Sign the Healthy Caribbean Coalition E-petition to Stop Cervical Cancer
Starting August 31, 2013 Did you know? One of the simplest ways of controlling cervical cancer is the Pap test, yet coverage rates across the Caribbean are unacceptable with some countries reporting less than 20% of screening. Half of the…
Service of Thanksgiving for the life of C. Charles Adams OBE, JP
Elmslie Memorial United Church last Tuesday (6) was packed with family and friends of the late lawyer C. Charles Adams who died on Thursday 1st August, 2013 at the age of 92. The congregation included members of the Legislative Assembly…
New Board of Directors for Port
The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands has a new Board of Directors. Errol Bush takes up the position of chairman replacing John Henry Ebanks. Deputy Chairman is Gerry Kirkconnell who replaces Carlton Powery. Mr. Kirkconnell also serves as the…
Is it a plane? Is it a bird? Is it an asteroid? OR – WAS it a Russian Rocket?
We can say an emphatic “NO!” to the first two but there is a question mark against the last two. The streak of light that shot over Grand Cayman a week ago around 10pm Monday 29th July and appeared to…
Stand up for the children challenge 2013 accomplished
Sharn Mentz and Joseph Curley who set out on Friday (2) at 3am on their paddleboards, with the aim of circumnavigating Grand Cayman – a 70 mile journey that took two full days of paddling – accomplished their mission late…
Cocktails, cabaret charity concert for Zak
Melanie Ebanks, Cayman’s young singing sensation, will be performing in another Charity Concert with friends, Rory Mann, David Verhoeven, Lani Bothwell and two surprise guests. Glen Inanga will be accompanying the performers in a concert called “Cocktails and Cabaret”. The…
Cayman’s soccer boys go to Disney
More than 70 young soccer stars from the Cayman Islands were in Orlando, Florida form July 15th to July 20th to take part in the Disney Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament – 2013 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports…
Known gang member walks free after winning appeal against gun conviction
Justice Charles Quin handed down a 10-year sentence, the minimum mandatory sentence for possession of an unlicensed firearm to 20year old on Tuesday 22nd January 2013 in the Cayman Islands Grand Court. On the 31st October 2012 the Defendant was…
If you are a Foodie (and you know you are!)
From Dody Denman If you are a Foodie (and you know you are!) you’ll love the Metro Cooking Houston Returning Sept. 14-15 Foodie weekend to include TV stars, restaurant tasting Pavilion, 100s of vendors The weekend of September 14 &…
CUC linesman fails to get sentence reduced
Michael Hugh Powell (42) was sentenced by Justice Charles Quin in Cayman’s Grand Court on Thursday May 30th to the minimum sentence of 7 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charge of possessing an unlicensed firearm. Powell had admitted…
