Premier uses YouTube for Press Release re escaped prisoners
Cayman’s premier, Alden McLaughlin, used You Tube in announcing his call for an emergency meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday (15) afternoon. This was in response to the prison break-out by three inmates from HMP Northward Wednesday (14)…
Navy seizes £100M of cocaine
Navy warship intercepts ‘drug smugglers’ in Caribbean From itv The crew of a Royal Navy warship has seized a stash of cocaine with an estimated street value of £100 million after sailors boarded a speedboat near Puerto Rico, the Ministry…
Another prison drug-toss discovered
Another well-wrapped parcel of contraband was discovered at Her Majesty’s Prison Northward over the weekend, after apparently being tossed over the prison’s perimeter double-fences. Director of Prisons Neil Lavis said the package included vegetable matter resembling ganja (weighing nearly two…
Cayman is ranked number 20 in the world. Caribbean countries occupy 11 places
The number 1 country is the USA and Russia is in seventh place. St Kitts and Nevis comes a close second. Shouldn’t we be proud? Our tiny country is ranked amongst the top 20 in the world! Actually we shouldn’t….
Drug gang violence is Honduras’ scourge
Dudley AlthausGlobalPost.com MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A battle this week that killed at least 17 people in a remote corner of the Caribbean coast of Honduras underscores the deteriorating security situation in what already ranks among the world’s deadliest countries….
In Jamaica, transgender teen killed by mob
By David Mcfadden / Associated Press From Boston.com MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the…
UPDATED: Fatal accident in East End – victim named
Fatal road crash – Victim named The man who died following a road crash on Seaview Road East End on Saturday, 10th August, can be named as Deutron Dawson Linwood, aged 26 years. The driver of the motor car, a 19-year-old…
Teen graffiti artist in Miami killed by police Taser/92 yr war vet killed by police Taser
By Lydia Warren From UK Daily Mail Artist, 18, who was ‘lauded in Congress’ is killed after police Taser him as she sprays first letter R of his graffiti tag Israel Hernandez ‘had sprayed three inches of graffiti before the…
Caribbean leaders will discuss compensation from former metropolis
From Prensa Latina Kingstown, Caribbean leaders will meet next month with the purpose of coordinating a strategy to demand economic and moral compensations to three former colonial powers for the slavery and the genocide of the autochthonous inhabitants. In statements…
Caribbean Carnival to review parade safety following teen’s death on Saturday
From Globalpost TORONTO – Organizers of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival say they will scrutinize parade safety in their annual review, following the death of a young man on the weekend. “We had a three-hour meeting this morning,” said organizer Chris Alexander…
