BANANA BOAT TRAGEDY: Teenage girl critical after jet ski crash
A teenage girl is fighting for her life after she was knocked off an inflatable banana boat by a jet ski rider. The 16-year-old tourist from New York was yesterday airlifted to Miami in a critical condition. She was visiting…
“That’s my boys”
Proud parents Jim and Laurice Fraser welcomed their swimming sons back on home soil after their triumphant trip to the Pan Am Games. Sports Minister Mark Scotland and a crowd of well-wishers were also at Owen Roberts International Airport on…
SHETTY HOSPITAL HOTEL PLAN
Hotels and residential developments will accompany the construction of the Shetty Hospital on the 600-acre High Rock site in East End, which, according to project director Gene Thompson, has been finally secured. Previous owner of the High Rock site and…
DUMP THE DUMP: Bodden Town residents say no to Dart plan
A Bodden Town coalition will lobby against moving the George Town Landfill to Midland Acres, joining West Bay opposition to Dart Realty plans for the districts, and targeting a petition at Premier McKeeva Bush. The group, calling itself the Coalition…
Miss Teen anti-bullying message
Newly crowned Miss Teen Brooke Parchment warned children at John Gray High School about the dangers of bullying. Brooke visited the school as part of her duties for her year as the beauty pageant winner. She highlighted the different aspects…
Mullings given lifetime ban
Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings has been banned for life from competing in athletics after a second doping offence, the Jamaican Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel has said. “We the panel believe that a clear and strong message must be sent to every…
IT CAN HAPPEN: Minister says title fight can be in Cayman
Minister of Sport Mark Scotland says he’s convinced Cayman could host a world title showdown featuring West Bay boxer Charles Whittaker. Yesterday the World Number Two said how he “doesn’t have the words” to describe how happy he would be…
PM takes control
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has taken temporary control of an initiative touted as the country’s single largest, most comprehensive infrastructural programme after the Auditor General identified serious management shortcomings. The multi-million dollar Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) was…
NOW FOR THE WORLD: Killa’s title shot may be in Cayman
Charles “Killa” Whittaker’s chance of becoming champion of the world took a huge step closer after his latest triumph in the ring. The West Bayer leapt into number two spot in the world rankings after a unanimous points victory in…
West Bay Heritage Day
West Bay Heritage Day’s ‘Old-Time Cayman House,’ was a great place for kids from the Sir John A. Cumber Primary School to meet pirates – in this case from the Bowlegs Pirates group from Florida, who were visiting their Pirate…
