The Editor Speaks: What’s in a handshake?
Seldom has a handshake brought so much attention and articles as the one US President Barack Obama did by shaking Cuban leader Raúl Castro’s hand on Tuesday (10) at the memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela. See…
The Editor Speaks: What ‘game’ is the C4C really up to?
The press release from the Coalition for Cayman (C4C) we received yesterday attacking the government’s proposed National Conservation Law makes me wonder what really is their agenda. The release that one media house has described as a ‘well thought out…
BT woman guilty of forged bills
Sharon Ebanks from Bodden Town was found guilty of four offenses relating to counterfeit cash by a jury on Friday (6). Ebanks was convicted of possessing and using a forged CI$10 bill in the Evaglow bar in Bodden Town in…
The Editor Speaks: Advent
The Christian church starts its calendar with Advent. It will last four weeks and we have already passed the second Sunday. Despite Christmas being 100% Christian, marking the birth of Jesus Christ, the churches start their celebrations well after the…
Bush says Cayman is a well-regulated international financial centre.
‘Well said, Mr. Bush. Well said.’ Cayman Islands Opposition Leader Hon McKeeva Bush staunchly defended the Cayman Islands against allegations that the country was a secrecy tax haven, at the International Parliamentary Conference on the Post-2015 Development Agenda Bush was…
Advent programmes prepare for Christmas
Advent prepares us for Christmas and a number of notable events took place last week. The following is just a few of them. Cayman Islands Singing Christmas Tree Moving into its third successful year, the Cayman Islands Singing Christmas Tree…
Spectacular underwater photo
This spectacular underwater photo was taken by Dave C. Hawkfish. The fish is a Squirrelfish and was taken with the camera’s built-in flash off the Turtle Nest Inn in Bodden Town on the south shore of Grand Cayman. Dave said,…
The Editor Speaks: Why are we not looking over our shoulder?
I was somewhat surprised when I learnt that in all the evaluations and statistics plus forecasting for our cruise ship berthing facility we didn’t look over our shoulder. If we had we would have seen not just one island but…
Health City Announces Head of Marketing and Head of Human Resources
On Wednesday 04 December 2013 Project Director Gene Thompson announced that Shomari Scott will be the Head of Marketing at Health City Cayman Islands. We are delighted Mr Scott is on-board with Health City and look forward to his expertise…
The Editor Speaks: Should medical ganga be made legal?
A Jamaican doctor and MP says “No! ”Local Architect Burns Conolly has launched a Facebook page “Cannabis Cayman” (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cannabis-Cayman/387431518026551) “To bring awareness of the medicinal benefits of Cannabis to the Cayman Islands and to promote its legalization for medicinal uses.”…
