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Year: 2014

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LATEST: Dump fire is out but being monitored

Landfill fire out, being monitored The fire at the George Town Landfill has been extinguished as of noon Saturday. Ministry of Home Affairs Chief Officer Eric Bush said fire crews stood down at that time, but a small crew remains…

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Jim Fregosi, ’93 Phillies manager, dies at 71 [after stroke in Cayman Islands]

By Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer From Philly.com Jim Fregosi, 71, a baseball lifer who guided an eccentric Phillies team from last place to National League champions in 1993 and parlayed an all-star playing career into four managerial jobs and…

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Sailboat capsizes off Haiti coast, at least 5 dead

From The New Zealand Herald PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A government official in Haiti says that at least five people are dead after their flimsy sailboat capsized off the Caribbean nation’s far western coast. Silvera Guillaume of Haiti’s Civil Protection Office…

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Serious sexual assault & West Bay altercation

Serious sexual assault – Snooze Lane,  off West Bay Road From RCIPS Fri Feb 14 2014 4:09PM George Town detectives are investigating a serious sexual assault which occurred in the early hours of this morning within the grounds of Coco…

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West Bay altercation – Man charged and due in court

From RCIPS Fri Feb 14 2014 A 20-year-old man from West Bay was arrested on Tuesday, 11 February 2014, following an altercation in the Birch Tree Hill area of West Bay.  He has now been charged with wounding with intent…

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Road closure – Crewe Road Sat (15)

From RCIPS The westbound lane of Crewe Road, between Jose’s Gas station and Kings Gym, will be closed between 6am and 6pm on Saturday, 15 February. The closure is to facilitate cable works. Diversions will be in place and access…

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The Editor Speaks: It was a HARD talk but Premier was no SOFT touch

It was with some anxiety that I watched our Premier, Alden McLaughlin, on the BBC’s HARDtalk show on Wednesday (12) as I know how brutal interviewer Steven Sackur can be. From the start Sackur was on the attack describing Cayman…

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Attorney General’s address at Grand Court opening

Address by Samuel Bulgin, Hon. Attorney General, at the Opening of the Grand Court for the year 2014 My Lord Chief Justice and Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Madam DPP, Madam Solicitor General, COP,…

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Jim Fregosi hospitalized in Cayman Islands after stroke

By David Brown From Yahoo Sports Former manager and shortstop Jim Fregosi had a stroke while on a Major League Baseball alumni cruise in the Caribbean and was taken to a hospital in the Cayman Islands. Adam Rubin of ESPN…

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Staff recognition at the Courts is everyone’s business

When most think of the “court,” judges and magistrates come to mind – and we even think of the building itself.  Rarely do we think of the teams of people behind the scene ensuring that the machinery of justice runs…