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Concacaf confirms October schedule for 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches – Cayman’s Elijah Seymour scores Competition’s 1,000th goalSeptember 18, 2024Competition’s fourth edition takes place in September, October, and November 2024, followed by Finals in March 2025 Tournament serves as the qualifier for next summer’s Gold Cup Concacaf Rankings […]- Cayman: Man and Woman Arrested for Attempt Theft and Drug OffencesSeptember 18, 2024From RCIPS Shortly before 12.30AM, Monday 16 September, police responded to a report of two persons attempting to break into a vehicle on Smith Road, near the 4 Way Junction with Hospital Road. On […]
- Caman: Police Investigate Armed Robbery Incident in Red BaySeptember 18, 2024From RCIPS Shortly after midnight, this morning 18 September, police responded to a report of a robbery at a business premises located on Shamrock Road, in the vicinity of Selkirk Drive, where it was […]
- Cayman: National Week of Readiness Urges Hurricane PreparednessSeptember 17, 2024As the hurricane season progresses, the Cayman Islands Government is pleased to announce that 18–25 September 2024 will be acknowledged as a National Week of Readiness. This initiative, led by Hazard […]
- Cayman: WhatsApp Scam Alert on HMCI Group ChatSeptember 17, 2024Grand Cayman, 17 September 2024: Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) wishes to inform the public of a recent WhatsApp Scam that has impacted a HMCI WhatsApp Group Chat. This Scam resulted in […]
20 endangered Siamese crocodiles hatch in Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — One of the world’s rarest crocodile species has moved a little bit further from extinction with the hatching of 20 wild eggs plucked from a nest found in southern Laos. Experts believe there could be as…
LESSONS IN CARIBANA
Dave Martins I was living in Toronto, playing music full time with the Tradewinds band, when the annual Caribbean festival in Toronto known as Caribana was born in 1967. Today there are carnivals in a many cities outside the region,…
Red Arrows delay after fatal crash
Poor weather has delayed the Red Arrows flying back to their base at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire after a fatal crash following a Dorset airshow. Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, from Rutland, died when his plane came down near Bournemouth…
Memories of Ivan
Joan Wilson Now we are at that horrible time again – Hurricane Season – and watching the drama of Hurricane Irene it brought back my memories of Hurricane Ivan that hit us on September 11th 2004. This is the poem…
Death toll rises to 53 in attack on Mexico casino
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The death toll climbed as workers continued to pull bodies out of a burned casino in northern Mexico, where gunmen spread gasoline and ignited a fire that trapped and killed at least 53 gamblers and employees….
iWoman
Ivy Lichtenstein What does it take for a woman to succeed in a male dominated industry? For the first part of our new iWoman section iNews speaks to Angelique Howell about her achievements in the RCIPS, balancing her…
Hurricane prompts rescheduling of sporting events
Hurricane Irene is already leaving its mark on the sports world even before coming ashore. Professional baseball games, the NFL, tennis matches and MLS games are being rescheduled as the Hurricane approaches the East Coast. Major League Baseball announced Thursday…
Emceeing a wedding
I don’t think women make the best emcees. There are exceptions. Cat Deeley, host of “So You Think You Can Dance” is one and locally, Vickie Wheaton is another. So when I was asked to emcee a wedding here I…
Chamber motivates staff
Nine participants completed training on August 18, 2011 by participating in a one-day course entitled ‘Motivating Your Staff’. The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce’s Professional Development & Training Centre (PD&TC) aims at providing skills that will help employees perform at…
Do Bob Marley songs have a place in Church?
Earlier this week iNews revealed how the Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, Right Reverend Robert Thompson, suggested songs by music icon Bob Marley should be included in hymn books. His thoughts have caused much debate among the church goers and music…
