A man has been arrested and is currently detained in police custody after an early morning raid on a house in East End.
About 5.45 am today (Wednesday, 15 May) officers searched a house in John McLean Drive, East End. During the search a flare gun, mask and bayonet were seized.
A 47-year-old man was arrested on [...]
Flare gun, mask and bayonet seized during house search – Man in custody
Consuelo Ebanks death

It is with much sadness we announce the death of the much loved Consuelo Ebanks, writer, actor, activist, artist, and more who died suddenly Tuesday afternoon after collapsing the day before (6) at Hurley’s and being admitted to the George Town Hospital.
Consuelo was a member of the Cayman National Cultural Foundation Board and was in [...]
Elections Office: issuing of voter cards – UPDATE
The Elections Office is extending the hours during the weekday for Voter ID cards in order to ensure as many persons as possible have the opportunity to receive their ID. The last day to collect a voter’s card from the Elections Office is Friday May 10, 2013.
The hours as of today (Fri):
Friday May 3, 2013:Â [...]
PWD conducts shuttering exercise
Members of the public are advised that the Public Works Department (PWD) and the National Roads Authority (NRA) will carry out their annual hurricane preparedness exercise on Thursday May 2, 2013.
As part of the exercise PWD and the NRA will shutter and inspect over 100 Government complexes and buildings on Grand Cayman, including 16 hurricane [...]
Boston bombs suspect ‘in custody’/FBI interviewed one in 2011
BBC
The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said.
Gunfire was heard as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown.
He had escaped on foot early on Friday after a police shootout that claimed the life of [...]
Pedal cyclist seriously injured in MVA
On Friday 5 April 2013 about 10:56 pm a pedal cyclist was injured along the West Bay Road* in the vicinity of Mandalay Condominiums. His condition is considered serious but stable.
The cyclist was apparently riding home towards WB after work when he was struck by a truck.
The driver of the truck was arrested for DUI.
Anyone [...]
Cayman Finance emphasizes independence of financial services industry

In light of the no-confidence motion against the United Democratic Party, which was passed in the Legislative Assembly late this afternoon, Cayman Finance Chairman, Mr Richard Coles, has reiterated the independence of Cayman’s financial services industry. The no-confidence vote comes on the back of the Premier’s arrest last Tuesday by the Royal Cayman Islands Police [...]
Can you feel it?

By Joan Wilson
Can you feel it – it’s in the air
Can you feel it – it’s everywhere
It’s November and the skies are clear
Cool Christmas breezes blowing everywhere
Our first Northwester for the season rolled in last week
That’s the sign of our ‘winter’ with skies so bleak
Powerful and dangerous seas if you’re caught in the roll
Turning and [...]
President Barack Obama defeats Romney to win re-election

President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
America’s first black president secured more than the 270 votes in the electoral college needed to win.
In his victory speech before supporters in Chicago, Mr Obama said he would talk to Mr Romney about “where we can work together to move [...]
One injured following motor vehicle collision
One female has been taken to the Cayman Island Hospital in George Town by Emergency Medical Services following a motor vehicle collision along Shamrock Road in the vicinity  of Corella Drive earlier this evening.
About 5: 40 pm on Tuesday 16th October 2012, a pedestrian was struck by a motor car whilst standing on the shoulder of [...]






