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Experts sought to solve gang warfare

Merseyside Chief Constable Jon Murphy, the UK’s top cop for serious and organised crime, will arrive in Cayman next week to advise local police on battling gang activity He will arrive on 3 October with the first group of 20…

SCHOOLBOY GANGSTERS: Police chief reveals terrifying extent of Cayman crime war

Police Commissioner David Baines has exposed the true extent Cayman’s crime problem – revealing there are 13 separate gangs operating with members as young as just 14 years old. The Islands’ top officer was speaking to representatives of the business…

Lisa’s in good voice

Songstress Lisa Carlisle is back on Cayman shores today. The Welsh opera singer performs at Camana Bay on 8th October at a special concert as part of the Voices for Hospices series – a simultaneous event around the globe on…

MURDERS UP – ROBBERIES DOWN: Police chief says heists decline is linked to deaths

In the face of five murders in nine days, says Commissioner of Police David Baines, armed robberies have nearly stopped, and the evidence is that the two are intimately tied. “Who do you think is involved in them?” the commissioner…

Introducing… MISS CAYMAN!

For Lindsay Japal the journey starts here. After being crowned Miss Cayman 2011/12 the 23-year-old will represent the country for the next 12 months. As well as the overall prize, Lindsay also won Best in Gown and Miss Best Smile…

WE WON’T GIVE UP: Kerran’s parents still praying for breakthrough

The family of Kerran Baker will on Friday mark two months since her disappearance, while continuing to wait, wonder and worry, calling yesterday for a renewed police effort. “Please, I need more speed”, father Wilmot Anthony told iNews by a…

Miss Cayman to be revealed

After tirelessly campaigning for the prestigious title of Miss Cayman, one of the contestants will be crowned tonight (24). At the Lion’s Centre this evening Lindsay Japal (above) and nine others face the final stages and will discover who will…

DEAD OR IN JAIL Minister says AEC stats are biggest failure

More than 60% of all school leavers from the Alternative Education Centre ended up either dead or in prison. That’s the shocking fact revealed by Education Minister Rolston Anglin who described it as “the biggest failure we’ve ever had”. Mr…

Visa scrapping is just “foolish”

Former Honorary Jamaican Consul Robert Hamaty, longtime advocate for the island nation, has rejected Governor Duncan Taylor’s scrapping of a new visa scheme for visitors, calling it “foolishness.” Simultaneously, current Honorary Consul Dr Jospeh Marzouca, said the governor should embrace…

HELP! We need somebody RCIPS to ask Merseyside cops for aid

Police Commissioner David Baines has written to a top UK force asking for help to curb the recent spate of senseless violence that yesterday claimed its fifth life. Asher McGaw was shot dead in the early hours of Thursday morning…