Bank holds banquet for Unsung Hero
Mrs Dorothy Scott was the proud winner of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Cayman) Ltd Unsung Heroes competition. Her success was celebrated in style when many people came to the banquet held in her honour, at the Marriott Hotel Elvis Coward,…
Thief whacked with cup
An armed thief wearing a Halloween mask tried to rob a married couple in George Town. But the thief was whacked over the head by the man he tried to rob and fled empty handed. A spokeswoman for the RCIPS…
West Bay Heritage Day
West Bay Heritage Day’s ‘Old-Time Cayman House,’ was a great place for kids from the Sir John A. Cumber Primary School to meet pirates – in this case from the Bowlegs Pirates group from Florida, who were visiting their Pirate…
BUSH ATTACKS iNEWS: Premier accuses iNews editor of misinformation
Premier McKeeva Bush, while denying responsibility for limited public discussions of Cayman-UK relations, on Wednesday in the LA accused iNews Cayman editor Colin Wilson of “jump[ing] on the misinformation bandwagon”. Dismissing allegations that he had truncated the time allowed to…
Pakistan bans ‘obscene’ words on cell phone texts
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Texters in Pakistan better start watching their language. Pakistan’s telecommunications authority sent a letter ordering cell phone companies to block text messages containing what it perceives to be obscenities, Anjum Nida Rahman, a spokeswoman for Telenor Pakistan,…
Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought President Barack Obama was the Antichrist, according to court documents and those who knew him. At one…
Roy Archer laid to rest
“He enjoyed a reputation of being firm but always fair” It was a very moving Funeral Mass for the late Roy St. Aubyn Archer at St George’s Anglican Church on Wed. 16th November. The church was packed and overflowed to…
Pirates Week Distractions
The streets were packed with people galore- Youngsters fought mock battles on the ironshore. Our harbour was full of ships. big and small, A visiting warship and sail boats, with masts so tall. All participating in what was to be…
Two new faces at GIS
(GIS) —Two newly-recruited Caymanian communicators, Yvette Cacho and Stephon Johnson, round out the staff at the offices of Government Information Services. Yvette Cacho joins this week as an Information Officer, assigned to provide communications assistance to the Ministry of Community…
Six dead as storms, possible tornadoes hit Southeast
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — At least six people have been killed and dozens more injured as a storm system that spawned several possible tornadoes moved across the Southeast USA. Suspected tornadoes were reported Wednesday in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and…
