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…
Prep for Success Recipes
Cayman Prep and High School have produced a book of multi-cultural family recipes that everyone can enjoy. It was made possible through the selfless efforts of the parents of Cayman Prep students who worked tirelessly to see the project through…
Committee hope to boost employment
The 16-member “Rollover Review Committee”, appointed last week by Premier McKeeva Bush, will draw on expertise in labour, recruitment, finance and youth, hoping to boost employment and economic opportunity. Sherri Bodden-Cowan, attorney, co-chairman of the ruling United Democratic Party and…
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…
New orifice security scanner for Northward
His Excellency The Governor, Duncan Taylor visited H.M Prison, Northward, in order to present a brand new B.O.S.S. II Body Orifice Security Scanner, which cost CI$$7800. The money of the new scanner had been provided by the UK’s Foreign and…
Spirits down as hours extensions rejected
The owners of three liquor stores in Cayman say their business is in a perilous state after an application to extend their opening hours was rejected. Reflections Liquor 4 Less has three outlets in George Town that currently stay…
Government school results continue to improve
Year 12 students in 2011 achieved the highest ever-external examination results recorded for the government education service. According to Education Ministry officials, the pass rate represents a significant improvement over last year’s results and continues a trend of improvement nationally….
Freedom of Information and tea in the Brac
Jennifer Dilbert along with her staff from the Information Commissioner’s Office hosted an afternoon tea at the Aston Rutty Centre on Friday 16 Sept. Mrs. Dilbert said the goal of the tea was to set a comfortable atmosphere in which…
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…
iNews continues to grow and grow
As we pass our 100 issue milestone and look back how iNews has grown and grown, it is thrilling to see the tremendous support we have received through our comments blog, social media and direct contacts from all the businesses…
