The Editor Speaks: Lucrative contracts to police wives in UK
Following on from our lead story in iNews Cayman on February 11 2014 “Two Allegations of Crime committed in connection with Operation Tempura made” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/two-allegations-of-crime-committed-in-connection-with-operation-tempura-made/ John Evans the Complainant made reference to the employment of private contractors in 2008…
The Bermudian with the million-dollar crotch
From Caribbean360 The smuggler was slapped with eight years in the slammer after being caught with about US$1.5 million worth of heroin in his underpants. HAMILTON, Bermuda, 2014, CMC – A 24-year-old Bermudian has been jailed for eight years after…
WHO warns of “tidal wave of cancer”
From Caribbean360 Researchers are particularly concerned about preventable cancers like those linked to alcohol, tobacco, air pollution, obesity and radiation. GENEVA, Switzerland, Wednesday February 12, 2014 – World Health Organization (WHO) officials are urging countries worldwide to take immediate action…
Man arrested in DR accused of kidnap and fathering 8 children with her
By Gerard Couzens From Daily Mail The Caribbean Fritzl: Man arrested in Dominican Republic accused of kidnapping teenager and fathering EIGHT children with her during 12-year captivity Maribel Altagracia Lopez spoke yesterday after escaping isolated house One of her children…
Cayman has two of the “sexiest” bars in the Caribbean says USA Today
By Melanie Reffles USA Today Shaken or stirred, frozen or on the rocks, with a cherry on top or delivered to a beach towel on the sand, cocktails are the champions of the Caribbean and although every island and every…
Brothers suspected in murder of Canadian missionary, killed
From Caribbean360 Raulito Balona, one of two brothers being sought for the murder, was shot and killed in the village of Arenal on Tuesday. The body of his brother, Marlon, was found on January 19 with wounds to the chest…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Latin American and Caribbean countries call for stand-alone goal in strong pre-CSW declaration
From UN Women At the conclusion of the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Consultations ahead of the 58th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58), held 6-7 February in Mexico City, Ministers and senior Government representatives from 27 countries…
Valentine’s Day: 10 quotes about love from great authors
By Danny Heitman, Contributor From The Christian Science Monitor “Perhaps they were right in putting love into books,” William Faulkner wrote. “Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.” Faulkner’s words remind us that love and literature have always gone hand…
iNews Briefs
Recycling their industrial garbage bins has saved the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) tens of thousands of dollars. Because of the shrinking budget and the increasing need for the bins the DEH launched an in depth study on the state…
