RCIPS initiates George Town community meetings
From RCIPS (Royal Cayman Islands Police Service) Crime and community safety will be the topics of discussion at a series of meetings which will be held in George Town over the next few weeks. The meetings, hosted by George Town…
Four new QCs appointed
With the approval of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt. Hon William Hague MP, His Excellency the Governor has appointed the following persons to be Queen’s Counsel (QC): Colin McKie, Partner, Maples and Calder Ian…
The Editor Speaks: Medical tourism
iNews Cayman has published many articles over the last few months on “medical Tourism. Just place ‘medical tourism’ in our own search engine and you will find lots of them. Medical tourism is an area our new government has said…
Passport application process changed by UK
Changes to Passport Services for British Nationals The British Government is making important changes to the passport service for British nationals living overseas. Previously, during the hurricane season, applicants were able to send a copy of their passport with their…
Caymanian joins Quinnipiac Women’s Golf
From Quinnipiac Bobcats Quinnipiac Women’s Golf Adds Duo For 2013-14 Season HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac women’s golf head coach John O’Connor has announced the addition of incoming freshmen Nicole Scola (Westerly, R.I.) and Emily Ribbins (George Town, Cayman Islands) for…
Why the Cayman Islands is more powerful than France
Economics by Mano Singham From Free Thoughts Economist Dean Baker points out that speculation by the big banks and investment houses is the cause of much of our financial woes and that a financial speculation tax would be well worth…
The Editor Speaks: Cruise ship arrivals plummet
In June cruise ship arrivals here reached a record low. In June 2012 cruise ship passengers arriving in Grand Cayman were almost 90,000 whilst this year they had dropped by over 32% to just over 61,000. I was walking around…
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…
Finding his lead role in a faraway land
By Bill Speitz From Missoulian Andy Copley went to Los Angeles to be an actor. That’s right, La-La Land. The City of Angels. A Missoula man intent on making it big. Then a funny thing happened while he was there….
Sagicor Jamaica to restructure
From The Jamaican Gleaner Sagicor Jamaica has got court approval to restructure its operations under which all companies within the group will become subsidiaries of a new holding company. Under the new scheme the new Sagicor Jamaica Group will become…
