US Coast Guard Ships Visit
Two US Coast Guard ships are to visit Grand Cayman on routine calls over this weekend into next week. USCGC Tampa, a 270 ft. vessel with 107 crew on board and headed by Commander Susan Polizzotto, will be in George…
Bush says, “The results are binding, the referendum has failed”.
Referendum 2012 on adopting a system of single member constituencies concluded with neither ‘Yes’ nor ‘No’ votes achieving a binding result. Official results from the Elections Office Referendum Command Centre indicate 8,677 of the 15,161 registered voters, or 57.23 per…
Young Brac scientist steeped in mosquito research and control
Danielle Ryan, a graduate research officer at the Mosquito Research and Control Unit in Cayman Brac has set her sights high. The twenty-four year-old budding scientist has been employed with the MRCU on the Brac since 1 December 2011 and…
Bush replies to McLaughlin over claims of misuse of public funds
Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush said on Tuesday (17) that there was nothing wrong with any government funding a campaign to inform people of the position it has taken. This was in reply to opposition leader, Hon. Alden McLaughlin’s call to…
OMOV Referendum is lost. WB rules the Cayman Islands
With the West Bay voters giving a 1,053 “No” vote against the One Man, One Vote referendum, although 1,027 voted “Yes”, it marked the end of the road for the OMOV referendum even before the rest of the districts were…
Are you a Reader? Take the Summer Reading Challenge!
The Cayman Islands Library Service’s Summer Reading Challenge for all children ages 6-17 starts 16 July, but those interested should register this week (9-14 July). Children will be separated into age groups. Each group will have a different challenge and…
Expansion of Cayman Brac airport announced at renaming ceremony
Last Saturday (14) saw a renaming ceremony for the Cayman Brac airport. Formerly called the Gerard-Smith Airport after two past Cayman Islands commissioners, Andrew Gerrard and Ivor Smith, it will now be known as the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CKIA)….
Another story on Cayman’s Enterprise City
Law firm Appleby helped move a client into a new special economic zone set up in the Cayman Islands where companies are exempt from work permits and taxes. In a bid to diversify and boost the economy, the Cayman Government…
Police helicopter crew obtain Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) certification
Four members of the RCIPS Air Operations Unit are now certified emergency medical responders – thanks to a joint initiative between the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority and the police. In addition, the Cayman Heart Fund has very generously donated…
OMOV debate won by its supporters but only because they were united
Thursday (12) evening at The Harquail Theatre was the venue for “Generation Now”, a panel debate on the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) and if it had been a contest, it would have seen an overwhelming win for the OMOV…
