WE’RE NOT CORRUPT
Opposition anger over Bush claim Opposition leaders yesterday rejected corruption charges by Premier McKeeva Bush, denying any wrongdoing and saying the claims were an effort to distract people from greater issues of top-level dishonesty. At the same time, Bodden Town’s ”anti-dump”…
Dog team flown in to aid search
Specialist police dogs have been flown in from Miami to help the search for missing teaching assistant Nathan Clarke. The two animals were taken out to sea onboard boats as police continued looking for the 31-year-old who vanished almost two…
Indiana women’s soccer team arrives
The Lionesses have landed – and are here to play football and spread the word of The Lord. FC Indiana, known as the Lionesses, are visiting Cayman for ten days for a football tournament. And as well as goals on…
Artists explore inner and outer worlds
Karen Coles and Betty Lou Hendrickson’s paintings together form Genesis II, a brand new exhibition at the Full of Beans restaurant in George Town. The work of both artists is very varied, but focuses on landscapes and seascapes, with some…
A big day for women’s cricket
It’s a double first – the first ever Cayman Islands National Women’s Cricket Team, and the first time that Cayman is hosting an international women’s cricket event. The Pepsi International Cricket Council (ICC) Americas Women’s T20 Championship is scheduled to…
WAR ON TERROR
Bush calls for $5m to boost public safety Government will seek an additional $5 million funding for security in 2011-2012, boosting government outlays to $57.3 million for public protection by the end of the budget year. Speaking at Tuesday’s inauguration…
Chelsea’s Abramovich, sugar dad with teeth
Some billionaires build luxury yachts, some buy art, some donate to charity. Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich is said to do all those but collects the scalps of soccer managers, too. And why not? Because if there is one thing the…
NOTHING TO FEAR
Ellio plans to meet with all shopkeepers MLA Ellio Solomon yesterday rejected claims that George Town port plans called for 130,000 square feet of retail space, threatening downtown merchants, and would discuss it tomorrow with the Cayman Islands Tourism Association….
Pete Ribbins swim meet makes waves
Children aged from toddlers up to 17-years old jumped into the water at the Lions Pool, George Town for the Pete Ribbins Memorial Consolidated Water Meet. The annual swim meet – the biggest and most popular on the island, takes…
Trotters take home the bacon
If ever there was someone looking for a Cinderella Story in Cayman Rugby then they’d need look no further than the Queensgate Pigs Trotters. The Trotters, who had not won a game of XV’s Rugby in over 2 years, finished…