Rich families hiring tour guides with disabilities so they can skip long lines at Disney World
By Mary Beth Quirk, Consemerist Do you know who deserves to skip lines at amusement parks? People with disabilities. Do you know who probably doesn’t deserve to skip lines at amusement parks? People who just can’t stand the thought of…
New Director for Prison Service
A senior manager with over 30 years of experience in corrections will take up the role of the Director at Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) next month, the Portfolio of Internal and external Affairs announced today (Friday 17…
Cayman Island Election Guide
Election Type: Parliamentary Date: May 22, 2013 Description of government structure: Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II * Government is headed by the Governor and the Cabinet Cabinet consists of the Premier and six other ministers Leader of Government: Premier…
BT Coalition: Which Bodden Town candidates are really opposed to a dump in our district?
According to Mr. Alain Beiner, chairman of the Coalition to Keep BT Dump Free, “We’ve succeeded in making Dart’s proposed dump deal a major issue in the election campaign. And, given the widespread opposition to needlessly establishing a waste management…
SeaBob – a VERY interesting “gadget”
This tiny story came past my desk and I just had to find out more. Have you heard of the “SeaBob”? If you are a water enthusiast I expect you have but me? I am ashamed to say I am…
iNews Briefs
Facility for young offenders ditched At the last Minority Government Press Briefing last week it was announced by the Minister of Community Affairs, Dwayne Seymour, that the proposed young offenders facility that was modelled on one in Missouri, USA, has…
Mission boss says misconception of something wrong
Mario Galea, Head of the Foreign Observer Mission, that is in the Cayman Islands to make sure we have a fair election on May 22nd says Cayman should not be fearful that they are here. “Unfortunately, there is this misconception…
ICTSI prequalified in Australia port project
Cliff Harvey C. Venzon, Business World online RAZON-LED INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has been prequalified to bid for a port project in Australia, the company said in a statement on Friday. “ICTSI has been named among the short-list…
5 Biggest offshore kings of the FTSE100
By Ritobaan Roy CFO Insight 98 of FTSE100 companies have complex subsidiary structures spread across the world, with a large number concentrated in known tax havens such as Cayman Islands and Mauritius. A report by the charity actionaid asks uncomfortable…
Embryonic stem cells: Advance in medical human cloning
By James Gallagher, Health and science reporter, BBC News Human cloning has been used to produce early embryos, marking a “significant step” for medicine, say US scientists. The cloned embryos were used as a source of stem cells, which can…
