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Caribbean Islands on alert for tropical storm impacts arriving later this week October 15, 2024From AccuWeather Growing risk of flooding rainfall and life-threatening mudslides in the mountainous terrain of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola > An area of high pressure over […]- Cayman: Contract Signed for Central Scranton Park: Phase 1October 15, 2024The Ministry of Tourism and Ports is pleased to announce that the contract for Phase 1 of the highly anticipated Central Scranton Park development has been signed with McAlpine Limited, one of […]
- Cayman: MPs approve $51.8 million in Supplementary Expenditure for 2024October 12, 2024Grand Cayman, 11 October 2024 – Members of Parliament approved $51.8 million in supplementary expenditure requests for the Cayman Islands Government’s 2024 financial year in Finance Committee on […]
- Climate finance for UK OT islands top of the agenda in BrusselsOctober 12, 2024Ahead of this year’s UN Climate Change summit (COP29) happening in Azerbaijan, where climate finance is set to be a major agenda piece, UK and EU OCTs have gathered in Brussels to discuss and […]
- Cayman: RCIPS and the Ministry of Health & Wellness Warns about Dangerous Drug “Gummies” and Associated Serious Health RisksOctober 12, 2024From RCIPS On Monday, 7 October the RCIPS reported a case of two juveniles who were rushed to hospital, due to medical issues experienced after ingestion of a drug. Investigations have revealed that […]
Wiretapping creates decision dilemma
Opposition continues to mount to government’s wiretapping law as lawyers and legislators question its disregard for the judiciary, instead vesting sole authority in the hands of the Governor. “The Governor is not a lawyer. A judge is the only one…
How to avoid becoming a crime victim
I was speaking to an old friend of mine – a retired law enforcement officer who worked in a precinct in one of the USA’s busiest cities. He visited Grand Cayman recently and he reads iNews every day. He is…
Police fear the worst
Police have for the first time conceded they “fear the worst” in the search for nurse’s assistant Kerran Baker, 25, missing since 30 July. Acknowledging that little evidence had emerged in the three-week search, Chief Superintendent John Jones nevertheless said…
Nothing “fishy” about Barkers, insists Eugene
Veteran boat captain and MLA Eugene Ebanks insists he has no hidden agenda, and his proposals to have a hurricane safe harbour in Barkers was made with the best intentions. Other boat colleagues in the marine world are unhappy with…
MAC STRIKES BACK: Bush in war of words with opposition
Premier McKeeva Bush hit back at opposition politicians yesterday, turning accusations of irresponsibility and destroying democracy back on Ezzard Miller and Alden McLaughlin, claiming they were damaging the Cayman Islands. Reacting to public statements by North Side independent Mr Miller…
Limericks
I love limericks. They are five line poems written with one couplet and one triplet. The rhyme pattern is “a a b b a” with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4…
Speeding and drinking – disaster in the making
With the sudden spate of road accidents, one a horrific tragedy resulting in the death of a pregnant woman, one wonders why it keeps happening? It would appear that both speeding and drinking was the cause of this one. Undue…
Friendly environment for child abuse victims
Children who are victims of sexual abuse will be interviewed by specially trained officers in more comfortable surroundings thanks to a new initiative. A groundbreaking deal has been struck between the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service and the Health Services…
Car Accidents & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Our society is plagued by self-induced stress. Should this be something we pop pills for? Retrospectively, society accepts the unhealthiness of prior forms of medicated stress relief. It is generally accepted that smoking, for example, causes more problems than it…
Kids are boxing clever at summer camp
Judging by the big smiles on their faces, kids had a knockout time at D. Dalmain Ebanks Boxing Gym’s summer camp. Over forty kids from six years old and up were having lots of fun learning to box, at the…
