Three West Bay men still missing at sea
A canoe with three West bay men on board that is believed left the Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands on Sunday 19 August, heading for Jamaica, is still missing. On Thursday 23 August, when the men had not returned to Grand…
HMP Northward prison riot, October 1999. Colin Wilson remembers….
On September 10th, 1992, Cayman International Television Network (Caribbean) Ltd (CITN – Cayman 27) first put out a video signal over the air. To the majority of people living on Grand Cayman it was not very memorable as the video…
‘French Elvis’ rushed to Caribbean clinic for urgent care
French rocker Johnny Hallyday, a legend in his homeland, was being treated Monday in a Caribbean hospital after being rushed there by helicopter, his producer and reports said. He was treated for a case of “persistent bronchitis” and will leave…
Isaac hardly caused a stir in the Keys
Tropical Storm Isaac barely stirred Florida Keys residents from their fabled nonchalance Sunday, while the Gulf Coast braced for the possibility that the sprawling storm will strengthen into a dangerous hurricane by the time it makes landfall there. At 2…
Arctic sea ice reaches smallest size ever NASA says
The extent of the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk. According to scientists from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colo., the amount is the smallest size ever observed in the…
Chamber Pension Plan elect new Board Chair
The Chamber Pension Plan Board of Trustees recently welcomed Lynn Roffey as their newly elected Chair, an accounting and finance professional who has 19 years of experience in her field of expertise. As the Financial Controller for Androgroup Ltd and…
Man Single-Handedly Saves Whale Trapped in Net
By Stephen Messenger, TreeHugger Although the intricate messages conveyed within a whale’s call are lost on human ears, there’s a pretty good chance that at least one young humpback’s song will be dedicated to a man named Peter Brown. On…
Safehaven not a haven as sea captains told to get out now!
The remaining owners of vessels operating still on the Grand Cayman Safehaven site have been issued with an eviction notice from the Cayman Islands Port Authority. The Port Authority says if they do not remove their boats they will face…
Vekselberg wins Faberge case in the Cayman Islands
Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg has won a legal battle with mining tycoon Brian Gilbertson over ownership of the Faberge Egg Company. But the victory is only symbolic with no compensation awarded. With a private collection worth more than $100 million Russian…
Massive earthquake magnitude 7.3 struck offshore El Salvador
BY CHILLYMANJARO – AUGUST 27, 2012 Massive M7.3 earthquake struck offshore El Salvador on August 27, 2012 at 04:37:23 UTC. The epicenter was located 118 km (74 miles) S from Usulután, 138 km (86 miles) SSW from San Miguel and 169 km (105 miles) SSE from…
