ELECTRIC SHOCKER: Bush calls for major CUC audit
Premier McKeeva Bush will ask an overseas auditor to examine the books at Caribbean Utilities Company, seeking to determine why monthly electricity bills are so high. He proposed bringing to Cayman “a company out of the US or out of…
Governor launches Poppy Appeal
Governor Duncan Taylor joined members of the Cayman Islands Veterans Association to launch their official Poppy Appeal. His Excellency was also on hand to open their brand new headquarters on the ground floor of the Crighton Building on Crewe Road….
More misery for Cayman
Cayman Islands World Cup misery continued on Tuesday night, as they were trounced four goals to nil in El Salvador. In front of a packed crowd in San Salvador the Group A leaders continued their impressive form with a comfortable…
World Hospice day Concert
Beautiful voices for hospices A wave of simultaneous concerts around the globe which took place on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day last Saturday October 8th included a concert here, on Grand Cayman. And what a concert it was. A…
Sailors joy in Bahamas
Four members of the Cayman Youth sailing Team recently travelled to the Bahamas to take part in the Bahamas National Optimist Championships. The team have been sailing Optimists for less than a year and are used to racing against just…
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…
24 dead in worst Cairo riots since Mubarak ouster
CAIRO (AP) — Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the worst…
KNOT A JOLLY?: Chief Baines fears stories may stop help
Police Commissioner David Baines fears that the weekend controversy about the visit of Merseyside Chief Constable Jon Murphy to the Cayman Islands will stop UK police answering future calls for help. “I’m frustrated by it, yes,” the commissioner said of…
GIVE THE TEAM CASH
Cayman Islands football team crashed to their third successive World Cup defeat, which dumped them out of the competition. And after the game Technical Director Carl Brown said unless the players start getting paid for their efforts, the team will…
WE’RE HERE TO HELP: But UK chief says his team will stay safe
The 20 UK detectives arriving in Cayman this week and next will not patrol troubled communities or process crime scenes, but will interview witnesses, handle evidence and help build RCIPS court cases. “They are not going into crime scenes, and…
