Caribbean Carnival to review parade safety following teen’s death on Saturday
From Globalpost TORONTO – Organizers of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival say they will scrutinize parade safety in their annual review, following the death of a young man on the weekend. “We had a three-hour meeting this morning,” said organizer Chris Alexander…
Cayman funerals for July 2013
Phillis Viola McLean 6 Aug 1923 – 7 Jul 2013 Gun Bay Kathleen Alea Scott – 6 Jul 2013 Watering Place William Lemul Lawson – 7 Jul 2013 USA Patrick Manley Delapenha …
New Board of Directors for Port
The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands has a new Board of Directors. Errol Bush takes up the position of chairman replacing John Henry Ebanks. Deputy Chairman is Gerry Kirkconnell who replaces Carlton Powery. Mr. Kirkconnell also serves as the…
The Island Soul Festival looks at Caribbean culture with fresh eyes
By Chris Dart From Torontoist This year’s edition of the Island Soul festival will emphasize French-speaking Caribbean culture. Now in its 16th year, Harbourfront Centre’s Island Soul festival, which takes place this weekend, picks up where Caribana (or, um, the…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Canoe intercepted by Cayman Joint Marine Unit
From GIS Tue 6th Aug 2013 Authorities are processing three Belizeans and one Jamaican, who were intercepted by the Joint Marine Unit around 5:00am today (Tuesday, 6 August, 2013) after their engine ran out of fuel or malfunctioned. Their canoe,…
Stand up for the children challenge 2013 accomplished
Sharn Mentz and Joseph Curley who set out on Friday (2) at 3am on their paddleboards, with the aim of circumnavigating Grand Cayman – a 70 mile journey that took two full days of paddling – accomplished their mission late…
Cocktails, cabaret charity concert for Zak
Melanie Ebanks, Cayman’s young singing sensation, will be performing in another Charity Concert with friends, Rory Mann, David Verhoeven, Lani Bothwell and two surprise guests. Glen Inanga will be accompanying the performers in a concert called “Cocktails and Cabaret”. The…
Cayman’s soccer boys go to Disney
More than 70 young soccer stars from the Cayman Islands were in Orlando, Florida form July 15th to July 20th to take part in the Disney Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament – 2013 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports…
Finding his lead role in a faraway land
By Bill Speitz From Missoulian Andy Copley went to Los Angeles to be an actor. That’s right, La-La Land. The City of Angels. A Missoula man intent on making it big. Then a funny thing happened while he was there….
