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Day: December 6, 2011

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Police investigate Sand Bar death – UPDATE

UPDATE – The man has now been named by police as Samir Rizk of Raleigh, North Carolina. It is anticipated that a post mortem examination will take place on Friday, 9 December 2011.   A 71-year-old cruise ship passenger died…

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Just 200 shots left

Director of Primary Health Care, Dr Kiran Kumar is advising the public that only 200 doses of flu shots are available to the public and no more will be procured for this season. Vaccines will be offered on a first…

PRISON SHAKE-UP

Canadian justice experts carry out Northward study A Canadian-led team of justice-system experts and local officials will next week recommend solutions to chronic problems in Cayman’s prisons. Two Canadian officials, Alberta’s Provincial Deputy Chief Judge Alan Lefever and Assistant Deputy Minister of…

Finally, a win for Tiger Woods

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The birdie putt on the final hole to win. The sweeping fist pump. The red shirt. It all looked so familiar Sunday afternoon in the Chevron World Challenge, where Tiger Woods ended a drought that…

Four killed in crash of small plane in Colorado

SILVERTON, Colo. (AP) — All four people aboard a small plane were killed when it crashed in the southwest Colorado mountains, authorities said Sunday. The single-engine plane was flying from Durango to Aspen when it crashed Saturday afternoon. Local officials…

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Guard fights off armed thief

A security guard refused to hand over a cash bag to an armed thief who escaped empty handed. The guard was leaving Fosters Food Fair in Countryside Shopping Centre, Savannah, around 7.30pm Friday. A man approached with what appeared to…

New winner for Cayman Marathon

Justin Grunewald from Merrifield, Virginia came first in the Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon, with a time of two hours, 36 minutes and 23.9 seconds, preventing fellow Virginian, Steve Speirs who won two years running, from completing his hat-trick. Mr Speirs…

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Lobster tag hops Atlantic

COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — A tag from a lobster pot that was swept off the New England sea floor two decades ago during what came to be known as “The Perfect Storm” has washed up 3,000 miles away in Ireland….

Bag the plastic and become green

Following the ground-breaking success of last year’s plastic bag reduction campaign, Cayman BECOME is now embarking on another round of campaigning to further reduce the use of plastic bags on the Islands. Last year’s drive saw Foster’s, Hurley’s and Kirk…