ERA cancels 36MW bid
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) announces the cancellation of the 36MW solicitation for additional generating capacity scheduled for a commissioning date of July, 2014 commenced by the RFP dated March 23, 2012. As a result of unavoidable and unforeseen delays,…
Household register to be updated
ESO to conduct field work on July 8th to August 30th Staff from the Economics and Statistics Office will be in various communities across all districts between July 8 and August 30, 2013 collecting basic information necessary to update the…
The Editor Speaks: Why so many water related deaths?
It was with some shock I learnt of yet another death in our waters last Friday. It was the tenth this year and the eighth involving swimming, snorkeling or diving. Most have involved tourists who were over the age of…
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Underwater photography competition announced in the Cayman Islands
Calling all underwater photographers! It is with great excitement that CITA is once again hosting the Underwater Photography Competition in conjunction with the 9th Annual International Underwater Film Festival . The photography competition will be open to anyone—professional or amateur,…
Divetech Grand Cayman hosts Focus Underwater event
By DiverWire Staff posted in PADI Feed, Resort News, SSI Feed (DiverWire) Divetech on Grand Cayman is hosting the 5th annual FOCUS UNDERWATER (previously Tek Week), an annual event that brings together underwater photographers, ocean conservationists and rebreather enthusiasts, at…
Want protection from superstorms? Bring back our wetlands
by s.e. smith From Care2 Wetlands offer a quiet natural beauty filled with shorebirds, other animals, and a variety of plants like mangroves, reeds, and more, but they’re dwindling in number and that’s bad news–not just for the animals and…
The Editor Speaks: Innocent until proven guilty but you stay in jail until trial
Brian Borden is accused of killing Robert Mackford Bush in September 2011 in a West Bay gang-related shooting. Borden will not go to trial until January next year. This will mean he will have been imprisoned without trial for more…
Chantal is gone but remains will bring rain
Chantal dissipated Wednesday afternoon into a tropical rainstorm (wave). Though the threat for damaging winds has decreased, heavy, flooding downpours will continue from Hispaniola to the Bahamas and here in Cayman we will feel its effects too. From the Cayman…
Jeffrey Webb hopes his presidency will transform CONCACAF
By Grant Wahl, From Sports Illustrated SALT LAKE CITY — CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands says it’s an “injustice” that CONCACAF will have to go at least 32 years between hosting World Cups, and he thinks the…
10 election candidates fail to submit expenses
Although ten candidates in the May general elections failed to comply with the law and did not submit their accounts to the Elections Office by the 28 June deadline, they will not face sanctions. The new Supervisor of Elections, Wesley…
