Super Bowl blackout in New Orleans traced to power company’s preventive equipment
By Kevin McGill, NEW ORLEANS — An electrical device that had been installed expressly to prevent a power outage caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium’s power company said Friday as it took the blame for the outage that brought…
Jacqueline Haynes looks for George Town seat
Local attorney and fourteen-year veteran of the Cayman Islands public service, Jacqueline ‘Jackee’ Haynes has declared her candidacy for one of the six George Town seats in this year’s general election. Disheartened by Cayman’s failing economy and deteriorating social conditions,…
The Editor Speaks: Teen fire case opens up another fire
Hot on the heels of the damning report by the UK’s prison inspectorate that looked at the police custody cells in George Town and West Bay and found the conditions appalling and barely fit for human habitation, on Thursday (7)…
Letter to the Editor – From Charles E. Clifford, JP
From Charles E. Clifford, JP – Former Minister of Tourism, Environment, Investment & Commerce ONE PERSON ONE VOTE – THE SOLUTION I have listened with interest to the renewed debate concerning one person one vote and single member constituencies (OPOV…
Letter to Editor – Re iexpats.com story in iNews Cayman
Please see letter below from Cayman Finance CEO, Gonzalo Jalles, that was submitted to Ms Smith, author of the iepxats.com article on FATCA and the Cayman Islands and that you also published today. I was not able to submit directly…
Letter to the Editor – Anon
NOT EVERY TEACHER IS QUALIFIED TO TEACH MATH OR EVERYTHING ELSE, HERE’S THE LIVING PROOF This morning on Rooster I heard a discussion of the FOI findings that were filed by Mr. Woody Foster. I was so disappointed that The…
Cayman Prep High School Cyber Rays LEGO Robotics Team advance to FL State Tournament
Cyber Rays, the Cayman Prep High School robotics club, won the coveted Core Values trophy at the regional First Lego League tournament in Orlando, FL, on February 2, and advance to Florida State Championship to be held at the University…
Leslie resigns from the UDP to go it alone in his run for a GT seat
Relying mainly on social networking like Facebook, Mathew Leslie, announced his intention to campaign in the May General Election for the District of George Town. Instead of sending out a Press Release he announced his bid to stand in a…
4 More positive dengue cases confirmed
From the Cayman Islands Public Health Department Dengue Update as of 2 February 2013 1. Total cases investigated for dengue in 2012 is 94 and 31 for 2013. 2. Since the last update as of 26 January 2013, there had…
Public Service Review to investigate duplicated, obsolete, misplaced entities
The Deputy Governor and Chief Officer’s Minutes from 21st January revealed that a Public Service Review team consisting of Eric Bush, Dax Basdeo and Alan Jones, with support staff, would be strategically reviewing the government civil service entities of 13…
