Jamaica meets latest IMF targets
From Caribbean360 The IMF noted that the current account has improved and net international reserves increased to more than US$1 billion by end-December (with gross reserves at US$1.8 billion, equivalent to more than three months of imports). KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Minister responds to C4C
Cayman Islands Minister for Finance & Economic Development Hon. Marco Archer has responded to the “Advertorial by James Bergstrom on behalf of Coalition for Cayman published in the Friday, 7th February 2014, edition of the Caymanian Compass” and carried by iNews…
Address by Colin McKie Q.C. at the Opening of the Grand Court for the year 2014
My Lord Chief Justice, Honourable Justices, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Mr Attorney, Madam DPP, my colleagues at the Bar, our Special and Distinguished Guests, Ladies & Gentlemen If it may please my Lord. This is the 23rd ceremony marking…
