The Editor Speaks: Business interests, lost evidence and the Chief Justice
North Side MLA Ezzard Miller hit the nail well and truly on the head when he said recently, “The mixing of politicians’ business interests with their role as public servants is becoming increasingly problematic.” He called on elected government members…
Second murder charge for Vybz
Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel has been charged with a second murder. Last night, detectives from the Constant Spring Criminal Investigation Branch issued a press release; confirming that Kartel along with Kiro Jones o/c “Ray Jones,” were charged for the murder…
Libyans bury Gadhafi in unmarked grave
MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi was buried early yesterday morning in an unmarked grave in a modest Islamic ceremony, closing the book on his nearly 42-year rule of Libya and the eight-month civil war to oust him. A Gadhafi…
Two week old baby rescued after Turkish quake
ERCIS, Turkey (AP) — A two-week-old baby girl, her mother and grandmother were pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building in a dramatic rescue Tuesday, 48 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey….
Big Art Auction
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) has been actively working towards the construction of a new building located along the Esterley Tibbetts Highway. Upon completion, the new facility will provide a home for school children, artists, teachers, researchers,…
Team Cayman head for Haiti
In the past few years there has been no relief for the people of Haiti. On January 12th, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, struck resulting in approximately 230,000 people losing their lives, 40,000 of which were…
Rooftop protest at school
A disgruntled construction worker staged a one-man rooftop protest sparking a police operation. The man climbed on top of a two storey building in Bodden Town and refused to come down. Police say reports that he threatened to torch the…
LOST AT SEA: Cruise industry reaches “point of no return”
Pronouncing the local cruise industry “dead”, Robert Hamaty director and founder of a private-sector tourism association, said yesterday Cayman’s competition had already triumphed, leaving George Town fatally crippled. “It’s a fact,” he told iNews. “It has reached the point of…
Weather latest
National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida is issuing advisories on near category 3 Hurricane Rina. At 10:00 p.m. local time the center of Hurricane Rina was located near latitude 17.5 north…longitude 84.8 west, or about 256 miles west southwest…
Hurricane Rina and Invest 97L
Hurricane Rina this morning is at Cat. 2 strength and struggling a little bit. It’s path is uncertain. Both Crown Weather and Weather Underground mention various scenarios and few of the models agree. There are so many ‘ifs’ the National…