Consuelo Ebanks death
It is with much sadness we announce the death of the much loved Consuelo Ebanks, writer, actor, activist, artist, and more who died suddenly Tuesday afternoon after collapsing the day before (6) at Hurley’s and being admitted to the George…
Bolt has recovered well enough to run in Cayman
Usain Bolt, the 100 and 200m world record holder, will definitely be competing in the shorter sprint at the Cayman Invitational on Wed (8) according the Jamaican Gleaner (see below) Bolt recovers, will run 100m in Cayman From The Gleaner…
Wealth Conferences May/June
OffshoreAlert Conference The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, One Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, May 5 – May 7, 2013 Link to website: http://www.offshorealert.com/conference/miami/ SALT Conference Las Vegas May 7 to 11 For more information go to http://www.saltconference.com or http://www.saltconference.com/faqs.html Building…
Gregory & Munroe at World Press Freedom Day
Bishop calls for free press with guts From Jamaican Gleaner Anglican Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Rt Rev Dr Howard Gregory, is suggesting that the media have more to offer. “While we expect the media to be truthful…
Elections Office: issuing of voter cards – UPDATE
The Elections Office is extending the hours during the weekday for Voter ID cards in order to ensure as many persons as possible have the opportunity to receive their ID. The last day to collect a voter’s card from the…
PWD conducts shuttering exercise
Members of the public are advised that the Public Works Department (PWD) and the National Roads Authority (NRA) will carry out their annual hurricane preparedness exercise on Thursday May 2, 2013. As part of the exercise PWD and the NRA…
Grand Old House: Where tradition lives and life is celebrated
From Garfene Grandison, Food Writer, The Gleaner Grand Old House, formerly known as Petra Plantation, is one of Cayman’s most beautiful and well-known historic homes. The Biblical city of Petra was described as a place of refuge and to many…
Convicted killer wins appeal and will be deported back to Jamaica
Collin (Sheldon) Ovid Scott (41), a Jamaican national who was convicted of killing his girlfriend when she told him she was leaving him had his sentence reduced by Cayman’s court of appeal last week. Scott had pleaded guilty to manslaughter…
Dunbar McFarlane retires from ‘The National’
From Go-Jamaica Dunbar McFarlane, general manager of the National Building Society of Cayman (NBSC), has retired from the position he has served for more than eight years. He was appointed general manager of the Society in 2004 following the passage…
Boston bombs suspect ‘in custody’/FBI interviewed one in 2011
BBC The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said. Gunfire was heard as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found hiding in a boat in a backyard in…