Deputy Governor Visits IAT Kiosk
Deputy Governor, Hon. Franz Manderson, Cert. Hon., JP, visited the Immigration Appeals Tribunal kiosk on the ground floor of the Government Administration Building to see and experience the enhanced public service being offered. The Deputy Governor recently challenged civil servants…
Rat-infested Russian ghost ship drifts towards Irish coast
By Sorcha Pollak From Irish Times Derelict Russian cruise liner, which went missing a year ago, heading our way A ghost ship full of cannibalistic rats may be headed towards Irish shorelines. The unmanned 1,600-tonne MV Lyubov Orlova has been…
Europe’s top Eastern Caribbean diplomat praises PM Douglas for vision in training of excellence center
By CUOPM From the Office of The Prime Minister St Kitts & Nevis Europe’s top diplomat in Barbados and the Caribbean is giving thumbs up to Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and his Government to reform…
Farming sea turtles is no solution
By Rachel Alcock From Ecologist Green sea turtles are endangered worldwide. So does the Cayman Islands’ sea turtle farm, which raises the sea reptiles as a luxury food, assist their conservation? Quite the reverse, argues Rachel Alcock. Cramped, unsuitable conditions…
Health City opening in February
From IMTJ The new Cayman Islands medical tourism venture, Health City is nearly complete. The $80 million hospital has an official opening scheduled for February 25th, and the first patients are expected to arrive about a week later. Construction work…
Standards in Public Life on air
Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin and Chairman of the Commission for Standards in Public Life Karin Thompson appeared on Radio Cayman’s Talk Today radio show to discuss the Standards in Public Life Bill, which is proposed legislation to be discussed during…
Consumer Reports pulls recommendation for Honda Fit after poor crash test results
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Earlier today, we told you how all but one of the subcompact cars (aka mini cars)* tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety received failing marks in the important small overlap crash test, and…
Two-year hunt for drug dealers
From Trinidad Express Cocaine shipments sent by drug smugglers using the guise of the defunct company Caribbean Sea Works Ltd over the last year and a half from Trinidad were closely monitored by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents. “The DEA…
Caribbean Project: Cayman Islands vs. Haiti
By Hunter Wallace From Occidental Dissent The Cayman Islands vs. Haiti Cayman Islands Imagine a place that is 60 percent multiracial, 20 percent black, and 20 percent White, but where 1.9 percent of the population lives in poverty, where there…
New Cruise Terminals & Piers: A Risky Business
By Jim Walker of Walker & O’Neill Maritime Lawyers “The Caymans can’t possibly pay for the news cruise piers by itself. But if it decides to “partner” with these giant, rich cruise lines, it may find itself paying for much…
