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…
Whittaker upset with paltry purse for Rosado bout
by Corey Erdman In an industry as unforgiving as boxing, one can still find plenty of nice people. Fringe junior middleweight contender Charles Whittaker and Main Events promoter Kathy Duva are two such folks. Unfortunately, outside of the ring, Whittaker…
New BlackBerry 7.1 OS now available for free upgrade
Latest BlackBerry software includes new features and enhanced performance A wide range of software improvements await BlackBerry® 7 smartphone customers in the Caribbean with the introduction of the BlackBerry® 7.1 OS. The new OS upgrade makes seizing and sharing the…
Young South Africans no longer believe in Nelson Mandela
By Mohamed Zayed, iNews Cayman special correspondent Nelson Mandela is known to the world as one of the strongest advocates for democracy and equality in the developed and developing worlds. If someone mentions the black continent, Nelson Mandela would come…
Fifa anti-corruption probes facing resistance, says Mark Pieth
The man given the job by Fifa of investigating corruption within world football’s governing body says he is “facing some resistance”. Mark Pieth, chairman of Fifa’s Independent Governance Committee (IGC), told BBC Sport: ” We’ve introduced this new, independent judicial…
Cayman Islands captures three awards at tourism ceremony in T&C
Premier McKeeva Bush joined the tourism elite in Turks & Caicos capturing three awards for the Cayman Islands. Leading tourism destinations and travel brands from across the Caribbean and Americas have shared top honours at a World Travel Awards (WTA)…
Pakistani TV shows US ads condemning anti-Islam film
Pakistani TV channels are airing an advert showing news clips of US President Barack Obama condemning an anti-Islam film made in the US. The advert also features a statement from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a news conference rejecting…
