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Issue No. 769 Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Manderson runs

Persistent escapee and convicted murderer Steve Manderson of West Bay Road, is suspected to have recently fled the Cayman Islands. Mr Manderson escaped from Northward prison on the evening of 14 September last year in the wake of Hurricane Ivan and has managed to remain on the run for several months.  Convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison Mr Manderson escaped with convicted rapist Jeffrey Barnes...  read more...


Imij and Company in concert in Cayman

Cardinal Avenue was transformed into a soca fest this weekend, when on Friday, 7 January, George Town played host to Imij and Company who volunteered to come and perform for free on Grand Cayman, enabling all the proceeds collected to go towards the National Hurricane Relief Fund.  Introduced by the Islands’ Pirates Week Committee, Imij and Company is one of the most popular bands to come out of Trinidad... read more...


Finally: Relief at the GT Port

The Port Authority is continuing to come up with ways of easing the congestion and the demands currently placed on the system as goods continue to pour into George Town.  In the latest effort it has been decided to allow the delivery of dedicated full containers directly from the dock to major importers.  Containers belonging to large commercial importers can be moved directly from the dock... read more...


MC Restoration still under fire

Attorneys for MC Restoration, Bodden and Bodden, have confirmed that equipment brought to Grand Cayman by the Florida based debris clearing company, which violated the Local Companies Control licenses (LCCL) is on the dock waiting to be shipped back to the United States.  Lyn Bodden made the revelation over the equipment on Monday, 10 January... read more...


Cayman experiences 13 earthquakes in 14 days

“Like the world over, the Cayman Islands experience the effects of earthquakes quite frequently,” said Mosquito Research and Control (MRCU) Assistant Director, Dr Alan Wheeler.  “However most of these are not felt by the larger percentage of the population because they are low intensity earthquakes, with magnitudes less than 4 on the Richter scale,” he explained... read more... 


Person of the Day - Jamie Billingsley

Adventure and $10,000 are the reasons why Jamie Billingsley and her husband, Tré, moved to Grand Cayman to live, nine years ago. They were living in Oklahoma, USA and spending US$ 10,000 on dive vacations every year, so they looked around the Caribbean and decided on the Cayman Islands.  “What else do you do when you are in your 40’s with no children? So we leased our house and came here.” ... read more...


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