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Polar Bear AC Closed Friday (13) for Octavia’s Memorial ServiceMarch 12, 2026From Polar Bear AC We would like to let you know that our team will be attending a memorial service for our beloved coworker, Octavia, who recently passed away. The service is on Friday March […]- Minister Jay Ebanks Strengthens Cayman’s Licensing Law with Parliament passing the Traffic (Amendment & Validation) Bill, 2026March 12, 2026George Town, Cayman Islands — 10 March 2026 — Parliament today passed the Traffic (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2026, legislation brought forward by the Hon. Johany “Jay” Ebanks, Minister of […]
- Cayman: Men Arrested for Poaching Following Joint Response by CICG, RCIPS and DOE,March 10, 2026From RCIPS Shortly before 10:30AM on Wednesday, 4 March, a Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) vessel was conducting patrols in the waters off Barkers National Park in West Bay, when the officers on […]
- Update on OctaviaMarch 9, 2026With heavy hearts, we share the news that after a fierce fight for her life, our beloved Octavia has passed away. Over the past several days, we have witnessed something extraordinary. In a moment of […]
- Cayman: Water-Related Death in West BayMarch 9, 2026From RCIPS At about 3:40PM on Friday, 6 March, officers responded to a report of a person in distress on the shore of Cemetery Beach in West Bay. It was reported that a man had been swimming in the […]
BlackBerry data service interruption
Digicel would like to apologise for the interruption in mobile data service yesterday evening, which affected Data Usage on Blackberry and Data-enabled devices. Digicel experienced an issue with one of the company’s off-island data pipes and the peak hour load…
Life’s storybook cover
We are approaching some very memorable days on ‘life’s storybook cover’ as Scottish singer Isla Grant’s beautiful song puts it. Unfortunately for many of us there is nothing beautiful about the first two on the cover. It will be ten…
Shooting victims loved history, fitness, baking
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Before the breakfast-time massacre killed three National Guard members and sent tremors of fear through Nevada’s state capital, Sgt. 1st Class Miranda McElhiney drew a happy face on a poster board outside her office door…
Court convicts Galliano in anti-Semitism case
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court convicted former Christian Dior designer John Galliano on Thursday for making anti-Semitic insults in a bar but gave him only a suspended sentence, taking into account his apology to the victims. Galliano, who didn’t…
Libyan estimate: At least 30,000 died in the war
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — At least 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 wounded in Libya’s six-month civil war, the interim health minister said, offering a first detailed estimate of the high cost in lives of bringing down Moammar Gadhafi. There…
Tropical Storm (TS) Maria tracking westward across the central Atlantic, Invest 96L upgraded to TS Nate
Maria was pretty disorganised yesterday morning with little or no banding evident and satellite estimates indicate that this was a 50 mph tropical storm. Maria is racing to the west at a forward speed of 23 mph and this westward…
Drive-by shooting targets George Town house
Gunmen opened fire at a house in George Town during a terrifying drive-by shooting. The occupants were sat at home just before 11pm on Wednesday when someone opened fire. Two bullet holes were found in the front window of the…
Storm Deaths Preventable – Use Common Sense
Hurricane Irene was a category one storm when it hit the northeast United States. Yet the storm caused 44 deaths, 43 in the US and 1 in Canada. Emergency personnel categorise many of these deaths as ‘preventable’, reports Emergency Management…
Dutch woman calls ex-boyfriend 65,000 times
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch prosecutors are charging a 42-year-old woman with stalking after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year. The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint in August due to the persistent…
Seemingly drunk Swedish moose found stuck in tree
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A seemingly intoxicated moose has been discovered entangled in an apple tree by a stunned Swede. Per Johansson, 45, says he heard a roar from his vacationing neighbor’s garden in southwestern Sweden late Tuesday and went to…
