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Stacy-Ann Kelly admitted as an Attorney-at-Law

Honourable Mr. Justice Quin has admitted Stacy-Ann Kelly to the Cayman Islands Bar. Ms. Kelly served her articles with Philip Boni of Higgs & Johnson. Philip Boni, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department made the application for Ms. Kelly’s…

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The Editor Speaks: A winning streak but the same problems

I breathed a sigh of relief after Chief Justice Anthony Smellie found Philip Rose guilty of rape, assault and abduction last Monday (19). The RCIPS are on a winning streak. This case was particularly nasty as Rose had emotionally and…

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The Editor Speaks: Drink driving, Dart handout doesn’t find a bullseye with the bloggers, rubbish and beauty

It is staggering that despite all the warnings, all the editorials, all the television commercials and just plain common sense, more and more people are being arrested for drinking over the limit and then driving. I don’t see what more…

Kim Jong Il body displayed, NKorea media hail son

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The body of North Korea’s long-time ruler Kim Jong Il was laid out in a memorial palace Tuesday as weeping mourners filled public plazas and state media fed a budding personality cult around his third…

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Simplify your Christmas dinner

Are you hosting Christmas dinner this year? What do you think about making this the year you simplify it? We know perfectly well that every year there’s too much food on the table. We eat too much, we work too…

Volunteer legal advisor recognised

Sharla Barnes is the first recipient of the Legal Befrienders programme’s Lee A. Freeman Service Award for compassion and generosity to those in need. This is a Family Resource Centre (FRC) initiative created to honour Lee A. Freeman’s life. A…

The Receptionist

Reception work bores me to tears There’s nothing to do really but sit and stare, No windows to look out to the beautiful sea Or over the roads where traffic flows free. Half hour for lunch is all I’m given…

Cayman make a splash at Canadian swim meets

A team of Camana Bay Aquatic Club (CBAC) and Stingray Swim Club (SSC) swimmers, their coaches and a support group of parents travelled to Toronto earlier this month, to compete in the 13th Annual Mega City Short Course Special and…

CNN star Piers Morgan faces questions over past

LONDON (AP) — CNN star Piers Morgan may be known to Americans as an empathetic English interviewer, but it’s his past at the heart of Britain’s troubled tabloid newspaper world that is being trotted out before the cameras this week….

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The Editor Speaks: It is the season for mystery, accusations and threats. Where is the good will?

Information Commissioner, Jennifer Dilbert, has again flexed her muscles and ruled against the Cayman Islands Government. Her decision means the Port Authority must reveal a financial analysis done on various proposals for the construction of a cruise ship berthing facility…