Cayman Islands Governor Martyn Roper of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office silent on allegations against former Grenada DPP Langston Sibblies
By Peter Polack Peter Polack Former Cayman Islands governor Martyn Roper, a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development officer, has failed to respond to allegations against retired Cayman Islands Monetary Authority official Langston Sibblies. Sibblies was recommended and given a Queen’s honour through Roper…
17 Mar Weather in Cayman
Fri 17 Mar 2023 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Cloudiness and showers over the Cayman area are associated with a cold front over our area. The front is expected to become stationary just south of the Cayman area later today with…
Cayman: Fifteen migrants repatriated to Cuba
The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated fifteen (15) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Tuesday, 14 February 2023. The twelve (12) males and three (3) females departed on the chartered Cayman Airways 737-8 from Grand Cayman at…
Jamaican soldiers dying abroad: Raising the limit of military enlistment
Jamaica has usually been conjoined in the media with beaches, reggae and rum but there is a darker side, not reparation for slavery, but the iniquity dub plate. Sons of this tropical paradise, dying in foreign places unknown to most…
A sea of tears
By Peter Polack A French knight of the Crusades, Geoffrey de Bouillon, was immortalised by the 16th century Italian poet Torquato Tasso in his epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata or Jerusalem Liberated, thus: for every drop of blood, a sea of tears….
Lavrov and the obsolescence of society
By Peter Polack When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he and Russia, discarded centuries of science, culture and diplomatic engagement not to mention common sense. The comity among countries carefully nurtured in the post-World War 2 period has been rendered meaningless…
Russia: The most dangerous words
By Peter Polack An early sign of the Ukraine conflict unfolding into generational warfare can be discerned from the recent video of a boy soldier, armed with a machine gun, performing roadside security checks in the Donbas. The innocence lost…
9 Jan Weather in Cayman
Mon 9 Jan 2023 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Moderate winds and seas are expected over the Cayman area as a high pressure system moves over the southeast US. Radar images show isolated showers in and around the Cayman area moving…
Facing migration flood, US resumes services at Cuba embassy
By MEGAN JANETSKY From Caribbean Life HAVANA (AP) — Grappling with the biggest flood of Cuban migrants in decades, the United States reopened their long-closed legal pathway on Wednesday by resuming all visa services at its embassy in Havana. Hundreds…
27 Sep Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 HC, 1 Dist
Tue Sep 27 2022 TROPICAL REPORT ATLANTIC Tropical Weather Outlook Atlantic – Caribbean Sea – Gulf of Mexico Tropical Weather Outlook (en Español*) 800 AM EDT Tue Sep 27 20221205 UTC Tue 27 2022 Tropical Weather Outlook Text Tropical Weather Discussion Hurricane…
