The Publisher Speaks: Christmas Morning of Yesterday
Christmas Morning of Yesterday Joan Wilson It was no ordinary Christmas morning for me As I opened the bedroom door to have a peep Just so excited and eager for the sun to rise So I could quickly claim my…
Williamson Branch in The Caymans
By John Lawless From Bluegrass Today Last month, when the first hints of winter weather were making themselves felt in parts of the United States, Williamson Branch was sweating it out down in the Cayman Islands. The family band, consisting…
Was Miss Universe pageant disaster really Steve Harvey’s fault?
By Diana Falzone From FOX NEWS Steve Harvey mistakenly crowns wrong ‘Miss Universe’ Steve Harvey took the blame for perhaps the most epic beauty pageant host blunder of all time on Sunday night’s Miss Universe 2015 Pageant, but some are…
Grand Cayman Purple Ribbon Bus – FREE Transportation on New Year’s Eve
The RCIPS is very glad to facilitate the following initiative of the National Drug Council to provide free transportation on New Year’s Eve through the Purple Ribbon Bus Designated Driver Programme – see below We hope the community with take…
Oyez, oyez, they said what?! The 2015 quotable US Supreme Court
By Mike Sacks, From The National Law Journal Ten notable comments from the justices. U.S. Supreme Court justices have cited the prospect of being quoted out of context as one reason for their resistance to cameras in the courtroom. But…
Cayman Islands public urged to recycle natural Christmas trees
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) reminds the public of its annual programme to collect natural Christmas trees for mulching. Hundreds of donated trees are crushed and turned into mulch, which is in turn given to the public at no…
Stanford requests rehearing of his criminal appeal
By Kenneth Rijock From Caribbean News Now HOUSTON, USA — Offshore banker and convicted Ponzi schemer, R. Allen Stanford, has filed a petition for an en banc rehearing, with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit has previously…
What employees can legally say on Facebook—and get away with
By Rebekah Mintzer, From Corporate Counsel Facebook had more than 1 billion daily active users around the world as of September. That’s a lot of timeline posts and status updates, and many involve the workplace. This leaves employers in a…
Quantifying 10 years of improvements in earthquake monitoring in the Caribbean region
Seismological Research Letters By: Daniel E. McNamara, Christa Hillebrandt-Andrade, Jean-Marie Saurel, V. Huerfano-Moreno, and Lloyd Lynch Abstract Over 75 tsunamis have been documented in the Caribbean and adjacent regions during the past 500 years. Since 1500, at least 4484 people…
Caribbean Getaway: Islands sell citizenship to spur construction deals
By CRAIG KARMIN From Wall Street Journal Developer Valmiki Kempadoo said he has made about 200 sales at his Kittitian Hill hillside development on St. Kitts to citizenship-by-investment owners. Tiny island nations like St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Grenada…
