St Lucia police to charge three in murder of British tourist
[*see update below – 2 more arrests] From Caribbean360 The results of a post mortem on Robert Pratt indicate that he died of asphyxia secondary to blunt force trauma. CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday January 22, 2014, CMC – Charges are…
Aud Gen announces five reports on Cayman governance
The Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, made public on Wednesday January 22nd 2014 five reports on Governance in the Cayman Islands Government. The five reports describe how governance works in the Cayman Islands Government and provide an assessment of how well…
Alice Jane Ebanks retires from Public Health
After more than 42 years serving the Cayman Islands community as a public health nurse, Alice Jane Ebanks is hanging up her stethoscope. One of the longest-serving Cayman Islands Hospital employees will not be spending her upcoming free time resting,…
OAS anti-corruption mechanism to visit six Caribbean countries
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — The Anticorruption Mechanism of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold on-site visits in April to Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname, in the framework of the…
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Former Tempura boss files criminal complaint Martin Bridger, the former senior investigator in Operation Tempura has filed a criminal complaint with Cayman Islands Police Commissioner David Baines against Attorney General Samuel Bulgin, former Governor Stuart Jack and the U.K.’s Foreign…
Has science discovered God?
From Y-Jesus Einstein didn’t believe it was possible. Stephen Hawking said it might be the greatest scientific discovery of all time. What discovery baffled the greatest scientific minds of the past century, and what caused them to rethink the origin…
Zak Quappé Scholarship names first recipient
The Zak Quappé Flight Scholarship (ZQFS) committee is proud to announce the recipient of the 2014 flight scholarship. 17-year-old Samuel Hale Whitney of South Sound was born in George Town, Grand Cayman. Sam has had a fascination for flying from…
Ironwood wants 2,000,000 tyres for unique ‘Green Golf Course’
A new championship golf course planned for East End could be the answer to the government’s growing tire storage problem. Ironwood developers have researched the possibility of shredding the two million tyres and using them as fill and drainage under…
What’s hot in 2014? Taking travel to new extremes
By Maria Lenhart From Travel Market Report Travelers want to go to extremes in 2014 – so travel agents should not hold back from steering their clients in new directions. So says travel trends expert Daniel Levine, executive director of…
