Cayman Islands: Water-related death off Seven Mile Beach, 5 February
From RCIPS Shortly after 12:15PM yesterday, 5 February, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched police and emergency personnel to a report of a man who had experienced difficulties while snorkeling off Seven Mile Public Beach. He was brought to shore by…
What happened to Donald Crowhurst’s boat Teignmouth Electron and where is she now? [Ans: Cayman Brac]
By Guy Henderson From Devon Live Souvenir hunters have stripped her of her name plates and a vandal has spray-painted the words ‘Dream Boat’ across the transom The sun-bleached wreckage on a beach at Cayman Brac in the Caribbean doesn’t…
Cayman Enterprise City gains steam as a global growth platform for tech companies
Zone gets excellent rating from zone clients in recent survey Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (5 February 2018) – The team behind Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), the Cayman Islands’ knowledge and technology focused Special Economic Zone (SEZ), say that six years…
Cayman Islands: 2018 CIFA Youth Leagues kickoff with exciting first round games
The 2018 Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) youth leagues kicked-off this past Saturday, February 3rd with exhilarating play from all participating clubs. Scores were high in certain boys and girls games but that did not detract from the overall positive…
Cayman Islands filmmakers reminded to rate their films
As the arts festival season kicks offs in the Cayman Islands, the Film Control Board (FCB) is reminding filmmakers to have their films rated. Under the Film Exhibition Control Law (2015), films that will be screened locally and have not…
Turks and Caicos: $7.1m paid out for overseas treatment from July to October [Cayman Islands – 19 referrals]
By Delana Isles From TC Weekly News Under the National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP) the Government paid out some $7.1 million in overseas medical treatment to several countries over a four month period in 2017. This was disclosed by Minister…
Tourism leaders hold community meetings in Cayman’s Sister Islands
The Ministry and Department of Tourism kicked off the first of its nationwide community meetings throughout February and March in the Sister Islands this week. Residents on Cayman Brac gathered at the Aston Rutty Centre on Thursday, 1 February to…
How to keep anxiety at bay when travelling
By Ashyln Molly From Travel Blissful Traveling a lot for work and pleasure sounds like an amazing thing to many. However, for some travelers, it can be a tense time, with anxiety kicking in for all sorts of reasons. Leaving…
US: 2 killed, 116 hurt when Amtrak train crashes into stationary freight train
By Ralph Ellis, Nicole Chavez and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) An Amtrak passenger train was mistakenly diverted to a side track and crashed into an unmanned freight train in South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring 116 people, federal…
Sure looks like China has a ship-mounted railgun
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch Ever since Eraser, everyone wants a railgun. Turns out China is no exception. Some photos posted by Dafeng Cao, a Twitter user who keeps close tabs on Chinese military developments, show a ship-mounted gun that…






