Issue No. 838 Wednesday, 18 May 2005
Cuban family seeks asylum
 Family members of Cuban refugee Juan Jose Haber Guerra, arrived in Grand
Cayman from New York on Sunday evening to meet with lawyers and help him apply
for political asylum. They also hope the Chief Immigration Officer will grant
them permission to visit Mr Guerra in Northward. Mr Guerra’s aunt, Teresa Riba Guerra and cousin, Jose Riba,
were scheduled to meet with lawyers at Walkers on Tuesday, 17 May...
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Frances Bodden Girls’ Home Open Day
 Frances Bodden Girls’ Home celebrated May as the Month of the Child, with
their Open Day on Saturday 14. H.E the Governor, Bruce Dinwiddy was present at the event’s opening, and
later, newly elected Bodden Town MLA’s, Charles Clifford and Osbourne Bodden
visited too; MLA Anthony Eden sent his apologies for not being able to attend. Also visiting was Dr Deborah Surat, and Bonnie Anglin from Children ...
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Snorkeller loses arm in accident
George Town harbour was the scene of a terrible accident at the weekend
when a snorkeller lost an arm in a horrific accident on Saturday afternoon.
Philip Haberlen, a 56-year-old grocery store manager from Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, was eight days into his holiday on Grand Cayman when tragedy
struck in the sea behind Rackhams pub. A weekend-long wakeboarding event
had begun at noon on Saturday...
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Cayman Friends welcome change of Government
It is not just Caymanian voters that are reportedly breathing sighs of
relief with last week’s change in Government. Ex-pats and friends of
Cayman abroad also appear to be pleased with the result. Matthew Banks,
43, a former British MP and founder of the UK All Party Cayman Islands
Parliamentary Group, was present in Grand Cayman in the run up to the election
and in their immediate aftermath...
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People ready for party politics, notes independent candidate
 In the wake of a People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) victory at the polls
on 11 May, Pastor Herro ‘Steve’ Blair said that he finds it worrying that the
mudslinging did not affect the country’s voter. Mr Blair, who himself
contested the General Elections as a People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA)
candidate said: “In the end, it seems to me that mudslinging did not affect the
people at all, and that concerns me greatly... .read more...
Person of the Day - Michella Ebanks
Although she has only recently come to
George Town from Cayman Brac, Michella Ebanks has already made plenty of
friends. “I like hanging out with my friends; I play tennis and I dance. I like
going out to clubs, Next Level, Octopus and Club Chameleon,” she said. Michella
enjoys her job as a cashier at David’s Esso on Shedden Road, where she has
worked for almost a month....
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