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Having a crate time finding new homes

Ten wagging tails belonging to ten excited dogs, all ready to start a new life – thanks to the Humane Society, Cayman Airways, and Pets Alive, a shelter in New York State. The dogs were being put into crates ready…

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New Chief Petroleum Inspector

Duke Mortimer Matthew Munroe is new the Chief Petroleum Inspector for the Cayman Islands. Mr. Munroe served as Regional (functional) Manager for Chevron in the Caribbean for nearly a decade, which sparked his interest in the Petroleum Inspectorate (PI) with…

NATHAN THANK YOU

Teacher’s family go back to UK The parents of Nathan Clarke released a farewell statement yesterday through the RCIPS, thanking volunteers and police for their search efforts, and lamenting the lack of any trace of the vanished water-sports instructor. In…

BE INFORMED on The UK Bribery Act 2012

The Chamber is holding its second BE INFORMED series presentation of the year on Wednesday March 28, 2012, 3:00 p.m.  – 5:00 p.m. at the Chamber offices in Governors Square. The seminar will focus on The UK Bribery Act 2010…

Maples and Calder announces new partners

International law firm, Maples and Calder, has announced the appointment of four new partners in the Cayman Islands office. Speaking on behalf of the firm’s partners, Global Managing Partner Henry Smith said, “We are very pleased to admit Christina Bodden,…

Former Rooster DJ dies

John Garabo died March 16 in California. According to a Facebook post from his daughter, Ashley, he had been very sick with diabetes and died peacefully in his sleep. Garabo’s career of more than a quarter century included stints at…

Ground broken for new remand facility

Construction has started on the long-awaited $8 million Cayman Islands Youth Centre, with a gala ground-breaking ceremony attended by top officials, anticipating a May 2013 opening in time for next year’s elections. Addressing the Thursday ceremony, Minister for Community Affairs…

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Police investigate attempted robbery, robbery

  George Town detectives are investigating an attempted robbery and a robbery which occurred within less than an hour, Sunday 18 March 2012. The attempted robbery occurred at approximately 9.20pm. At this time a female taxi driver had arrived in…

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Prison officer attacked

Police are investigating an assault at HMP Northward when a prison officer said he was bitten. The officer told police at Bodden Town Station that he was attacked during a fight at the jail. A spokesman for the RCIPS said:…

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Cash bag robbery attempt gets jail

Calmore Range, 41, was jailed for nine-months on Friday (3) by Justice Charles Quin after pleading guilty to what the judge described as a “hopeless and clumsy” attempt to rob a security guard of a cash bag outside a Foster’s…