Cops urge vigilance in light of recent burglaries
Officers from the RCIPS are warning members of the public to be extra vigilant and to ensure that they keep a record, including serial numbers, of all electrical items following a spate of burglaries in the past few weeks. While…
Cayman Islands medical student, ‘Dr. Ellis,’ puts pole vault firmly in her past
Dana Ellis hadn’t touched a vaulting pole in three-and-a-half years when she picked one up this season and felt that old, familiar tug. Ellis, the Canadian pole vaulting record holder and former Olympian, is still nagged by what-ifs over a…
Anger, drama at Ratko Mladic’s genocide trial
(AP) — He’s no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo “in the palm of his hand” during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial began Wednesday, Ratko Mladic still managed to reopen old wounds with the flick…
Texas ‘executed an innocent man’, report claims
The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims. Carlos de Luna was killed by lethal injection in 1989 for the brutal…
Cayman Islands part of Buzz Aldrin’s travelling life
The former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, on Mayfair hotels, Arctic adventures and why scuba diving is the closest thing to moonwalking. With a mother whose maiden name was Moon, Buzz Aldrin seemed destined to travel there. On July 20, 1969, he…
Cayman Brac invaded
Hundreds of thousands of baby red land crabs are invading the Cayman Islands in an annual migration that residents say is more pronounced this year. The crabs are blanketing roads and crawling up buildings on Cayman Brac in an event…
Complete Writing announces new hire
Complete Writing is proud to announce and welcome Mona Lisa Tatum as the company’s Marketing and Communications Specialist. Mona Lisa will be charged with a wide range of responsibilities with a focus on developing sales and driving revenue by improving…
New recruits join Customs
Twelve new recruits recently became Junior Customs Officers, following four weeks’ intensive training. Successfully completing the basic course were Sabrina Cane, Jordan Ebanks, Anthony Echenique, Joshua Grizzel, Arvid Harris, Scott Hydes, Sharissa McLaughlin, Sacha Miller, Philip Neale-Bodden, Eren Nicholson, Holly…
Greece gets caretaker PM until next vote in June
(AP) — A senior judge was sworn in Wednesday to head Greece’s caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone. The political uncertainty is worrying Greece’s…
Cayman Islands makes Guardian’s Top 10 swimming holidays
Long-distance outdoor swimming was once the preserve of elite athletes or eccentrics such as ‘Big River Man’ Martin Strel, but a growing number of us are making swimming the focus of a holiday, be it by joining a boat-supported tour…
