Under 14 Team sparkles
Local Under 14 Team sparkles in Las Vegas Mayor’s Cup The Under 14 team from the Cayman Islands Youth Football Programme returned to Grand Cayman on Wednesday, February 19 after competing in the 2014 Mayor’s Cup International Showcase in Las…
Endangered species: Grand Cayman blue iguana crawls back from brink of extinction
By Cheryl Santa Maria Digital Reporter From The Weather Network In 2002, only a dozen Grand Cayman blue iguanas roamed the eastern interior of the Grand Cayman. The dismal population is the end result of several devastating events, most of…
Police Officer Shot And Killed A Teen Who Was Allegedly Only Holding A Nintendo
By Paul Szoldra From Business Insider The attorney for the family of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer at his front door claims the teen had nothing more than a Nintendo Wii controller in his…
Guardian UK story in August 2012 on corruption in Brazil has link to Cayman
The following is the original story Corruption trial of the century From The Guardian, Thursday 2 August 2012 20.31 BST Brazil’s ‘corruption trial of the century’ expected to hurt ruling coalition Politicians stand accused of involvement in illegal vote-buying scandal…
Despite African growth, tax dodging widens inequality-report
By Luke Balleny from Trust.org Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – High economic growth rates in a number of African countries mask widening inequality between a wealthy minority that is growing richer and the poor who, in…
Cricket: Report claims CPL brought US$105m to region in 2013
From Trinidad Express Newspapers The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) may have made a loss in its inaugural season, but it still brought millions of dollars to the Caribbean region. This is according to research carried out by the Mona School…
Former St Lucia minister sues over US visa revocation
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — On Tuesday, attorneys for former Saint Lucia housing minister Richard Frederick filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington, DC, claiming compensatory and punitive damages of $25 million in relation to the…
38 Volunteers complete Red Cross training programme
38 Volunteers from the Cayman Islands Red Cross have successfully completed a National Intervention Team (NIT) training programme. The intensive six-night training, developed by the International Federation of Red Cross, trained local volunteers to coordinate, facilitate, respond to and recover…
Resort for a Day expands, launches new website
Resort for a Day, a distributor of resort day-pass shore excursions, reports the launch of a new website and the expansion of its product offerings for travel agents, their clients and consumers. Resort for a Day gives cruisers the opportunity…
2014 UK Cruisers’ Choice Awards announced
From Cruise Critic (11:00 a.m. EST) — Royal Caribbean has swept the boards in this year’s Cruisers’ Choice Awards, coming top in four awards. Sister brands Celebrity Cruises won an astonishing 10 categories, and Azamara Club Cruises scooped seven awards…
