Football bribery attempt of Belize team players – CONCACAF statement
CONCACAF was notified of an attempt to bribe Belize national team players Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair on July 7th, two days ahead of their Group A, Gold Cup match against the United States that took place in Portland, OR….
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Government gets extra money Government has been given a short-term borrowing overdraft facility from the United Kingdom (UK) amounting to $16M that is available until June 2014. This is in addition to the $30M overdraft facility they already have from…
Rotary Grand gets new leader and new District Governor welcomed
It’s not often that the stars align to give us a double whammy, but that’s exactly what happened on Saturday, 6 July at the Westin. Not only did we have the traditional annual change over of the presidents of the…
Underwater photography competition announced in the Cayman Islands
Calling all underwater photographers! It is with great excitement that CITA is once again hosting the Underwater Photography Competition in conjunction with the 9th Annual International Underwater Film Festival . The photography competition will be open to anyone—professional or amateur,…
CONCACAF U-15 Tournament could attract 3,000
At a press briefing last Thursday (11) Cayman Islands Football Association Vice-President Bruce Blake, Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden, Tourism Minster Moses Kirkconnell and former sports minister Mark Scotland praised the hard work that had gone into preparing for the CONCACAF…
Hezbollah’s Palestinian problem………and vice versa
By Franklin Lamb, Scoop World Independent news Hezbollah’s Palestinian problem………and vice versa Many Lebanese and Syrian supporters of the region’s Resistance culture, increasingly led by Hezbollah, are chastising, for a number of reasons, their former Islamist ally Hamas. Pillorying them…
‘World’s fastest ship’ is powered by modified jet engines
BY ANITA LI Mashable Australian shipyard Incat claims to have built the world’s fastest ship, the Francisco, which can travel up to 58 knots or 67 miles per hour. Described as a “high-speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry,” the ship…
Dishin’ with Dody
Summer camp…first stop of the Summer By Dody Denman The temperature is nearing 100 degrees in the Big Thicket Woods of East Texas. Normal people would be seeking refuge from the heat; sippin’ a tall glass of iced tea, finding…
OP-ED: Re-thinking Taxing Tourism
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Huntington News Are governments in the Caribbean killing the goose that lays the golden egg? This question relates to the number of taxes that governments are applying to the tourism industry and, particularly, to the…
National Show Jumping Series 2013 Leg 3
The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) recently hosted the third leg of the 2013 National Show Jumping Championship for both adults and juniors on Saturday 29th June 2013 at The Equestrian Centre. The show was originally supposed to be hosted…






