Issue No. 576 Wednesday, 21 January 2004

Mrs Myles objects

Residents of McField Lane, just off the George Town Annex Football Field, are protesting the government's plan to widen their street because they claim it will depreciate the value of their homes and they will not be adequately compensated.  Eileen Myles says she first heard about the proposal 14 months ago.. read more...

Buoys Ordered For Stingray City

Less than a week after an article about potential dangers to visitors of Stingray City appeared in Cayman Net News, the Port Authority has said that buoys to create a safe zone at the site have been ordered and will be in place within a matter of weeks... read more...

Truck lands on house in one of two East End crashes over the past weekend

Royal Cayman Islands Police (RCIP) were kept busy in East End last weekend after two serious crashes just hours and steps apart on High Rock Road. "I thought it was a two-car crash," said Caren Thompson, a bystander who happened upon the scene...  read more...

Disputes rage over Hollinger Incorporated, a Cayman Free Press shareholder

Conrad M Black, the press baron accused of directing millions of dollars in unauthorised payments to himself and others, has made a deal to sell his controlling interest in a publicly traded Canadian company called Hollinger Inc to a company owned by David and Frederick Barclay, British brothers with their own growing media empire, for about US$178 million... read more...

Parmalat's internal audit committee in dispute over Cayman Islands subsidiary

Grant Thornton SpA, the Italian arm of the global accountancy federation, claims to have officially raised concerns with Deloitte over Bonlat, a Cayman Islands subsidiary of Parmalat, in a memorandum dated 8 April, 2003. It says it repeated these concerns in a meeting two days later with Deloitte and Parmalat's internal audit committee... read more...

Person of the Day - Michelle Barnes

She is just 27 years old, but Michelle Barnes has the world in her grasp.  She is known for being kind, friendly and dedicated in whatever she does, and there is plenty. Michelle is on the Board of the Newlends Seventh-day Adventists Church, as a clerk. She is an instructor at the Duke of Edinburgh Awards group, a leadership program for teens and young adults. She is also an officer for the West Bay Girls Brigade... read more...

OTHER NEWS

• Cayman Islands Tourism Association facilitates dive staff safety training
• Shomari Scott soars to new heights at the DoT
• Schools Inspectorate hosts Annual Senior Management Conference
• Weekly women's sessions begin
• National Gallery's Art Flix spotlights artist Frida Kahlo
• Lions were able to spread festive cheer
• International flavour at essay competition
• George Hicks High School receives DVD/VCR from DMS
• Deadline for launch of MattSafe programme
• News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

SISTER ISLANDS REPORT

• Drug abuse resistance programme launched in Cayman Brac
• Dog left for dead after being attacked by machete on Cayman Brac

EDITORIAL

• Silencing the critics

LETTERS

• Status issue is a matter of principle and the law
• After Quincentennial Year, a cause for concern

SPORTS

• Duelling for gold in the scorching heat of Athens
• East End Surf Challenge Jet Skier Profile
• Fuji 5K Run/Walk next for Phoenix Athletic Club Sunday