The other side of Blackbeard and his ‘wench’
Blackbeard, known on weekdays as Ben Cherry, a North Carolinian, is no stranger to the Cayman Islands as he has been visiting us every year over the last 20 plus for our National festival, Pirates Week. I am sure you…
Nearly $290,000 stolen by Pension Manager
Robert William Schultz (40), a US national admitted in Grand Court on Tuesday (20) he stole US$289,660.12 from the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce pension fund over a two year period to fund his lust for drugs. Presiding Judge Charles…
Prison Director Retires
Director of Prisons, Dwight Scott, will retire from Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service as of February 19, 2013, the Portfolio of Internal & External Affairs announced today. Deputy Director Daniel Greaves is acting as Director of Prisons until…
Cayman Turtle Farm releases 150 turtles into the wild
Rescheduled 32nd Annual Pirates Week Turtle Release a success Tuesday, 20th November 2012… Hundreds of Cayman visitors and residents turned out as the Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter released 150 turtles into the wild this past weekend in its…
Rotary Honours Outgoing Contractor General with its 2012 Vocational Service Award
Kingston; November 20, 2012 – The Rotary Club of St. Andrew North has honoured outgoing Contractor General, Greg Christie, with its 2012 Vocational Service Award, for his outstanding service to the country as its fourth Contractor General. The award was…
Pirates Week Festival 2012 – George Town
by RedBull.com Team Pirates Week is a festival held annually in the Cayman Islands for 11 days during November and this year Red Bull Cliff Diving‘s Orlando Duque dropped in… George Town, the Cayman Islands capital, was brought to a…
26 Positive cases of Dengue now reported on Grand Cayman
Dengue Update as of 16 November 2012 Total cases under investigation for dengue since the beginning of the year: 59 Total results received for 49 cases (13 results received this week) 26 positives and 23 negatives; 10 cases with results…
Huge crowd for Coalition4Cayman inaugural meeting
Was it the free food and drink, was it just being curious at what it was all about, or was it the Cayman public’s genuine very anxiousness to find a real alternative to the present two party system dominating the…
The Cayman Islands Dollar Represents Strength and Financial Success
By Tom Cleveland, currency strategist for http://www.forextraders.com When Christopher Columbus first set eyes on the Cayman Islands, they consisted of three uninhabited islands northwest of Jamaica. Today, the islands are the fifth-largest banking center in the world, specializing in “banking,…
U.K. tops list as country with most positive influence
Jill Mahoney, The Globe and Mail The United Kingdom has surpassed the United States in a global ranking of “soft power” influence that also knocked Canada down a notch from last year. Britons project more positive influence than any other…
