Issue No. 555 Wednesday, 18 December 2003
A record eight cruise ships called on George Town on Tuesday, bringing mixed opinions from both the passengers and local businesspeople as...
Cruisers Invade Cayman
 "Insane." That is the term one cruise ship visitor used to describe the conditions in George Town when eight cruise ships carrying some 20,000 passengers came to port on Tuesday.
The ships represented the highest number ever to come to port in the Cayman Islands in a single day.
Most tourists tolerated the crowds, and some businesses experienced a boom, but there were also those visitors who were unpleasantly surprised by the swarm of people, and there were
businesses that actually experienced a drop in business...
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RCIP Sets Illegal Drugs On Fire
The Royal Cayman Islands Police (RCIP), along with Justices of the Peace, used an
incinerator to destroy three tons of illegal drugs at the George Town landfill, early Tuesday
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The friendly invasion of the blue dragons
 Larger-than life fibreglass Iguanas, called blue dragons, are invading the Cayman Islands, and have already appeared in several public places.
The idea for the fibreglass reptiles came from Leslie Bigelman, Director of Cayman National Gallery. The idea of calling them dragons rather than iguanas came from Dr Matt Cottam, from the Cayman Islands National Trust, "because he felt that it would add more mystery,"...
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Spare a thought for those who will be at work during Christmas, New Year holidays
 Once again on the serving side of the bar this Christmas will be Nicky Ryan in the Marriott Resort. With all his family back in Ireland, Mr Ryan isn't too bothered about working while others party.
"If I had family here it would be different, but I don't so it doesn't really matter," said Mr Ryan. "Last year was a great laugh and I'm sure this year will be as well," he added... read
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Caymanian photographer enjoys success with exhibition in London
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Visiones/Two Visions, the exhibition of works by Caymanian photographer, Patrick Broderick and Cuban photographer, Roberto Salas, opened in London at the beginning of this month.
The exhibition opened in the Royal Commonwealth Society... read more...
Person of the Day - Inspector Adrian Seales
 He has been with the RCIP for 22 years, but Inspector Adrian Seales has another passion, he loves cricket. This native of Barbados has loved the sport since his childhood days, when he was nominated to play in the Rep Division One Schools Team.
"I was on a collision course to decide which I wanted to be, a police officer or a cricketer, Ultimately, I've always wanted to be a police officer."... read
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