Sir Turtle surprises lucky Cayman Airways Instagram competition winners
Friday 28 July saw Sir Turtle surprising Cayman Airways Instagram competition winners with their prizes in numerous locations across Grand Cayman. Sir Turtle travelled across the island, from West Bay to Newlands, dropping off winner’s packs to the surprised competition…
Mexican drug cartel forces new members to eat their victims
From Newsmax Two teens reportedly confessed to eating the flesh of their murder victims as part of an initiation into a rising Mexican drug cartel, the San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday. The newspaper reported El País, an international publication, described…
Bitcoin splits as new currency takes off
By Chris Baraniuk From BBC News A new version of Bitcoin has been mined for the first time in the crypto-currency’s history. Bitcoin Cash is the result of months of debate and development over how the currency would continue to…
Cayman Islands Adventists prepare for Regional Summit
Cayman Islands’ Adventist churches gathered last Saturday (29 July) to begin planning for a regional summit to be held on Grand Cayman in March 2019. Saturday’s joint planning meeting of churches took place at the Walkers Road Kings Church. The…
Cayman Islands: Island Heritage awards 2017 Educational Grant
Island Heritage Insurance Company, Ltd. (“Island Heritage”) announced today that its inaugural Educational Grant has been awarded to Gabriella Castillo. Gabriella graduated from United World College Costa Rica’s International Baccalaureate programme in May 2017, before which she attended Clifton Hunter…
Barbados: Hurricane Hunter makes emergency landing at Grantley Adams International Airport
From Caribbean News Service BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 02 2017 – An aircraft with at least 13 people on board made an emergency landing at the Grantley Adams International Airport on Wednesday, according to media reporters here. Emergency personnel were on…
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Caribbean voice: How calypso went from plantation to politics
By Gemma Handy From BBC Solemn-faced, schoolgirl Rika Johnson reveals the lyrics to her latest song, an ode to the double-edged sword of modern technology. Here, at her simple home decorated with conch shells and the national flag in the…
3 things from the book ‘1984’ that seem especially chilling today
By Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy From Business Insider Some critics speculated that George Orwell’s relevance would fade after the year 1984. Harold Bloom wrote in 1987 that Orwell’s great novel of totalitarianism,1984, threatened to become a period piece, such…
China Biologic Products Redomicile from Delaware to the Cayman Islands
From Davis Polk Davis Polk advised China Biologic Products, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company, in connection with its change of domicile from Delaware to the Cayman Islands by its merging with and into China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned…
CCJ orders release of men on death row in Barbados
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), on Tuesday 25th July quashed the convictions of the two men – Vincent Edwards and Richard Haynes – who were sentenced to death for murder committed in Barbados…
