50-50 conference launches essay competition
The Planning Committee of the 50-50 Caribbean Conference has launched its Essay Competition as part of the ongoing efforts to encourage participation in what promises to be one of the most anticipated events of March 2012. The theme for the…
Number portability weeks away
In exactly eight weeks, and ending the possibility of a government-sponsored lawsuit, number portability will debut in the Cayman Islands. On 31 January, after more than seven years of fitful struggle, negotiation and argument, Cayman’s four leading telephone companies —…
St Maarten finds local lionfish tainted with toxin
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Conservationists in St. Maarten are warning islanders not to eat lionfish after tests found a naturally occurring toxin in the flesh of the candy-striped invasive species, officials said Thursday. The findings have dealt a blow to…
The Editor speaks: Christmas cracker crackdown by RCIPS
If any one has any complaining to do about the RCIPS’s seasonal police road safety crackdown this year, codenamed Operation Christmas Cracker, beginning on Monday 28th Nov., we have only ourselves to blame. “Last year we were so disappointed by…
US awaits release of three students
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Family and friends of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo waited anxiously Friday for news that they had been released from police custody. Derrik Sweeney, Luke Gates and Gregory Porter, who attend the American…
“Cayman won’t hold out begging bowl”
Premier McKeeva Bush has told the British government that Cayman would never again “hold out the begging bowl” because of overspending, instead promising to rely on private-sector investment for infrastructure projects. Signing the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility this week in London,…
Be safe, be hands free
Give a gift that could save a life this Christmas. That’s the call from officers of the RCIPS who are encouraging everyone to put a hands free kit at the top of their Christmas shopping list this year. Just days…
Pastor Al Ebanks Tribute
On behalf of the members of the Commission for Standards in Public Life, the Human Rights Commission, the Constitutional Commission, the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Commissions Secretariat, I would like to extend our deepest…
Power to the Police
One of John Lennon’s famous songs is “Power to the People.” The song has been a rallying cry ever since. Actually people’s power, especially in the Western Countries has diminished. In the wake of terrorist threats, 9/11, and similar events…
We won’t accept new groups
Controversy continues to plague the new district councils as North Side and East End MLAs flatly decline to accept the groups. In the wake of Tuesday’s George Town Advisory District Council (ADC) nomination meeting, which confronted ongoing questions of qualifications…
