Does Cayman need to “get in the game”?
By Steve McIntosh From cml Financial Services & Legal Recruitment For several years now I’ve been on something of a Quixotic ride to persuade policy-makers in Cayman that the country needs an independent development agency. (Here, for example, is an…
CI Gov’t and PAHO agree on biennial plan
Senior Managers of the HSA, Minister for Health Hon. Osbourne Bodden along with Ministry’s Chief Officer Jennifer Ahearn and other officials met with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Representative of Jamaica, Bermuda & Cayman Islands, Margareta Skold (stationed in Jamaica)…
Pet tortoise found alive and well after 30 years in storeroom
By Kristina Chew From Care2 Thirty years ago, a family in Rio Janeiro, the Almeidas, concluded that Manuela, their red-footed tortoise, had escaped through a door left open by workers renovating the house. But just this week, Leandro Almeida was…
UPDATE: 5 Robbery suspects make off in boat from Little Cayman – arrests made -all Caymanian Nationals
UPDATE – All suspects are Caymanian Nationals From RCIPS Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:27 PM Further to yesterday’s release concerning the arrest of five men following an armed robbery in Little Cayman, we can confirm that all five men are…
[WI Test Cricketer] Nurse celebrates 80th birthday
By Azad Ali Caribbean Life The prolific Barbadian and West Indies batsman from the 1960s, Seymour Nurse celebrated his 80th birthday recently, making him one of the oldest surviving West Indies cricketer. Nurse was a classy right-handed middle order batsman…
DC wins ‘final’ appeal in long battle over Superman rights
By Kevin Melrose From robot6 Comic Books Resources Although the attorney representing the heirs of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had vowed they were “prepared to go the distance” in their legal battle with DC Comics, they appear…
Brac to report green iguanas
Residents on Cayman Brac are being asked to report all sightings of green iguanas to the Department of Environment (DoE) and keep track of their whereabouts until an official arrives. The invasive green iguanas spread very quickly. They pose a…
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force blacklists Guyana
From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Friday November 22, 2013, CMC – The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has blacklisted Guyana after the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country failed to approve legislation to combat money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism…
Last-minute deal saves fractious UN climate talks
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News, in Warsaw Delegates negotiated through the night in Warsaw before clinching a deal UN climate talks in Poland have ended with delegates reaching a compromise on how to fight global warming. After 30…
Traveller irked by fellow LIAT passengers’ disregard for safety
By Gerald Rose From The BVI Beacon On a recent Friday, I made a trip to another Caribbean territory on LIAT — the Caribbean airline — which involved three intermediate stops at other islands. As we are all very much…
