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Barbadian stars shine bright at inaugural Grand Prix
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The inaugural Barbados Grand Prix delivered a spectacular evening of track and field brilliance on Saturday, and the home crowd had every reason to celebrate. Held at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex, the meet saw Barbadian...

Squash: Junior CASA Results Day Four
Bermuda’s promising squash players continued their impressive campaign on day four of the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association [CASA] Championships in the Cayman Islands. In the boys’ doubles, Andrew Cox and Ethan Rosorea secured a 11-7, 11-7...

CTO unveils Reimagine Plan to reshape Caribbean tourism by 2027
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has rolled out an ambitious three-year strategy aimed at reshaping the region’s tourism landscape. The Reimagine Plan 2025–2027, officially launched during Caribbean Week in New York last month, sets a...

Seth Thong, Anthony Allum cop Jr CASA boys’ doubles title
Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 3 Hrs Ago Trinidad and Tobago’s Seth Thong, left, and Anthony Allum celebrate winning men’s doubles gold at the 2025 Jr CASA squash tournament in Cayman Islands on July 2. - Photo courtesy TT Squash Association...

Land registry or grab, Part II
Dear Editor, Following on from Part I of this letter, I previously raised concerns about the land registry and related legislation. Why rekindle the land registry? To rekindle the idea of the land registry, the government operated quietly for some...

CTO launches plan to reimagine Caribbean tourism
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is planning to transform the region’s tourism sector with a new three-year plan that outlines a strategic vision that will position the Caribbean as a global leader in sustainable tourism, while...

Oasis Protocol Foundation Launches ROFL Mainnet: Verifiable OffChain Compute Framework Powering AI Applications
Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, July 2nd, 2025, Chainwire Oasis Protocol Foundation Launches ROFL Mainnet: Verifiable OffChain Compute Framework Powering AI Applications Positioned as the “Trustless AWS,” ROFL enables developers to build...

Driver arrested after smashing into light pole
(CNS): A 24-year-old man from George Town who sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries after he collided with a light pole on Shamrock Road in Prospect Wednesday morning has been arrested on suspicion of DUI. Police said the driver was...

CASA gold for T&T duo
AFTER earning two silver and two bronze medals in the individual events on Tuesday, the Trinidad and Tobago contingent struck gold for the first time in this year’s Junior (Caribbean Regional Squash Association (CASA) Championships, Wednesday in...

Jayden George continues to rule regional Junior Squash
Jayden George is not called “general” around the Vincentian Squash circuit idly. He demonstrated his local status last Tuesday, July 1, with a five- star performance at the 2025 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association(CASA) Championships, at the...

Trinidad and Tobago’s Ahye, Nelson golden at Barbados Grand Prix
Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 3 Hrs Ago TT's Michelle-Lee Ahye. - TRINIDAD and Tobago sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye and distance-runner Zalen Nelson powered to golden finishes in the women’s 100m and men’s 800m events at the inaugural Barbados Grand...

Savante Padmore lands Junior CASA Under-11 title
Savante Padmore took the Boys Under-11 title of the 2025 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association Championships, when he defeated Zion Hickerson of Guyana 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5 in the finals last Tuesday, July, in the Cayman Islands. His pathway...

Thong, Allum sweep to T&T’s first Jr squash gold
Seth Thong and Anthony Allum won T&T’s first gold medal at the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships when they won the boys’ Doubles at the South Sound Squash Club in the Cayman Islands on Wednesday night. Facing off with...

Locals dominate inaugural Barbados Grand Prix
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): QUARTER-MILERS SADA Williams and Dasean Boyce, along with sprinter Ross Walrond, were among several Barbadians in winners’ row at the inaugural Barbados Grand Prix on Saturday at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex. Williams,...

CCMI RELEASES 2024 HEALTHY REEFS REPORT CARD
Little Cayman, Cayman Islands; 4th July 2025 – The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) has just released the 2024 Healthy Reefs report card, which visualises the results of CCMI’s annual monitoring programme for 2024, the first year of...

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | June 30 to July 6, 2025
Every Monday, we bring you UPSC Current Affairs Pointers—a concise, exam-focused guide to help you stay ahead in your Prelims and Mains preparation. Polity — The Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the RailOne App as a one stop...

Corrections and clarifications – The Times
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Da Silva and Arjoon snatch Junior CASA Mixed Doubles gold for Guyana after epic fightback
Never give up! That’s the message from Guyanese squash stars Louis Da Silva and Avery Arjoon, who battled back from triple match point down to clinch a stunning Mixed Doubles gold medal at the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA)...

UCCI HOSTS 17th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCATION OF CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITERS AND SCHOLARS
The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) recently hosted over 50 creatives and academics for the 17th Biennial Conference of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers & Scholars (ACWWS), a premier event that brought together leading...

Police launch a new road safety campaign
(CNS): The RCIPS has launched another road safety campaign aimed at significantly reducing dangerous driving across the Cayman Islands and the record-breaking number of crashes. Operation Clyro began on Monday and will run until 7 July. Police...