Kitchen Band sizzles
This week GIS Spotlight captures the action at a summer arts camp that celebrates the enduring allure of the Islands’ traditional kitchen bands. Following that, the weekly show revisits guidelines for handicapped parking as well as the increasingly popular Passport2Success…
Round 2 for Proud Awards open
The community will have another chance to highlight the achievements of the Cayman Island’s youth when the next round of Proud of Them nominations opens today, 28 August 2013. From now through 27 September, residents can put forward a young…
The Editor Speaks: A very unappealing appeal
Words rarely fail me but they have almost this time. I am referring to the appeal filed in the courts on Friday (23) on Cayman Islands Chief Justice’s decision regarding the election of Tara Rivers in which he ruled for…
New date set for seamen certificates
From the Office of the Premier and Ministry of Home & Community Affairs The Ministry of Community Affairs reminds seamen that the deadline to submit Seamen Continuation Certificates has now passed. Officials say that to date approximately 30 per cent…
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility members renew at reduced rates
by Artemis All sixteen member governments of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) [including the Cayman Islands] have renewed their hurricane and earthquake parametric insurance coverage for the 2013/2014 policy year which began on the 1st June. All members…
Cayman islander blames the devil for sexually abusing five-year-old
From Caribbean360 The step-grandfather, when caught molesting the child by his wife, said “the devil made me do it.” GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – A court has sentenced a 45-year-old man to nearly three years in jail after he admitted…
The Editor Speaks: The Power of the JLSC
Sometimes it is necessary to ‘bite the bullet’ It has been revealed by a Freedom of Information Request that Cayman Islands Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, has spent $360,799.22 on legal fees from the court’s budget seeking a ruling regarding the…
ERA, ICTA & WA appointments made
The Cayman Islands Government has gazetted the appointment boards of three authorities, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), the Information and Communications Technology Authority (ITCA) and the Water Authority (WA). The ERA Sherri Bodden-Cowan, Chair (existing member), Derrick Tibbetts (existing member),…
Caribbean rhythm closes CONCACAF’s first U15 tournament in style
By Paul Nicholson in Grand Cayman From Inside World Football August 26 – “This is where it all starts. CONCACAF has a duty to develop its youth players and these are the seeds to expand the vision of youth development….
Chief Justice emphasizes safeguarding trust interests
At the 28th Annual Transcontinental Trusts Conference in Geneva, Switzerland last June Cayman Islands Chief Justice Anthony Smellie gave another presentation of his “Balancing the Requirements of the Trust with Fairness and Probity – A Perspective from the Cayman Islands…
