Cayman Prep Harvest Festival
The hall was filled with reds, yellows, and rich, golden browns – all the colours of autumn, as students at the Primary site of Cayman Prep and High School celebrated Harvest Festival. Cardboard boxes of ripe fruit, vegetables, and tinned…
School children get surprise visit
The police helicopter crew surprised students from Savannah Primary School on Friday morning when the helicopter made an unannounced visit to the Bodden Town Civic Centre. Students from the school were at the Centre to meet local police officers and…
Letter to the Editor: Bully guards at Fairbanks
iNews received a letter in the post marked for my attention containing photocopies of two reports another Cayman newspaper carried concerning a disturbing incident at Her Majesty’s Prison Fairbanks. The note attached to it said simply: “Colin. Love iNews. Why…
Nuffy dedicates single to Kartel
KINGSTON (AP) – Controversial MC Nuffy has recorded a single dedicated to the incarcerated self- proclaimed dancehall hero Vybz Kartel. According to Nuffy, Vybz Kartel is innocent until proven otherwise. The song is called Muss Come A Road, and is…
NHDT operations not affected by investigation
The National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) continues to operate as usual, and the administrative functions have not been impeded, following the recent announcement of a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service investigation into a board member. General Manager Janet James said,…
Olympus lose $687m in rouge CI account
Olympus has defended paying $687m to financial advisers but refused to comment on its former CEO’s claims that the cash was channelled to ‘unknown parties in the Cayman Islands’. Asked why Olympus paid such a high fee in relation to…
Floodwaters seep into outer Bangkok as canals open
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister urged Bangkok residents to get ready to move their belongings to higher ground Friday as the country’s worst floods in half a century began seeping into the capital’s outer districts. The government has opened…
iCommunity Events
Public Meetings Highlight Cayman-UK Relations To help develop a new strategy, public consultation is on going about the Cayman Islands’ relationship with the UK. The UK will use the input to prepare a new White Paper for all the Overseas…
Irish dissident convicted in MI5 weapons sting
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A Lithuanian judge found an Irish man guilty Friday of trying to buy weapons and explosives in a six-year sting orchestrated by Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 — a case that drew attention to a hardcore…
