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2026 New Year Message from Her Excellency Governor Jane OwenJanuary 1, 2026H.E. Governor Jane Owen Hello Everone I wanted to take this opportunity, as we stand on the threshold of the year 2026, to wish you and your loved ones all a very, very happy New Year. I guess this […]- 2026 New Year Message from Premier Hon. André EbanksJanuary 1, 2026Premier Hon. André Ebanks My fellow Caymanians, residents, and friends, As the clock strikes midnight and we embrace the dawn of a New Year, 2026, I warmly convey best wishes to you and your families […]
- Happy New Year To All Our ReadersJanuary 1, 2026From Jo & Co Dear Readers It has been a challenging 2025 for most of us but we are not going to go through all of the terrible disasters and man made ones that have taken place throughout the […]
- Cayman: West Bay Structure Fires – Early-Morning ResponseDecember 30, 2025At approximately 1:26 a.m., the Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) responded to reports of a structure fire at 112 Watercourse Road, West Bay. Upon arrival, crews found four residential structures […]
- AMLO seizes 1.1bn-baht Cayman-flagged luxury yacht linked to transnational scammersAMLO has seized the Cayman-flagged luxury yacht ATLAS worth about 1.125bn baht, linked to a major scam and call-centre money-laundering networkDecember 26, 2025Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has seized a Cayman Islands-flagged luxury pleasure yacht, ATLAS (2017), valued at about 1.125 billion baht, saying it is linked to a major […]
Generosity of spirit fuels Angela Sealey
During Honouring Women’s Month which is celebrated in March the Department of Sports will be highlighting the accomplishments of women athletes or administrators who assisted in the development of sports in these islands. Those selected are Angela Sealey (bodybuilder), Evelyn…
Apple market value hits $500B, where few have gone
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple’s market capitalisation topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured – and none have stayed for long. Apple was already the world’s most valuable company. The gap between it…
Official: Doctor had recruiters in Medicare scheme
DALLAS (AP) — Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they’ve found most of his work was a lie. They accused Roy on Tuesday of…
MISSING MAN MYSTERY
No leads, few clues and an ongoing search was all police could say yesterday, the fourth day of the search for missing teacher and water sports instructor Nathan Clarke, 31. Flanked by Mr Clarke’s fiancee, Lisa Beck, and her parents,…
The Editor Speaks: Big Brother is watching you. No one should be trusted.
Everyone is spying on you, especially governments. Most people are familiar with George Orwell’s prophetic novel “Nineteen Eighty Four” where the fictional character Big Brother was the enigmatic dictator of Oceania. This was a totalitarian state where everyone was under…
London Olympics work deserves more recognition
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have called for more recognition and praise to recognise what a good job the UK construction industry has done on the facilities for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The CIOB have described the…
London Olympic strike threat
LONDON (AP) — A threat by Britain’s largest labour union to disrupt the London Olympics with strikes is “unacceptable and unpatriotic,” Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said Wednesday. Len McCluskey, the head of the Unite union, suggested its members could…
CAYMAN CONTRACTORS COLLABORATE TO ASSIST UCCI
When the call went out from The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman to the contracting community that UCCI was going to significantly enhance its science programme through the development of a new observatory and teaching facility, it was a community…
Bikini Swimsuits
The bikini was invented by Louis Reard and Jacques Heim, in Paris in 1946. However, due to its skimpiness, hardly anyone had the courage to wear a bikini until the late 1950s, when actress Brigitte Bardot created a splash by…
