Issue No. 729 Monday, 30 August 2004

Tourism passes pre-9/11 figures

For the first time since the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States, Cayman Islands tourist arrival figures surpassed those for a corresponding month in the year prior to the attack.  During July, 33.118 visitors arrived by air, surpassing the 32,255 that came here in July 2001. This year’s figure represented a 25-percent increase over the same month in 2003... read more...

US meat to return to supermarkets

Bone-in cuts of beef, from the United States will again be available in local supermarkets, following the Cayman Islands Government’s issuing of revised conditions for the importation of ruminant meat from the US. Importation bone-in meats of ruminant origin was halted in December 2003, following a reported case of ‘mad cow’s disease’ or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in that country... read more...

Charles Clifford Explains Resignation Decision

In a lengthy letter to the editor of Cayman Net News, Charles “Chuckie” Clifford explained the reasons he resigned abruptly on 31 July as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Development and Commerce.  Central to Mr Clifford’s decision to resign and seek a Legislative Assembly seat is his concern with “the very dangerous path that the country is currently on.”... read more...

Another fatal shooting in the vicinity of Hell Road

CID Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding yet another death in the West Bay area.  A 20-year old Jamaican National was shot on Thursday, 26 August. in the middle of the afternoon. The victim has been identified as Kurt Karlando Rowe... read more...

Detective offers safety tips to women at risk

Officer in Charge of the Domestic Violence Department of the Family Support Unit (FSU) Detective Sergeant Derek Parsons has offered advice to people who are in physically abusive relationships to help keep themselves safe... read more...

Person of the Day - Rebecca Gavin

As a child growing up in Lafayette, Louisiana in the southern United States, Rebecca Gavin learned to love nature through her love of gardens. Now, she works at The Butterfly Farm, and her love for her work as a caretaker and tour guide, should not surprise anyone.  Back home she is vice-president of the Ark-La-Tex Herb Society. “Louisiana is very lush and I love gardening there,” she said... read more...