ARK and Aon join forces to help Cayman’s needy families
ARK and Aon join forces to help Cayman’s needy families Aon Insurance Managers up with Cayman’s Acts of Random Kindness charity recently to collect groceries for Cayman’s needy families. The drive is a part of ARK’s Pantry, a project aimed…
Police focus on phone links
Police are focusing on tele-communications links and recently discovered “materials” in the search for Kerran Baker, while DNA testing indicates stains found last week on the Pedro Castle ironshore are not blood. Conceding that as of yesterday, day nine of…
Hospital plan replaces seaport
In a double-barreled announcement yesterday, Dr Devi Shetty said his Narayana Cayman Medical University would be built on East End land owned by developer Joe Imparato, who has abandoned his proposed East End Seaport project. The announcement came Tuesday afternoon…
Anarchy spreads across the UK; Cayman cop slams “mindless” rioters
Top police officer John Jones has described the riots on the streets of the UK as “mindless criminality.” Chief Superintendent Jones, a former UK officer has experienced first hand the mayhem being witnessed all across England. Mr Jones, who has…
Author describes how volunteering after 9/11 disaster changed her life
When the World Trade Centre collapsed, Alison Thompson’s life changed forever. Up until that point in time Ms. Thompson had been a successful Investment banker. But when 23 of her friends died in the Twin Towers, she just knew she…
CABLE WARS: Hurley’s to join digital TV market
A new internet, telephone and digital TV company is set to be launched in Cayman. The $20m project promises to cover 95% of the Island’s properties within two years time. Infinity Broadband Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding…
Jamaican travel boost
Jamaicans will be able to travel more easily to the Cayman Islands, according to Premier McKeeva Bush. He says from next month Jamaicans coming into the country will not need a visa to visit. Instead Jamaican nationals who hold either…
NEW EVIDENCE: Police find item linked to Kerran
Police have revitalised their hunt for Kerran Baker after uncovering new evidence on Sunday in connection with two weekend searches by volunteers. Detective Inspector Marlon Bodden yesterday declined to describe what police investigators had found, saying “We don’t want to…
Jamaica’s Independence Street dance
Jamaica’s 49th Independence celebration, which kicked of early on Friday, was followed by the traditional street dance. Sound system operator “Super C” and extraordinary sound system selector “Skyatta Hype” left nothing undone. Indigenous Jamaicans were not the only ones…
Bush: “I am not a money tree. I can’t pay $5,000 mortgages for people”
Premier McKeeva Bush will seek an early September start for a new interest-free mortgage assistance programme, lending money to troubled homeowners in danger of bank foreclosures. Similar to his 2009 Cayman Islands Development Bank lending programme, which distributed $4 million…