Store owner’s warning after armed robbery
A woman has spoken of her horror after armed thieves threatened her and her mother during a terrifying hold-up. Staff were closing Amwescay Fashions in Shedden Road around 7.15pm on Monday night. Two masked men burst in and stole almost…
BE-CERT sets the example
The Belford Estates Community Emergency Response Team (BECERT) presented emergency passes to all its members and got plenty of plaudits from the gathered crowd for their efforts to make the community a better place. The presentation held at Bodden Town…
Back to school and save
Back to School and Save with a Hawaiian twist – was the theme of a special party organised by The National Building Society of Cayman, at the Grand Caymanian Resort in West Bay. Nationwide’s Marketing Officer, Fame Varona said, “We’re…
Bush sticks to pay raise promise
Premier McKeeva Bush will recommend the reinstatement a 3.2% cost of living allowance for civil servants. In a statement released by Mr Bush he said, “I promised the Civil Service across the board last year that once our finances began…
Robberies, stabbings, shootings over the weekend
With my headline it could be New York or Chicago. Sadly, it was here in the beautiful Cayman Islands. Fortunately, no lives were lost but they could have been. They were all terrifying events for the hapless victims. Congratulations to…
Leo Club of Grand Cayman lends a hand
Miss Teen Cayman Islands 2011 contestants and the Leo Club of Grand Cayman, joined forces to give their support to the National Council of Voluntary Organisation (NCVO) by helping paint Miss Nadine’s Pre-School. Through the years, NCVO and the Leo…
Rev Donovan Myers puts the record straight
I welcome the opportunity to provide some context and [hopefully] clarity to my reported contribution to your papers vox pox entitled “Do Bob Marley songs have a place in Church?” published on 8/29/11. I am more interested in offering my…
Can both the Auditor Generals be wrong?
Colin Wilson When I first arrived on these Islands thirty years ago the office of the Auditor General of the Cayman Islands was rarely, if at all, in the news. On the official Government website the office is described as:…
Tax reprieve for US expats
US demands for money from anyone with a business, financial or other relationship to America have been delayed by one year after a global outpouring of protest to Washington. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), widely perceived as an…
LESSONS IN CARIBANA
Dave Martins I was living in Toronto, playing music full time with the Tradewinds band, when the annual Caribbean festival in Toronto known as Caribana was born in 1967. Today there are carnivals in a many cities outside the region,…
