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Hurley’s maX Rewards Partners with Cayman Airways’ Sir Turtle Rewards to Enable Point- to-Mile ConversionsDecember 9, 2025Randy Merren, Paul Tibbets and Sir Turtle at Hurley’s Grand Harbour Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – December 9, 2025 – Hurley’s, Grand Cayman’s leading grocery retailer, is proud to […]- Cayman: Containment Efforts Continue After Avian Flu DetectionDecember 8, 2025From Cayman Islands Government Nov 30 2025 Government teams continued coordinated containment and monitoring activities today, Sunday 30 November, following the confirmed detection of H5N1 […]
- Cayman: CBC Intercepts two Major Drug Importation Attempts; Five ArrestedDecember 8, 2025FIVE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED AFTER CBC INTERCEPTS TWO MAJOR DRUG IMPORTATION ATTEMPTS Grand Cayman, December 8, 2025 – The Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) recently disrupted two major […]
- Cayman: A Man’s Body was Recovered from the Water off West Bay During a Joint Search EffortDecember 7, 2025From RCIPS Just after 1:30 PM on Saturday, 6 December, police and other emergency services were dispatched to North West Point Road, West Bay, in response to a suspected drowning. It was reported […]
- Cayman: Police Investigate Armed Robbery in West BayDecember 6, 2025From RCIPS Just before 10:30 PM on Friday, 5 December, police were dispatched by 9-1-1 Communication Centre to a report of an armed robbery that took place at a convenience store in the Mount […]
MRCU aircraft facility on track
The Mosquito Research Control Unit’s multi-purpose facility is on track and is to be completed sometime before the end of the year. The MRCU’s aircraft facility includes a 12, 402-square foot hangar, a 2,787- square foot custom-built pesticide store…
Stacy-Ann Kelly’s Code 876
SHE has achieved her dreams of becoming a professional model, entering Miss World and Miss Universe, being a public relations executive and becoming an attorney, but former Miss Cayman Islands Stacy-Ann Kelly is not yet satisfied, and has embarked on…
Penny Palfrey ends attempt to complete unaided swim from Cuba to Fla.
Endurance swimmer Penny Palfrey, who is 49, ended her attempt early Sunday (1) to become the first woman to swim unaided from Cuba to the Florida Keys, unable to close the gap on the last 26 miles of the 103 miles…
Hedge Funds article in NY Times showcases Cayman’s hedge funds business
Last Sunday (1), under the heading “In Caymans, It’s Simple to Fill a Hedge Fund Board”, an article appeared online at dealbook.nytimes.com saying how over the last decade in the Cayman Islands hedge funds have grown “from a cottage industry…
CCRIF Retains Sagicor as its Insurance Manager
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is pleased to announce the retention of Sagicor Insurance Managers Ltd. (Sagicor) as insurance manager for the Facility for the next three years, commencing June 1, 2012. CCRIF was launched in June 2007…
Michael Jackson’s Bengal tiger ‘Thriller’ dies from lung cancer
Shortly after the third anniversary of Michael Jackson‘s death Tippi Hedren announced on Wednesday that Jackson’s former Bengal tiger named Thriller died from lung cancer. The 13-year-old, 375 pound tiger had been living at Hedren’s big cat sanctuary since May…
The Chinese Want to Replicate Guernsey’s Funds Sector
The Chinese government is so impressed by the way British island Guernsey regulates its hedge funds that it plans to replicate that system for its own funds sector. Investment Europe reported that the Shanghai Municipal Services Office has enlisted Guernsey-based…
Defining and Defending My Poetry
By H.M. Peter Westin I enjoy writing poetry. If I had to define the style of poetry I write, I would characterize it as ‘free verse’. Free verse poetry typically has no rhyme scheme or stratified stanza style format. The…
“Cayman Heat” Murder in the Cayman Islands
Connie Reeves Cooke is just back from New York where she introduced her second novel, Cayman Heat, at Book Expo America and Blogworld New Media Expo. Following that soft launch of the riveting page-turner (yes, I’ve read it), Connie hits…
Economic Prediction For TCI Period June To 31st March 2013
None of the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands or Montserrat) have Value Added Tax (VAT), so why is Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) being unilaterally singled out for VAT? Cayman Islands (much…
