National Museum gets Director
Seasoned archaeologist Dr. Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton has taken the reins at the Cayman Islands National Museum. While only in the Director’s chair for a week, Dr. Leshikar-Denton is no stranger to the Museum. Before her latest appointment, she has worked…
Immigration embraces change
Internal “change facilitation” is the focus of an ongoing Department of Immigration training exercise aimed at boosting the skills of all uniformed and administrative staff in this area. A top corporate trainer recently prepared over 100 staff members to anticipate,…
No luxury for Brit Bobbies
The police officers here from the UK to fight crime will not be living in five-star luxury – but instead will stay in low-cost accommodation, the governor has revealed. Around 20 detectives from Merseyside and the North West of England…
MAC SUES HURLEY’S: Bush takes action over media slurs
Saying, “enough is enough”, Premier McKeeva Bush has filed suit in the Grand Court charging Hurley’s Entertainment, its owner Randy Merren and former MLA Daphne Orrett, with defamation in May this year. At the same time, Mr Bush last Monday…
Shetty gets award
Dr Devi Shetty, the Indian heart surgeon who is building a health city in the Cayman Island has won The Economist’s 2011 award for business-process innovation. The magazine acknowledged Dr Devi Shetty’s skill as a surgeon but said his innovative…
Woman hatched plan to steal baby
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Desperate to give her boyfriend a son but unable to conceive, Annette Morales-Rodriguez faked a pregnancy for months, court documents say, then began trolling Milwaukee’s streets for pregnant women in hopes of stealing an unborn baby. After…
Eva Longoria backs migrant doc
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eva Longoria says she lent her support to “The Harvest,” a documentary about child migrant laborers, not just because of her Latin American roots but also because she wants to know where her food comes from…
Top Legal Officials to meet in Cayman
Attorneys General from seven Overseas Territories (OTs) gather in Grand Cayman for three days this week. They are scheduled to deliberate with officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) as well as top legal personnel from the UK, US…
Jamaicans prepare for election trumpet
Just days before his expected ascension to the position of Jamaican Prime Minister, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) frontrunner Mr. Andrew Holness, has already begun to make way for elections. The powerful JPL Area Council One has thrown its weight behind…
iNews really in the news!
iNews Cayman made headlines in the British media for their coverage of the visit by Merseyside Police Chief Constable Jon Murphy. In the Daily Mail on Saturday, a newspaper which sales more than two million copies each day, they reprinted…
