Police yet to move on alleged tax fugitive
Neither the Director of Public Prosecutions nor local police have received a request from US authorities to help find alleged tax fugitive and Grand Cayman resident William Millard, said to owe more than $100 million. According to US news reports,…
$1million to tackle crime: Police cash boost comes after two WB car jackings
The Royal Cayman Islands Police service has been given one million dollars to help fight crime. The cash will be spent on extra officers, body armour and improving the facilities to interview suspects. The money, from central government coffers, comes…
Health spending “out of control”
Health Minister Hon. Mark Scotland has revealed civil servants medical bills are “ballooning out of control”. And Mr Scotland says it’s high time the current scheme is scrapped and a cheaper alternative found. It could mean that new starters with…
Dolphin employee car jacked
Cruise ships are warning passengers not to carry credit cards on Island for fear of robberies and muggings, according to the manager of one of our top tourism attractions. On Thursday a member of staff at Dolphin Discovery was mugged…
USCGC Mohawk to Visit
The United States Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk is visiting Grand Cayman this weekend. The vessel arrives on Saturday morning, 10 September, and departs that same evening. The ship will remain offshore. The 210-foot Mohawk has 16 officers and 94 enlisted…
Remembering Hurricane Ivan
Seven years ago Hurricane Ivan came and changed the face of Cayman. For 34 hours, the storm ripped across the country leaving total devastation and destruction in its wake. It took months for the people of Cayman to get back…
Brac Community speak out on Tourism Awareness
The Brac played welcome to government and tourism officials and treated them to the feel of Brac hospitality, lifestyle and landscape in the days leading up to Tourism Awareness 2011. The Department of Tourism (DOT) presentation for the Brac community…
BlackBerry data service interruption
Digicel would like to apologise for the interruption in mobile data service yesterday evening, which affected Data Usage on Blackberry and Data-enabled devices. Digicel experienced an issue with one of the company’s off-island data pipes and the peak hour load…
Drive-by shooting targets George Town house
Gunmen opened fire at a house in George Town during a terrifying drive-by shooting. The occupants were sat at home just before 11pm on Wednesday when someone opened fire. Two bullet holes were found in the front window of the…
NO TO NO CONFIDENCE: Bush survives PPM challenge after late vote
In a straight 9-5 party-line vote capping a marathon Legislative Assembly session, United Democratic Party (UDP) lawmakers yesterday defeated an opposition no-confidence motion, a referendum on Premier McKeeva Bush. Starting Wednesday afternoon — and finishing at 2:30am on Thursday –…
