Armed thieves strike at Tortuga
Armed thieves struck in broad daylight – stealing cash from the Tortuga Liquor store. Just before 5pm on Thursday two masked men armed with guns burst into the store on Pasadora Place, Smith Road. After threatening staff, they grabbed the…
This is clearly gang related – Police
Police are looking at gangland retaliation in Thursday night’s West Bay murder of 24-year-old Andrew Baptist, in Sand Hole Road by two masked gunmen but have named no suspects nor made arrests. The 9pm killing at 22 Sand Hole Road…
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…
Police continue to investigate murder
Police yesterday said they have no new information on the gangland-style murder of Robert Bush. But detectives are hoping to hold a news conference today following Tuesday night’s murder. Father of one, Mr Bush was shot dead in a car…
ROLLOVER WRANGLE: Fury over job permit shake-up
Political opposition is growing to proposals by Premier McKeeva Bush to suspend Cayman’s much-maligned Rollover Policy, despite pleas to allow a review body time to weigh changes to immigration laws. Leader of the Opposition People’s Progressive Movement Alden McLaughlin and…
Cristin comes home
She may not have been crowned Miss Universe but she’ll always be a winner in our eyes. Current Miss Cayman, Cristin Alexander, still looked amazing when she landed home despite a long flight from Brazil. She said: “It was an…
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…
Cayman UBS unaffected by $2 billion loss
The Cayman branch of the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), in an official response yesterday, said its clients and operations were unaffected by Thursday’s US$2 billion loss at the hands of a rogue trader. “It doesn’t affect our assets here…
GANGLAND EXECUTION: Robert Bush murdered as he sat in car
A man has been killed in a gangland-style execution in West Bay. Robert Mackford Bush was shot dead as he sat in his car. A woman, named locally as Mayra Ebanks, was also in the vehicle. She suffered bullet graze…
We’re tired of crime and violence
The very first murder in the Cayman Islands for 2011 occurred last night in the District of West Bay. Members of the community told iNews they are frustrated by the nature and frequency of the new wave of violence, and…
