Issue No. 905 Friday, 19 August 2005

Death of Dimitri Under Suspicion

Known to many people in the Cayman Islands because of his numerous business interests here, accountant and businessman, Dimitri Pappas, was discovered dead in Bermuda on 20 July, found hanging in a clothes closet in a hotel room. Dimitri was known to have many connections here with numerous high profile business developments and people in the former Government administration... read more...

Summer camp hosts 400 children

More than 400 children have been participating in the two-week summer camps, sponsored by the Community Development Unit around the Islands. One summer camp hosted in West Bay went from 1 through to the 12 August and camps in George Town and East End started on 15 August and will last through until 26 August. Activities for summer camp include swimming lessons, crafts and field trips to the Blow Holes... read more...

Taxi drivers still wait on fare review

Even though taxi tour operators’ rate increases are to finally be addressed on 24 August at a meeting of the Public Transport Board (PTB), the drivers will still have to wait even longer before any additional cash reaches their pockets. The wait will add to what has been a series of delays with respect to the drivers’ request for rate increases. Speaking with Cayman Net News, Minister of Tourism, Environment, Investment and Commerce... read more...

New board set to transform the country’s National Flag Carrier

Businessman Bobby Bodden has taken control of the Chairmanship of Cayman Airways’ Board along with a new team of members that have a mandate to turn around the mounting losses within the publicly owned National Flag Carrier. The airline has sustained some $24.7 million in losses in the last two and a half years in spite of Government subsidies of $13 million. The losses represent a drain... read more...

Board members appointed for new authority

Recently created, the new Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI) incorporates into one body several areas including the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, Cayman’s Port State Control and Marine Casualty Investigation arms... read more...

Caymanian of the Week - Jackie Dunkley

Although she has been a waitress at the Brac Reef Beach Resort for almost seventeen years, Jackie Dunkley is far from tired of her work. She says that she is really happy in what she does. “I was actually born in Jamaica but I was raised on Cayman Brac all my life, so you can practically say I’m a Bracker,” she said. When she is not working Jackie likes to kick back and enjoy herself at La Esperanza on weekends... read more...