Fireworks, trials, and cardboard boats end Pirates Week
JML International were the proud victors in what has become one of the most popular events in Pirates Week – the Cardboard Boat race at Hog Sty Bay. The winning team just managed to get to the shore one second…
Shipwreck spillage leaves little trace
Environmental officials said yesterday they were waiting for the weather to clear before examining possible reef damage caused by a Thursday night boat wreck and fuel spill in the North Sound. However, 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel loosed into the…
Top Khmer Rouge leaders’ trial opens in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodians were bluntly reminded of their tragic history Monday as the trial began of three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating Cambodia’s “killing fields” in the late 1970s. After Judge Nil Nonn declared the…
No clear evidence to rule on former Cayman banker’s appeal
A Swiss court yesterday said it lacked clear evidence to rule on an appeal by a former Swiss banker turned WikiLeaks whistleblower against his conviction for breaching Switzerland’s strict banking secrecy after he revealed private client data. Rudolf Elmer, who…
Two men in custody, handgun recovered
Two men have been arrested and are presently detained in police custody following a road crash, a police chase on foot and the recovery of a handgun. Around 3:25am (Friday, 18 November 2011) officers from the RCIPS Uniform Support Group…
Clifton Nevis Bodden remembers Part 1
As told to Christopher Tobutt In this, the first in a series of articles, 88 year old World War II veteran Clifton Nevis Bodden remembers life in the Cayman Islands Home Guard. “I was born in Cuba in 1923. You…
Philippines arrests ex-president in hospital room
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested in her hospital room on electoral fraud charges Friday in a high-profile tug of war set off by her attempts to leave the country ostensibly for medical treatment….
Police hunt escaped convict
Police have now released the name and a picture of the man who escaped from police custody. Charlton Bengar Ebanks, aged 21, escaped from his police guard at the Cayman Islands Hospital shortly after 7.00 am Thursday morning (17 November…
Judge orders press away from Hugh Grant’s ex, baby
LONDON (AP) — A British judge has ordered paparazzi to stay away from Hugh Grant’s ex, Tinglan Hong, who says she has been harassed and hounded since she had a baby with the actor. High Court justice Michael Tugendhat said…
Award for Design and Construction
The organising committee for the 2011 Governor’s Award for Design and Construction Excellence are pleased to announce the extension of the deadline for projects to be nominated to Monday 21 November – 12 noon. The Office of His Excellency the…
