Port plans Sail-A-Bration for Disney Magic (calling at Grand Cayman)
By Laura Elder The Daily News GALVESTON — Hundreds of spectators gathered Saturday at Pier 26 to mark the first island sailing of Disney Magic, one of the world’s most recognizable ocean liners sporting Mickey Mouse logos on its funnels….
Himalayas avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nepal
At least nine people have been killed and several are missing in Nepal after an avalanche hit climbers and guides at a camp on a Himalayan peak. The bodies of a German and a Nepalese guide have been recovered from…
A postcard from Occupy Apple [Apple has accounts in the Cayman Islands?]
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt CNNMoney Fortune Why a score of protestors have gathered on Fifth Avenue for a “sleepful demonstration” FORTUNE — “You don’t need your iPhone,” says the bearded young man with a cardboard sign every time someone takes his…
WestStar TV gets hit by lightning
Lightning from an electrical storm during the early hours of Friday (21) morning hit the WestStar TV tower and has knocked out many of their cable channels. The lightning also hit Master Control causing the local television feed over the…
Mother (known as Mama)
Mother (better known as Mama) ‘Mama’ as we called her was so quiet and sweet To hug and kiss her was really a treat. She was fat like mothers of her day you see Having nine healthy children…
CISA goes nuts about coconuts
The Cayman Islands Agricultural Society will be hosting Coconut Festival on Saturday, 29 September in conjunction with Market at the Grounds. Labeled a traditional Caymanian Day, the event will focus on all things coconut. There will be sampling of traditional…
Hurricane Isaac Is a Wake-Up Call for Coastal Restoration
By Cindy Brown / The Nature Conservancy Cindy Brown is the Gulf Coast Program Director for The Nature Conservancy and a New Orleans native. Our conversation began with the simple message in her subject line: Y’all ok? Amy, officemate but…
Tax code lets firms shift profits [to the Cayman Islands]
By Andrew Conte and Lou Kilzer, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Headquartered amid farm fields 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, II-VI makes optical lenses for lasers and has a corporate reach that extends to Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland and…
A poem of “Life” and a “Prayer for ourselves”
Life By: Brenda Quin Do not walk away or laugh when I talk of the olden times, tell you the old stories, for they are a part of you, as they are of me. It is only by knowing…
