— The Ministry of Planning, Lands,Agriculture, Housing & Infrastructure (PLAHI) is pleased to announce the official closure of applications for the Backyard Garden Programme Pilot Initiative — a new, community-driven effort aimed at…
Caribbean Market Overview July 2025
From CIBC Caribbean Economic Overview Summary: After intensifying to an extraordinary high in April, global trade tensions eased somewhat since then, as the US rolled back several of the harshest reciprocal tariff measures to allow for trade negotiations. US-China trade talks…
