Are cigarette warnings that show actual harm more effective at getting people to quit?
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist Imagine you’re holding a package of cigarettes you’re thinking about buying. Which would encourage you to quit: a label with a written warning, or a label with a photo of a throat cancer patient…
New blue iguana exhibit opens at WCS’s Bronx Zoo
By Raymond A. Edel , A new exhibit in the Reptile House at World Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo features the Grand Cayman iguana (Cyclura lewisi), also known as the blue iguana. The exhibit is now open to the public and…
Scientists copy climate change data in fear of a Trump crackdown
By Jon Fingas From engadget And the Energy Department is refusing Trump’s request to name climate change workers. Donald Trump’s incoming presidency won’t be kind to climate change science, and that’s making both scientists and government divisions nervous — to…
Private Equity bigwigs bask in Caribbean Billions
By Pitch Book From Value Walk For some of the biggest names in private equity, nothing sounds better during the holiday season than a Caribbean vacation. Just ask TPG, KKR and Bain Capital, all of which were recently involved in…
South China Sea weaponized as fortifications sprout on islands
From Newsmax China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported Wednesday, citing new satellite imagery. The Asia…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
REVISED: Cayman Islands Vehicle Licensing Offices’ December Closures The public is informed that all three offices at the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing will close early on Friday, 16 December, 2016, for a staff function. The West Bay and…
Cayman Islands Governor issues writs to Elections Returning Officers
Her Excellency the Governor, Helen Kilpatrick, today (Wednesday, 14 December 2016) issued writs to 19 Returning Officers as the next step towards conducting General Elections next year. At the Government Administration Building at noon, the Governor handed over the writs…
UK Border Force officers arrive to discuss cooperation with customs and immigration
Two senior officers from the UK Border Force arrived in the Cayman Islands last weekend for talks on future cooperation and assistance in the customs and immigration areas. Sam Bullimore, Deputy Director, Border Force Intelligence Directorate and Timothy Coward, National…
Statement on Oxfam report: Tax Battles: The dangerous global race to the bottom on corporate tax
Statement on Oxfam report: Tax Battles: The Dangerous Global Race to the Bottom on Corporate Tax Oxfam is wrong. This is the same purposefully misleading rhetoric pretending to be research that Oxfam has published and republished for years. Through their…
NiCE workers help enhance Cayman Islands landfill
A team of workers from the National Community Enhancement Project is working at the George Town landfill on a variety of projects to help improve the facilities and services before Christmas. Known as the NiCE project, the three-week seasonal programme…
