Butterflies and balloons at Fukushima
Nuclear meltdowns make everything depressing, and this week, even butterflies and balloons have seen their normally cheery image marred by radioactivity. First butterflies. A paper in the open-access journal Scientific Reports, shows mutations in butterfly populations around the Fukushima plant,…
Want to Create Jobs? Spend Money. Don’t sock it away in the Cayman Islands
From the No More Mister Nice Blog Rich people don’t create jobs; they take their tax cuts and sock it away in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. Corporations don’t create jobs; they take their subsidies and profits and hand it…
Cayman Swimmers take part in 1st FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Three representatives of Cayman’s Swimming Family will represent the Cayman Islands in the 1st FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships being held in Niagara, Canada, August 16-19th 2012. The three swimmers – brothers Alex and Iain McCallum (Stingray Swim…
7 of the Most Unhealthy, Cancer-Causing Foods
Let’s face it: it’s challenging to eat all-healthy foods all the time. Sometimes we just want an easy pre-processed meal for a late dinner, while other times we choose to indulge in a junky treat as a comfort food. But…
The highs and lows of Jamaica’s London Olympics
BY KARYL WALKER online news editor for Jamaica Observer. Without a doubt the historic ‘double triple’ by the legendary Usain St Leo Bolt must be considered the zenith of Jamaica’s performance at the 30th Olympiad in London, England. The inimitable…
Cayman National subsidiary IBG Bank closing down
International Banking Group (IBG), the newest bank in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), and a subsidiary of the Cayman Islands Cayman National Corporation, will cease retail operations, effective tomorrow Tuesday August 14th. Chris Johnson, managing partner of Chris Johnson…
Own Motion Investigation by Complaints Commissioner into ability of Cayman’s DLP to ensure Health and Safety at Work.
The following are the first 11 pages of a 57 page Draft. For the whole draft go to the Office of the Complaints Commissioner. Please see today’s (15) iNews Cayman Editorial DRAFT “DANGER: CONSTRUCTION AT WORK.” OWN MOTION INVESTIGATION BY…
Germans Confront The Costs Of A Nuclear-Free Future
By Eric Westervelt of wbur After Japan’s Fukushima disaster last year, Germany announced a groundbreaking energy plan: It would phase out all of its domestic nuclear power in a decade and make a transition to safer, carbon neutral energy. The…
Hurlston denied bail
In Cayman’s Grand Court last Friday (10) Garry Hurlston was denied his bail application “because of the seriousness of the offence” and remanded to HMP Northward until 24 August. Hurlston is accused of stabbing a man in the neck whilst…
OCG to Commence Formal Investigation into NWA CDF Contracts Awarded to Contractors Allegedly Selected by one “Derrick Kellier”
Kingston; August 14, 2012 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) will commence a formal Investigation into the circumstances which surround the award of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Government contracts, by the National Works Agency (NWA), to contractors that…
