Nigeria Uyo: Scores dead in church collapse
From BBC At least 60 bodies have been recovered from a church that collapsed in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Uyo. Some reports put the number much higher. The roof of the church caved in on worshippers who had gathered…
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5K/10K Run this Sunday, 11 December near Public Beach
This Sunday, 11 December, the Crisis Centre will host a 5K/10K Run near Public Beach, which will begin at 7AM and conclude around 8:30AM. The route of the run is attached, which includes a portion of the ETH, West Bay…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Free Vegetable Seedlings Offered to Cayman Islands residents Residents with green thumbs are invited to obtain free seedlings, as a limited stock of cabbage, cucumber, bok choy (Chinese cabbage), cauliflower, broccoli and other plants are offered to the public by…
Astronaut, Senator John Glenn dies at 95
From Newsmax John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original…
The Editor Speaks: Cruise ship terminal – hot potato on all sides and centre
If there ever was a hot potato in the Cayman Islands it is a cruise berthing facility. Any government is damned if they go ahead and equally damned if they don’t. That is where the independent members stand a better…
Jho Low’s family wants to change Swiss trustees
From Straits Times LOS ANGELES • Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho’s family is reaching far and wide to stop the United States from seizing US$650 million (S$921 million) in real estate and investments the government claims were acquired with funds…
UK Coastguard to Conduct Review of Cayman Islands Search and Rescue capability
Officers from the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) have arrived in the Cayman Islands to begin a review of search and rescue capability. Phil Bostock, National Maritime Operations Commander and Naomi Davies, MCA International Projects Co-ordinator will be here for…
Volunteers wanted for Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival 2017
Registration for volunteers for the 29th annual Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival is now open. The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA)’s annual fundraiser, Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival is one of the largest and longest running…
Cayman Islands police launches 2016 Holiday Safety Campaign
By Jacqueline Carpenter From RCIPS RCIPS Launches 2016 Holiday Safety Campaign with Focus on Road Safety Yesterday afternoon, 7 December, the RCIPS Traffic Management Unit began its intensified road enforcement operations for the holiday season, which will continue throughout December…