Today’s news, tomorrow’s kennel liners
Rotaract Blue Cayman Islands is at work in the community again. The month of July was all about their book drive, while this month they are focusing on a newspaper collection drive. Inspired by the fact that July is literacy…
Spotts jetty not landing yet
Rebuilding the cruise-ship jetty at Spotts Landing will not start until at least late autumn or early winter — and possibly not until next spring. The Planning Department says it has never received any paperwork for the project, and will…
Electioneering
One of our reporters, Kevin Creary, had a one on one interview with the premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush last Saturday (6) following his appearance at a Jamaican Independence Day Celebration at Reflections on Godfrey Nixon Way. In this interview, the…
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…
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…
Public support
It has been an emotional last week. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Kerran (Kerry-Ann) Baker is still a mystery. The RCIPS have held many police conferences, conducted searches, made appeals, published CCTV pictures, etc. and have had to admit…
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…
