UPDATE: Oklahoma tornado official death toll is 24 (not 51)
UPDATE: Oklahoma tornado: Search for survivors continues May 21st 2013 From BBC Emergency workers in the US are continuing to search for survivors of the massive tornado that tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday. Rescuers worked through the…
National Day of Preparedness
National Day of Preparedness is being celebrated on May 20, 2013. The theme this year is “Get your preparedness kit together!” National Day of Preparedness is observed each year in the Cayman Islands to encourage residents to prepare for the…
Possible tropical storm development in Western Caribbean likely beginning of June
From Rob Lightbown, Crown Weather Services GFS Model Backs Off On Tropical Development In The Southwestern Caribbean At The End Of The Month; I Still Think Tropical Development Is A Possibility During The First Week Of June In The Southwestern…
Flare gun, mask and bayonet seized during house search – Man in custody
A man has been arrested and is currently detained in police custody after an early morning raid on a house in East End. About 5.45 am today (Wednesday, 15 May) officers searched a house in John McLean Drive, East End….
Ring around the sun
Did anyone notice the spectacular enormous ring around the sun today (8)? I got a frantic call from a friend to go outside and take a look. I did. Wow. I have seen it before but never as spectacular as…
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…
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…
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…
Pedal cyclist seriously injured in MVA
On Friday 5 April 2013 about 10:56 pm a pedal cyclist was injured along the West Bay Road* in the vicinity of Mandalay Condominiums. His condition is considered serious but stable. The cyclist was apparently riding home towards WB after…