Issue No. 810 Wednesday, 6 April 2005
‘Crime organised’
Dr the Hon Frank McField, Government
Minister in charge of prisons said the recent wave of violence in the Cayman
Islands is not spontaneous but highly-organised crime which is extremely
violent. “The criminal activity we have seen over the past weeks is
indicative of a power struggle between these criminal professionals, and in one
sense we can almost be thankful that the problem is not sourced in the wider
society"....
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Bush supports Treasure Island deal
Worried about the future and the pending sale of Treasure Island to local businessman Harry Lalli, employees of the resort called the Leader of Business Government, Hon McKeeva
Bush to meet with them over the security of their jobs. “With the deal
about to close between the bank and the liquidators under new ownership, some
staff were worried about their jobs due to staff being laid off, “ said Mr Bush...
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April Fool not funny
An April Fool’s ‘joke’ by The Caymanian Compass has many Brackers
hot under the collar and one store owner is refusing to stock the paper until
they have published an apology. The phony story,
printed on the front page of the paper on Friday 1 April, reported on a proposal
for a new 300-cell prison on the Bluff of Cayman Brac...
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Cayman National stock price plummets 25 percent
Cayman National Corporation (CNC) stock price dropped by 25 percent recently, after reports that the directors were allegedly coerced to sign and publish a letter endorsing the Leader of Business Government, Hon McKeeva
Bush in a last minute make or break deal to save Cayman General Insurance,
(CGI). The stock price dropped 75 cents, 25 percent to CI$2.25 on 18
March...
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Boat hits reef but Cubans struggle on
 Two
more groups of Cuban migrants arrived in the Sister Islands last weekend.
Nineteen of them now remain on Cayman Brac, but seven more continued on their
journey. The first group, which arrived off Cayman Brac last Friday 1
April, elected to continue on their way that evening, according to District
Commissioner Kenny Ryan. He said that, unfortunately, the group ended up
on the reef Saturday morning...
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Person of the Day - Heidi Hunte
Working with the Secretary of the Education Council for the last two years has inspired Heidi Hunte to pursue a human resources and labour studies degree in the US this fall, and she is a little nervous about moving to Miami. “Originally, I wanted to pursue psychology, but I found this, (Human Resources) is also a good way to help people,” she said.
Right now she is juggling applications for scholarships...
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