Police under more fire
When we started iNews, we wanted to put a positive slant on our stories WHEREVER WE COULD. We felt too much negative publicity is a bad thing. We are still of that view. However, as an investigative newspaper, we have…
Rina weakens to Tropical Storm
Rina today (27) is falling apart despite trying to make a comeback. It has been dowgraded to a Tropical Storm. Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather writes, “However, the latest satellite imagery and reconnaissance reports indicate that Rina is becoming very…
Cayman wins an ‘Oscar’ but no nomination in Leading Cruise Destination
The Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman won The Leading Suite award at this year’s World Travel Awards for the Caribbean. The Wall Street Journal called the event the Oscars of the travel industry. Jamaica dominated the awards and it surely must…
Rina may have reached its peak. Invest 97L of no concern except for heavy rain
As of 10am this morning (26) Hurricane Rina is holding its own and is a borderline Cat. 2/3 storm. Wind shear values from the CIMSS products indicate that there is about 20 knots of shear right over the core of…
Hurricane Rina and Invest 97L
Hurricane Rina yesterday morning (25) was at Cat. 2 strength and struggling a little bit. It’s path is uncertain. Both Crown Weather and Weather Underground mention various scenarios and few of the models agree. There are so many ‘ifs’ the…
The Editor Speaks: Business interests, lost evidence and the Chief Justice
North Side MLA Ezzard Miller hit the nail well and truly on the head when he said recently, “The mixing of politicians’ business interests with their role as public servants is becoming increasingly problematic.” He called on elected government members…
Letters to the Editor: Further to 22-24 Oct Letter to Editor
We have an update to the anonymous letter we received entitled “Bully Guards at Fairbanks”. The letter brought our attention to the strip search carried out at the Fairbanks women’s prison on 4th Dec. last year. Two officers were disciplined…
The Editor Speaks: New Government talk show to air on Government radio station
Officially iNews knows absolutely nothing about the new talk show to be aired on Radio Cayman by the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) as we weren’t sent the release. This may be because we aren’t on their radar or…
Hurricane Rina means wet weather for Cayman
Hazard Management is sending Advisories on Hurricane Rina that is producing a lot of rainfall over our area. The general direction which is forecast for this storm steers it away from the Cayman Islands but severe weather associated with this…
Potential trouble for Cayman and the Caribbean next week
Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather warns of potential tropical troubles over the next week. The various model guidance forecast have differing views: The GFS model starts to spin up this low pressure system in the southwestern Caribbean during Saturday into…
