Issue No. 651 Friday, 7 May 2004

UDP Refutes PPM

Following the announcement on Wednesday morning that Government had agreed to suspend the statutory Standing Order time requirements for questions and motions in the Legislative Budget Meeting, the Leader of Government Business, Hon McKeeva Bush, refuted claims made a day earlier by the People’s Progressive Movement.  On Tuesday, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon Kurt Tibbetts, wrote to the Acting Governor James Ryan protesting the short notice... read more...

Bracker Dies in Boating Accident

Isaac W Henry, originally from Cayman Brac, has died in a boating accident in Tarpon Springs, Florida.  Mr Henry, 50, moved from his native Cayman Brac in 1979, to Largo where he owned and operated Henry's Carpentry...  read more...

Caymanian United States Army Veteran Joins RCIP

The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIP) recently recruited former United States Army Sergeant Harrison Shane Bothwell. Prior to enlisting in the US Army in 1993, Constable Bothwell worked for two years at the George Town Police Station, various outstations and the Traffic Department as part of a work experience programme. He explained, “I enjoyed the time that I spent in the RCIP”...  read more...

Major money laundering trial set to begin

Cayman residents Lewis Denton Rowe, 75, and Patrick Thomas Tibbetts, 51, British and United States nationals respectively, appeared in Grand Court on Wednesday as Chief Justice Anthony Smellie presided over the jury selection process that precedes the trial.  The two men are facing charges of assisting another to obtain the benefit of the proceeds of criminal conduct. If convicted of the charges, the two men could face up to 14 years in prison ... read more...

Cayman Carnival Batabano celebrations officially under way

The 2004 Cayman Carnival Batabano, presented by Cable & Wireless, takes place this weekend with a number of events for the whole family to enjoy. Festivities officially began Thursday night with the Minister’s Carnival Masquerade Fete, hosted by the Department of Tourism... read more...

Caymanian of the Week - Clinton Whittaker

A reader was prompted to nominate Clinton Whittaker as Caymanian of the Week after seeing him in his boat coming in from fishing.  “He is what Cayman is all about and one of the reasons we moved here,” said the nominator.  Clinton is a retired seaman, a hard working guy with a plantation land and goes fishing and sells fish for a living along with yams and other fruits and vegetables... read more...

OTHER NEWS

• Bodden Town church celebrates very special anniversary
• CUC files announcement
• Getting ready for arrival of floating bookshop
• Invitation to celebrate Art in the Park on Mother’s Day
• Island Companies Limited - Mother’s Day Specialists
• Jiminy Cricket escorts surprise prize patrol
• Kadi wins multiple awards
• Mas Camps in high gear for Cayman Carnival Batabano
• Minister inspects site
• New role at Monetary Authority
• Plain sailing students
• Pre-School assistance available to parents
• Segoes Healthcare stock up 60 points in one day
• Some roads will be closed on Saturday for Batabano
• Time is running out to get ready for the hurricane season
• The shelter sites
• Obituary: Dorothy Mae Bodden, nee Foreman
• News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

EDITORIAL

• Immigration Conundrum

COMMENTARY

• The Last Word: Cuba - a country which holds eternal fascination for so many

SPORTS NEWS

• Swimmers aim to get off to a flying start
• On the Cricket Pitch: Juniors set to display their promising talent
• Sports Person of the Week - Taylor Foster