Issue No. 699 Monday, 19 July 2004

Refugees Claim They Paid Bribe

According to an article that appeared in The Washington Post last Friday, Cuban refugees that landed in the Cayman Islands in early May, claimed they bribed their way to freedom after being incarcerated for 28 days.  The article told the tale of nine Cubans who left that country on a small open boat on 3 May, and eventually found refuge in the Central American country... read more...

Police Get Election Training Videos

Representatives for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIP) received training videos from the Elections Office last Wednesday which are designed to help the police better learn their role and responsibility for the General Elections in November.  Rupert McCoy of the Elections Office explained that training videos were an effort to avoid some of the problems experienced in the past... read more...

Cayman Islands Appoints First Cultural Attachés

In an effort to internationally promote the Cayman Islands’ heritage, the Ministry of Education, Human Resources and Culture has appointed the country’s first cultural attachés,  The Ministry chose Harris A. McCoy III and Bendel Hydes to represent Cayman in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively as cultural attachés... read more...

Man held after late night store robbery

One man is in custody following an incident reported around 10.15 pm on Wednesday night at a store on Shedden Road, George Town.  An employee of the store was approached by three men to the rear of the premises, threatening him and demanding money... read more...

Leader speaks to the Caribbean on the BBC

The Leader of Government Business, the Hon McKeeva Bush, has spoken on the BBC World Service to the Caribbean.  Interviewed by Rosie Hayes of the BBC, Minister Bush restated his continued demands for the development of a new constitutional arrangement between the Cayman Islands and the UK, and freedom from the influence of EU directives... read more...

Person of the Day - Hope Stephenson

The friendly face people encounter upon entering the Glass House is the kind and magnanimous receptionist, Hope Stephenson.  Nominated for “being very involved in community service,” Hope is a co-founder of the Cayman Islands Cancer Society and also serves as a Justice of the Peace.  Born in George Town, Hope says she never felt like an only child because she was close to her cousins... read more...

OTHER NEWS

• Cayman Represented at Regional Conference
• Important meeting pays real dividends
• Law School graduate returns to practice
• Local firms line up a special Olympic prize
• New phone mobile service goes live from today
• NFL Cayman Challenge airs on prime time TV
• Radio station closes down
• News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

EDITORIAL

• Building More Roads Not The Only Traffic Solution

LETTERS

• No supporter of the present party system
• Cayman changes not for the better

COMMENTARY

• Consideration, choices and consequences for the forthcoming November elections

SPORTS NEWS

• 16 & over baseball tournament played
• KPMG continues to sponsor CIASA programme