SEX FIEND CAUGHT: Police find suspect at Ocean Club
Police yesterday arrested rapist Jeffrey Barnes in an early-afternoon operation at Prospect’s Ocean Club. The 32-year-old sexual predator was wanted in connection with the rape – and possible abduction – of a 49-year-old woman in Admiral’s Landing on Saturday and…
China to cash in on port
International infrastructure giant China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) will open an office in George Town after initialing agreement with local officials, likely this month, for a series of construction projects. The new office, to be a sub-branch of CHEC’s Kingston,…
SEX FIEND WANTED: Cops name Jeffrey Barnes as suspect in Red Bay rape
Sickening sex fiend Jeffrey Barnes was recently released from Northward prison after serving time for another rape. The 32-year-old is now wanted in connection with the abduction and sex attack of a 49-year-old woman on Saturday morning. Yesterday detectives revealed…
CISPA promotes professor chair at the International College
The Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants has thrown its support behind the International College of the Cayman Islands’ fundraising initiative for an academic chair to hire a full-time professor in a strategic move to raise the bar in higher…
DCFS Head Retires
After a distinguished 33-year career with the civil service, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Deanna Look Loy retired upon reaching retirement age. Throughout her years of service, she made countless contributions towards improving Cayman’s social fabric, including…
March to stop road closure
Drawing as many as 300 people, a Saturday protest rally on Public Beach vilified government plans to close West Bay Road, accusing Premier McKeeva Bush of ignoring constituents and selling Caymanians’ birthright. “We must stand up for what is right….
Three young men killed in Kansas grain elevator blast
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — Three young men were killed in a thunderous explosion at a Kansas grain elevator and recovery efforts for three other people presumed dead were being hampered by the damage, authorities said late Sunday. The blast, which…
Attack near UN office kills four in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber slammed a pickup truck packed with explosives into a checkpoint in a neighborhood housing U.N. and international aid group offices in the southern city of Kandahar on Monday, killing four people including the…
New Amy Winehouse album to be released in December
LONDON (AP) — A new album of recordings by the late soul singer Amy Winehouse will be released in December, Island Records said Monday. It said “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” will contain 12 songs — previously unreleased tracks, alternative versions of…
Population reaches 7 billion
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — She came into the world at two minutes before midnight, a tiny, wrinkled girl born into a struggling Manila family. Yesterday, she became a symbol of the world’s population reaching 7 billion people and all the…
