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Cayman: A Man’s Body was Recovered from the Water off West Bay During a Joint Search EffortDecember 7, 2025From RCIPS Just after 1:30 PM on Saturday, 6 December, police and other emergency services were dispatched to North West Point Road, West Bay, in response to a suspected drowning. It was reported […]- Cayman: Police Investigate Armed Robbery in West BayDecember 6, 2025From RCIPS Just before 10:30 PM on Friday, 5 December, police were dispatched by 9-1-1 Communication Centre to a report of an armed robbery that took place at a convenience store in the Mount […]
- Cayman: Avian Influenza Added to List of Notifiable Diseases Under Public Health ActDecember 6, 2025Following confirmation of H5N1 Avian Influenza in birds at a farm in West Bay, Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands Government approved on 3 December an amendment to the Public Health Act (2021 Revision) […]
- Cayman: Missing – Tashaena WilliamsDecember 5, 2025From RCIPS Tashaena Williams Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating missing teen Tashaena Williams, age 16, residing in Bodedn Town. Tashaena Williams was last seen in the […]
- GOV.KY Launch UpdateDecember 5, 2025GOV.KY and 43 microsites are now live on the new system. For more information on what’s changing, what the public can expect, and answers […]
No more cigarettes for smoking orangutan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit. Government authorities seized the adult ape named Shirley from a state-run zoo in Malaysia’s southern…
CIBC FirstCaribbean welcomes a new CEO
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has a new CEO. Monday, September 12 was the first official day on the job for the company’s new leader, Douglas “Rik” Parkhill. Mr. Parkhill took over the running of the region’s pre-eminent financial services institution…
We’re tired of crime and violence
The very first murder in the Cayman Islands for 2011 occurred last night in the District of West Bay. Members of the community told iNews they are frustrated by the nature and frequency of the new wave of violence, and…
Anne – Part 46
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson “Anne was crushed by her grief” Anne would not believe that he was gone. Ah, well, many of us know the sorrow. A daughter’s love for a kind father is…
Robert Hunter to give Keynote Address
Mourant Ozannes is delighted to announce London-based Robert Hunter as keynote speaker at the inaugural Mourant Ozannes’ International Trusts Conference. Robert is head of international law firm Herbert Smith’s trust litigation practice and co-head of its civil fraud, asset tracing,…
Possible development in the western Caribbean
Over the last few issues, we have discussed the possibility of developments in the western Caribbean. The developments would happen due to a large high pressure system pushing eastward across New England. We will need to watch the south of…
NASA unveils giant new rocket design
WASHINGTON (AP) — The design for NASA’s newest behemoth of a rocket harkens back to the giant workhorse liquid rockets that propelled men to the moon. But this time the destinations will be much farther and the rocket even more…
Law-breaking Gumby turns himself in
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gumby has surrendered. San Diego police say the man accused of trying to rob a convenience store last week dressed as the famous claymation character turned himself in, with an alleged accomplice. Detective Gary Hassen said…
Should the police be armed with Tasers?
Yesterday we revealed how police on the streets of Cayman may soon be armed with Taser guns. The weapon fires 35,000 volts of electricity and can leave a suspect incapacitated without doing any permanent damage. We asked the people on…
