CUC apologises
Customers in East End, North Side, Bodden Town, Prospect and parts of George Town were without power Friday (21) morning. All except North Side were due to lightning strikes. In North Side a broken limb came in contact with one…
DEH issues safety and course certification releases
1. Keeping Lunchbox Meals Safe After the long summer holiday, parents and students are now getting back into the school routine – which also means getting back into the daily lunch-making routine. Parents are therefore reminded by Department of Environmental…
Port plans Sail-A-Bration for Disney Magic (calling at Grand Cayman)
By Laura Elder The Daily News GALVESTON — Hundreds of spectators gathered Saturday at Pier 26 to mark the first island sailing of Disney Magic, one of the world’s most recognizable ocean liners sporting Mickey Mouse logos on its funnels….
A postcard from Occupy Apple [Apple has accounts in the Cayman Islands?]
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt CNNMoney Fortune Why a score of protestors have gathered on Fifth Avenue for a “sleepful demonstration” FORTUNE — “You don’t need your iPhone,” says the bearded young man with a cardboard sign every time someone takes his…
Whittaker upset with paltry purse for Rosado bout
by Corey Erdman In an industry as unforgiving as boxing, one can still find plenty of nice people. Fringe junior middleweight contender Charles Whittaker and Main Events promoter Kathy Duva are two such folks. Unfortunately, outside of the ring, Whittaker…
New BlackBerry 7.1 OS now available for free upgrade
Latest BlackBerry software includes new features and enhanced performance A wide range of software improvements await BlackBerry® 7 smartphone customers in the Caribbean with the introduction of the BlackBerry® 7.1 OS. The new OS upgrade makes seizing and sharing the…
New Apple maps app under fire from users
Inaccuracies and misplaced towns and cities in Apple’s new map software have provoked anger from users. In June Apple announced it would stop using Google Maps in favour of its own system, created using data from navigation firm TomTom and…
Moody’s assigns Prime-2 rating to Noble Corporation (Cayman Island) CP programme
Initial rating of $1.8 billion commercial paper program New York, September 19, 2012 — Moody’s Investors Service assigned a Prime-2 rating to Noble Corporation’s (Cayman Islands) (Noble) newly established $1.8 billion commercial paper program. Moody’s also affirmed Noble’s and its…
UWC Cayman Islands celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the UWC movement with service
To mark the 50th anniversary of the international UWC movement, UWC Cayman Islands installed a plaque and benches commemorating the culmination of a service project at the George Town Primary School. UWC national committees worldwide were encouraged to participate in…
Cayman and the US Campaign: An Interview with Richard Coles
From Caribbean Journal published Sep 20, 2012 By Alexander Britell While places like Virginia and Florida will mean the most to the upcoming presidential election in the United States, another location has been popping up disproportionately during the campaign: the…
