Gunrunning Caymanian gets nearly 4 years jail in USA
Michael Brandon Leslie, from the Cayman Islands, has been sentenced to 46months imprisonment in the USA after pleading guilty to gunrunning, plus a three-year term of supervised release. Leslie was one of six defendants charged with gunrunning between the Cayman…
The Editor Speaks: Sometimes it is not a good thing to ‘hedge your bets’
With a seemingly wave of public discontent with the past United Democratic Party (UDP) Government but claiming the mess our country is in is mainly due to the party system and not its leadership, the Coalition for Cayman (C4C) candidates…
New Children’s Law comes into effect
Last Monday (29) new rules for the protection of children came into effect as a result of the passage of the Children Law last July. Officials from the courts said the newly issued Children Law Rules and Allocation Order form…
Accent on education
The week of Monday, 29 April 2013, GIS Spotlight re-airs its coverage of the official opening of Government’s newest high school but also takes another look at after-school excitement, and the work that is being done to nurture a precious…
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Prisoner sets fire in his cell On Friday (27) around midnight government officials confirmed via a Government Information Services (GIS) release on Tuesday (30) that they were forced to deal with a minor fire after lockdown in the prison’s high…
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…
The Editor Speaks: ICTA’s reluctance to get involved
It is not strange the Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA), who is responsible for managing content on radio and television broadcasts in Cayman, have declined to act over Ezzard Miller’s formal complaint to them. The North Side MLA, Ezzard Miller,…
The deVere Group ventures into the Cayman Islands
The deVere Group, the world leaders in international financial consultancy, is delighted to announce that it is to establish a new regional presence in the Cayman Islands and is days away from opening its doors to prospective clients living in…
Health Screening required for current reception students
The Public Health Department advises parents and guardians that all reception students who entered the school system in September 2012, are required to have health screenings to continue to year one of primary education. “Since 2012, the reception program was…
Attorney Anthony Akiwumi ‘deliberately’ breached court order, says Cayman’s Chief Justice
Anthony Akiwumi, Head of Litigation for Cayman Islands-based law firm Stuarts Walker Hersant, has been accused of contempt of court by Cayman’s Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie. Cayman Islands Chief Justice Anthony Smellie has set aside a default judgment in a…






