Harvest comes to St George’s
These photographs do not do real justice to the beautiful arrangement of harvest produce laid at the altar and around the chancel and nave of St George’s Anglican Church on Courts Road, George Town, Grand Cayman last Sunday (10). After…
Tourism is looking up
Apart from April all air arrivals show an increase over 2012 with the largest gain was in August.. The largest number of visitors by air was in July with nearly 34,000 persons. Cayman Islands Oct. Tourist Air Arrivals: Summary Following…
The Editor Speaks: Diabetes
World Diabetes Day is Thursday November 14th. If it hadn’t been for the timely message by Osbourne Bodden, Cayman’s Minister of Health, it would have passed me by without a thought. In the Minister’s message he points to some very…
Ostriches don’t bury their heads in the sand and ostrich farmers not burying their plans
Contrary to popular belief ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand! When an ostrich senses danger and cannot run away, it flops to the ground and remains still, with its head and neck flat on the ground in…
The Editor Speaks: Why civil servants should be politically neutral
In the latest minutes from the Deputy Governor and Chief Officer’s Meeting on the 28th October it revealed HE Governor Helen Kilpatrick had met with COs present there. She emphasised the importance of being politically neutral and that she expected…
Open verdict recorded in woman found hanging from door of her home
The body of Dr Lija Godenzi (43) whose body was found hanging from a door at her South Sound condominium during the 2012 Easter holiday (April 7-9) was concluded by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) then to be…
The Editor Speaks: We should remember but not celebrate
Never forget. “At the going down of the sun we shall remember them.” It started with the First World War, was embraced by the Second World War and with conflicts since. Many Caymanians lost their lives fighting with the British…
Cayman remembers
Cayman remembered their fallen heroes whose lives were lost in World Wars I and II and of lives lost at sea. I was at the Remembrance Sunday Ceremony 2013 at The Cenotaph outside Elmslie Memorial Church last Sunday (10) It…
Pirates Week is here without RUBY
Pirates Week 2013 on Grand Cayman started on Friday (8) with Children’s Pirate Competition followed by the Miss Festival Queen competition. Then the event most persons had come to see – the fireworks. Having seen most of the Friday Pirates…
Watler family remembers James Ladner Watler
In Memory of James Ladner “Laddie” Watler Laddie was in a merchant ship that was torpedoed and lost at sea November 1942. This was shortly after Laddie obtained his Second Mates Licence at the age of 27 years. Confirmation of…
