
Issue No. 917 Tuesday, 6 September 2005
Seized drugs sold back on streets
A West Bay resident has claimed that drugs, confiscated by the Authorities, are ending up for sale back on the streets of the Cayman Islands. The claims have been dismissed as false by the relevant authorities but the resident insists it is true. On 3 August 2005 Inspector Shaun Ebanks of the Drug Task Force, announced that two Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officers and one Customs Officer seized 300 lbs of ganja...
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The Cayman Islands reaches out to
victims of Hurricane Katrina
As well as the Leader of Government Business’ official message of condolence to the victims of Katrina, there has been an outpouring of sympathy and prayers from the whole Cayman Islands community.
People and businesses across the country have expressed their heartfelt concerns
for the people of New Orleans and the dire conditions they are facing. Even as
reports continue of the dead that are piling up...
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Repatriated Cubans return to
Cayman
One female and three male Cuban migrants were repatriated from the Cayman Islands last week, Deputy Chief Commissioner Donovan Ebanks has confirmed. The
group of four arrived at Prospect Point around midday on Tuesday 12 July after
eleven days at sea, as Hurricane Dennis swept through the area, bringing with it
heavy swells...
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NRA staff’s special appreciation day
The National Roads Authority (NRA) held a special staff
appreciation meal, on Friday 2 September. The event, held at Castaway’s Grille
restaurant in Grand Harbour, was mainly aimed at showing appreciation for all
the efforts made by the NRA workers in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan...
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Gospel singer comes to the
Cayman Islands
Gospel singer Damaris Carbaugh, soloist with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, gave a free concert at the First Baptist Church on Wednesday 1 September. She was stopping at Grand Cayman on her way to the Barefoot and Breaking Free retreat on Cayman
Brac. In between songs, Ms Carbaugh encouraged the audience to trust in God,
and said that He could be trusted to see us through even the hardest times...
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Person of the Day - Jim Taylor

Originally from Vancouver, Canada Jim Taylor is a Telephone Field Technician for Cable and Wireless, and has been doing his job for 27 years altogether, five of them here in the Cayman Islands. “I like being able to use my brain as well as my muscle when I’m working,” Mr Taylor said. “I
am in a different environment every day, meeting so many different kinds of
people. I would like to continue traveling round the world...
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