Princess Margaret sewage system concerns MP
Dr. Fenton Ferguson, Jamaica’s Opposition Spokesman on Health, has asserted that the Princess Margaret Hospital’s non-functioning sewage system poses a serious health risk and needs to be addressed immediately. Ferguson, who is also the Member of Parliament for eastern St….
Gospel is Lorna’s one true voice
Award-winning Gospel singing artist Lorna Eccleston, from George Town, first started singing gospel songs in church at the tender age of eight. After singing secular reggae music from her native land she returned to gospel after rededicating her life to…
Guns, robberies, murders
The headline is a teaser advertising the latest action movie. We are shown the trailer. A young man and a woman are sitting in a car. It is night. They kiss. All is bliss. Soft music plays. The music changes….
Jamaican PM’s mother passes
Enid Louise Golding, the mother of Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, died this week at age 91. Dr Trevor Golding, the eldest of her three children said his mother died from pneumonia. An educator who taught at the elementary and…
Miss Cayman contestants bedazzle with their skills
The Miss Cayman contestants gave the public another preview of their modeling skills at Tiki Beach. The ten contestants modelled accessories from Bedazzle Fashion while swimwear and other garments were seen from Sand Angels. The girls modelled these items as…
Rollover rolls away
As we reported some weeks ago, and therefore it was no surprise to iNews, premier Hon. McKeeva Bush announced in the L.A. last Wednesday (14) that the controversial rollover policy will be suspended. The real news in his statement to…
DOE appeal for public input on marine parks
The Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (DOE) are encouraging the public to speak out on the desired future state of the marine protected areas in the Cayman Islands. In a series of district meetings the findings from the Darwin…
Brac Pirates Plan Moving Forward
Once again the Brac Pirates Week Committee is moving ahead with plans for a spectacular event the last weekend of November. The group is working to include the entire community of Cayman Brac in the parade. Letters have gone out…
Tasers and are they really safe?
Now that the RCIPS are going to be trained and issued with Tasers I thought this would be a good time to give you some information about them. I did write a separate article on Tasers some months ago and…
Should the police be armed with Tasers?
Yesterday we revealed how police on the streets of Cayman may soon be armed with Taser guns. The weapon fires 35,000 volts of electricity and can leave a suspect incapacitated without doing any permanent damage. We asked the people on…