BANANA BOAT TRAGEDY: Teenage girl critical after jet ski crash
A teenage girl is fighting for her life after she was knocked off an inflatable banana boat by a jet ski rider. The 16-year-old tourist from New York was yesterday airlifted to Miami in a critical condition. She was visiting…
Annual deadline highlights trust services role for Walkers Management Services
Grand Cayman – (25 November, 2011) – With the January deadline for annual registration fees for Private Trust Companies just around the corner, Walkers Management Services is reminding its clients of the need to file their annual declarations in good…
Crisis centre donation
Higgs & Johnson gladly donated to the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre when they announced plans to renovate the Safe Shelter Facility (the “Centre”). Established in 2003, the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre is the Cayman Islands’ first and only safe shelter…
Escapee now wanted for burglary
Detectives have confirmed that escaped prisoner, Charlton Ebanks, is now wanted for a string of George Town burglaries. The burglaries occurred in the days before he was arrested. Since his arrest information has come to light which makes him a…
Russian wanted by Lithuania arrested in London
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A Russian businessman who owns Portsmouth Football Club and has tried to invest in cash-strapped car maker Saab has been arrested in London in connection with a money laundering probe that has rocked Lithuania and Latvia,…
JK Rowling: UK press left me feeling under siege
LONDON (AP) — Writer J.K. Rowling and actress Sienna Miller gave a London courtroom a vivid picture on Thursday of the anxiety, anger and fear produced by living in the glare of Britain’s tabloid media, describing how press intrusion made…
Lobster Pot fire
Firefighters were called to a George Town restaurant after a blaze sent smoke billowing into the air. Police cordoned off North Church Street around 5.30pm Thursday after the fire at the Lobster Pot. No one was injured and damage was…
Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s autocratic leader agreed Wednesday to step down after months of demonstrations against his 33-year rule, pleasing the U.S. and its Gulf allies who feared that collapsing security in the impoverished nation was allowing an active…
US awaits release of three students
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Family and friends of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo waited anxiously Friday for news that they had been released from police custody. Derrik Sweeney, Luke Gates and Gregory Porter, who attend the American…
