Weather disturbance/No Carib tsunami warnings/Extinction/Bird survey
DISTURBANCE ORGANIZES IN THE CARIBBEAN By Daniel Phillips From KATC.COM There is no denying it has been an unusually quiet hurricane season so far. Only six named Atlantic storms and none of them have even become hurricanes. Still though…
Cubans beaten in detention centre/Bahamas minister promises changes
CUBAN ARRIVALS FROM BAHAMAS ALLEGE BEATINGS AND SEXUAL ABUSES By Alberto de la Cruz From Babalublog.com The first Cubans to arrive in Miami from a notorious migrant detention center in Bahamas this month alleged Friday that guards regularly beat some…
Cheap turtle/funds hidden in Cayman/$Billions invested in Cayman/Cayman change
TURTLE MEAT HAS GOT A LOT CHEAPER Georgina Wilcox The Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) has announced it will be lowering its price of turtle meat because of a more productive breeding season and better management of the animals. CTF Managing…
Dart joins battle/Medevac/Diabetes certification/ Nursing course
DART JOINS BATTLE OVER ROAD CLOSURE Georgina Wilcox Dart Realty will now join Government in defending the law suit filed against government by four West Bay women in connection with the closure of the West Bay Road. The law suit…
Texaco to disappear/CBAC new head/Asia Capital hiring/Aust. Diplomat
Texaco signage soon to disappear All of Cayman’s gas stations that have blazed the familiar Texaco signage for many years will be no more. Instead they will all have the Rubis logo. Seven Mile Beach service station is the first…
Dilbert leaving/Arbitration v Winding Up/Extending ELP/Ebullio
Dilbert leaving ICO Jennifer Dilbert, MBE JP, Cayman Islands Information Commissioner, has announced in the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) 2012/2013 FOURTH QUARTER REPORT she has advised His Excellency the Governor that she will not be seeking a further term as…
iNews briefs
Golden boot for Cayman footballer Cayman Islands U15 footballer, Leighton Thomas Jr, won the ‘golden boot’ at the U-15 CONCACAF Tournament by being the highest grossing football scorer in the competition. This was despite Cayman failing to progress to the…
Hit-and-run accident [in Cayman] leaves US MP native in coma
By Cheryl Borrowdale From Elburn Herald MAPLE PARK—It was supposed to be a Caribbean paradise. But for Rebecca Nelson, it became a nightmare—one she hasn’t woken up from yet. She’s been in a coma since the night of July 1,…
Cayman Islands: Protecting the heart of the Cayman Economy
By Gonzales Jalles From Cayman Finance According to the latest ESO report, the Financial Services industry directly contributes 41.9% of the economy of the Cayman Islands, followed by Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities at 13.8% (which includes the accounting and…
13 year prison sentence to gunman
Leighton Griffin Rankine Jr (37) was sentenced last Friday (23) to 13 years imprisonment by acting Judge Marva MacDonald-Bishop. Rankine was found guilty after his trial in June for assault, wounding with intent, unlawful use of a firearm and the…
