Grand Old House: Where tradition lives and life is celebrated
From Garfene Grandison, Food Writer, The Gleaner Grand Old House, formerly known as Petra Plantation, is one of Cayman’s most beautiful and well-known historic homes. The Biblical city of Petra was described as a place of refuge and to many…
Convicted killer wins appeal and will be deported back to Jamaica
Collin (Sheldon) Ovid Scott (41), a Jamaican national who was convicted of killing his girlfriend when she told him she was leaving him had his sentence reduced by Cayman’s court of appeal last week. Scott had pleaded guilty to manslaughter…
Dunbar McFarlane retires from ‘The National’
From Go-Jamaica Dunbar McFarlane, general manager of the National Building Society of Cayman (NBSC), has retired from the position he has served for more than eight years. He was appointed general manager of the Society in 2004 following the passage…
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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…
Jamaican cops link watch heist in Kingston with Cayman’s Kirk Freeport robbery
Robbery Shocker – Jamaican cops probe Cayman link as businessman, political activist fingered in multimillion-dollar jewellery heist From Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator, The Gleaner, Jamaica Law-enforcement agents probing last week’s heist of Rolex watches from Swiss Stores in downtown Kingston…
CXC hosts stakeholder events in Jamaica next week
From Jamaican Observer The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will host three one-day stakeholder events in Jamaica during the week of April 23. There is a seminar for guidance counsellors from Belize, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands on…
CONCACAF announces 2013 Hall of Fame inductees
Four contributors to the sport will be honored on Thursday, April 18, in Panama MIAMI (Tuesday, April 16, 2013) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that four notable contributors to the sport…
Statement of the Office of the Contractor General Regarding the Award of Contracts to Construct / Repair and the Rental of Shops at the Spalding Market.
Kingston; April 15, 2013 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) wishes to advise the public that its Office initiated a formal Enquiry into the captioned matter from as early as March 6, 2013, pursuant to Sections 4,15 and…
Establish a tourist harassment hotline
By Dr. Garth A. Rattray, [email protected] First published in the Jamaican Gleaner A while back, my wife and I went on an excursion in Grand Cayman. We saw a curious sign, handwritten on a plastic container with a few United…
Stop the racket- Rev Gregory
From The Jamaican Gleaner The Right Reverend Dr Howard Gregory, lord bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, has joined the call for the Government and police to work together at putting an end to the rampant corruption that has…
