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…
St. George’s Jamaican Independence Service
St. George’s Anglican Church held their annual Jamaican Independence Day Service on Sunday at 9am. The morning started with the playing of Redemption Song as people arrived for the celebratory service and ended with the singing of the Jamaican National…
Man in hospital after Brac car crash
A man remains in hospital with serious injuries after he was airlifted from the Brac following a car accident. Police say the man’s Honda Logo crashed near to Aunt Sha’s Restaurant on West End Road just after midnight on Sunday….
Change of laws poses risks, says accountant
Changes to accounting laws that regulate how government keeps financial records run the risk of allowing agencies to relapse into the inadequate bookkeeping practices that have plagued government for years. Changes to the Public Management and Finance Law, introduced in…
Police find nothing and call off search for Kerran
Police have called off the sea search for Kerran Natalee Baker, missing since 30 July, saying they had scoured the sea between Pedro Castle and East End, finding nothing. “In the last 24 hours, we conducted an in-water search starting…
