Orange Brightens the Day
Orange was the colour of the day on Friday, 18 May as the Immigration Department participated in an island-wide dress down day during Child Month. Supporting a worthy cause, employees purchased orange t-shirts to raise funds for free meals to…
Robbery – Bodden Town AND George Town Update – Man arrested, gun and mask recovered following Cashwiz robbery
1. Bodden Town Robbery – Cashwiz A man has been arrested and a gun and mask have been recovered following a robbery at Cashwiz in Bodden Town. About 1.30 today (Wednesday 30 May 2012) 911 received a report that Cashwiz…
Charity Box theft – police release images of suspect
Officers investigating the theft of a charity box containing cash from Burger King on Walkers Road last week have released CCTV images of the suspected thief. The theft occurred around 7.30 am on Saturday, 26 May, when a group of…
UN: Most of 108 killed in Syria were executed
(AP) — The U.N.’s human rights office said Tuesday that most of the 108 victims of a massacre in Syria last week were shot at close range, some of them women, children and entire families gunned down in their own…
Astronomical Society invites public to view transit of Venus at Camana Bay on Tuesday 5 June
Cayman Islands residents and visitors will have the extremely rare chance to watch the planet Venus transit across the face of the Sun in the late afternoon of Tuesday 5 June. This opportunity will not occur again for 105 years….
Sisu responds to Coventry City FC probe – but remains cagey on Cayman Islands dealings
John Mutton is demanding investment in the Coventry City FC (Sky Blues). SKY Blues owners Sisu insist recent off-shore dealings in the Cayman Islands do not threaten the club’s immediate future. The hedge fund based in London’s Mayfair has responded…
National Pensions Board done away with and new pension regulations proposed
Last Monday (28) the Minister for Employment, Rolston Anglin, unveiled a draft of a new National Pensions Bill to be submitted to the Legislative Assembly. The new bill focuses on the role of the employer to ensure they comply with…
Regional UN decolonisation seminar in Quito will discuss Cayman Islands
The UN Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold its regional Pacific seminar on…
Saving Dominican forest and an elusive songbird
SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic (AP) — An elusive songbird that wings its way each year from austere mountaintops of the northeastern U.S. to the steamy forests of the Caribbean has inspired the creation of what conservationists hope will…
Florida’s Studio+ to design Cayman Islands hospital
Studio+ will design the Indian based venture led Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. It will be tertiary care hospital focusing on cardiac and orthopedic care. The hospital is a 120-bed 107,000 SF facility consisting of four multi-function…
