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Cayman Islands News, Articles and InformationLittle Cayman Centre partners with NOAACentral Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) and its research centre on Little Cayman are entering into a partnership with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through an international project to monitor coral reefs globally.This project is the Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON), and its partnership with CCMI will provide long-term data sets for Little Cayman that can be compared to all major US coral reef areas, according to information issued by CCMI. It will also provide near real-time feedback on conditions conducive to coral bleaching, as well as other coral reef models, and provide a platform for advanced analysis of the coral reef environment in near real-time. CCMI President, Dr Carrie Manfrino, told Cayman Net News what this partnership means for CCMI and the Little Cayman Research Centre (LCRC). Helping outThe next meeting for the Shelter Friends at South Suburban Humane Society will be at 6:15 p.m. July 12 in the multi-purpose room of the shelter, 1103 W. End Ave. Anyone that would like to help with fundraising for the shelter is welcome to come. FYI: Call (708) 755-7387.Creek cleanup | GlenwoodThorn Creek Restoration Coalition will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday on the east end of Merrill Street, three blocks north of the village hall. Members will remove trash and brush from within and along Thorn Creek.FYI: Call (708) 877-4456 or 877-8926.COMEDY CRUISE | ChicagoNorthwest Indiana natives have joined to plan a comedy cruise to benefit the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Brother's Keeper Shelter in Gary. Comedian Quintella Caldwell and Cruise Planners of Margate (Fla.) owners Steve and Anitra Tinsley hope to book at least 300 people for the seven-day cruise aboard Carnival Miracle.Harry F. Falkenstein Sr., liked to scuba diveHarry F. Falkenstein Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth Ann, enjoyed scuba diving, especially at the Cayman Islands.They enjoyed it so much that they even contemplated moving permanently to Little Cayman. They were renting a home back in 2001 to see if they liked it and wanted my girls to come with them during the summer, a daughter Joan M. Ramos of Morrisville said. My husband [Ed] and I took them down, and we stayed a week. When we were ready to leave at this tiny little airport, my husband took this picture of my parents with the little girls, and I remember my dad saying, "Go home, you have the whole summer to yourself, and the girls will be just fine it's a life experience for them.' She said he was so right. Her daughters loved it and always asked when could they go back and stay there.
Sister Islands Person of the Week - Gary RitchSometimes it seems as though life on these Islands is a constant stream of fundraisers, and no organization ever has enough money to buy all the things on its wish list.Tuesday of this week, however, was World Refugee Day, a day for the international community to focus on some of the most desperate people on the planet, for whom the main goal of the day is to stay alive. When our own refugee problem appears, in the form of hungry and thirsty Cuban migrants, often in overcrowded pathetic vessels, there is always an outpouring of sympathy by the people who witness these events. The plight of these refugees sparks the natural humanity of the people here, but the truth is that there is a great deal of suffering in the world that is very easy to forget about, living, as we do, on these safe, peaceful and relatively prosperous Islands. Putting on the Ritz in Grand CaymanGeorge Town, Cayman Islands -- "How long have you been here?" someone asked me. I wasn't sure. "What day is it?" I wondered. I felt as though I were floating in the Caribbean Sea outside my bedroom window, which was of such various and brilliant shades of blue that it looked unreal.
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Lawmakers' vote may cost NaborsNabors Industries, an oil driller operating out of Houston, wanted to be considered a Bermuda company for tax purposes but an American company for business purposes. It may regret trying to be both.The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously this week to treat as American all companies that made Bermuda or any other tax haven their tax headquarters after March 20, 2002. Nabors completed its Bermuda move three months after that. .Economic Crime Survey will shock says ChamberCayman Islands Chamber of Commerce President, Morgan DaCosta, has warned that the findings of a fraud, embezzlement, asset misappropriation, and corruption-levels report on Cayman will surprise many people because of the insight the report provides into the magnitude of financial fraud committed among Cayman residents. The 40-page report is called an Economic Crime Survey and, according to Mr Morgan, is the first of its kind for the Cayman Islands. The Chamber will go public with the report this month and reveal the estimated costs associated with financial crime here. What is compelling is the estimated cost that businesses spent to prevent and combat the problem, said Mr DaCostsa, previewing another aspect of the report at a special Chamber of Commerce lunch last week at the Wharf Restaurant focusing on crime. |
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