Cash-in-transit robbery
Police are currently investigating an attempted robbery from a cash-in-transit van in Eastern Avenue, George Town. Shortly before 8.00 pm on Friday police received a report that two men had attacked a security guard as he was transporting cash to…
House explosion in West Bay
A woman has been arrested and detained in custody following a house explosion in West Bay. Shortly after 1.00 am Saturday morning police received a report of a domestic altercation in Fig Close, West Bay. A man at that location…
Road closed after serious crash
At least two people were taken to hospital after a four car smash in George Town this weekend. Their conditions are not serious following the accident on the Linford Pierson Highway near to Halifax Road in the early hours of…
First armed raid in two weeks
A masked gang armed with a handgun terrified a member of staff at an electronics store – before fleeing with cash and expensive goods. The robbery – at Funky Tangs in Savannah – is the first armed raid in Cayman…
MORE FUEL SHOCKS
Confusion reigned yesterday as Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) on Friday morning released a statement suggesting government was far more to blame for the cost of electricity than the Sparky’s Drive supplier. In response to Premier McKeeva Bush’s Tuesday-night call for…
Get ready 4(G) Usain!
He’s the fastest man in the world… and now Usain Bolt could soon be sprinting to Cayman to help Digicel. The telecommunications giant are in talks with the Jamaican athlete to get him to visit as part of their 4G…
Governor assents to Gender Equality Bill
His Excellency the Governor Duncan Taylor has formally assented to the Gender Equality Bill. The groundbreaking legislation seeks to ensure equal opportunity and reward for equal effort in the workplace, as well as freedom from sexual harassment. It will become…
Cabinet Office launches White Paper Consult
The Cabinet Office has set up a webpage to invite public comment on the Cayman Islands’ relationship as an Overseas Territory (OT) with the UK, as part of an ongoing public consultation exercise launched by the UK. Following up on…
Top debate student is new tourism ambassador
Jaida Alexander, a student of John Gray High School, topped the 2011 Tourism Speak Off school’s debating competition held at the Grand Cayman Marriott on Tuesday, 27 September and was crowned ‘Tourism Ambassador’, to serve for a period of one…
We got 99 problems and now BlackBerry is one
BlackBerry users in the Cayman Islands and around the world have faced huge problems over the past few days getting and receiving emails and messages, as well as launching Internet services. However the BlackBerry services began to buzz back to…
