Issue No. 971 Monday, 21 November 2005

Top Cop says ‘No Racial Profiling’

In direct contrast to his acting predecessor, new Commissioner of Police, Stuart Kernohan said that he would not be focussing on any particular set of nationals in carrying out his job to arrest crime... read more...

John Gray students’ composite painting

An art project at John Gray High School, involving over 30 students was completed recently. The project involved enlarging a painting that had been put together from a montage of old black-and-white photographs... read more...

Fuel prices may come down

AN official of a major fuel supplier in the Cayman Islands says his firm has made significant reduction in its wholesale price over the last few days, but stopped short of saying when motorists would begin paying less at the pumps. Manager at Esso Standard Oil, Alan Neesome said a price decline on the international market might eventually trickle down to the Cayman Islands. “Esso made a significant reduction... read more...

Government Ministers attack difficult issues in Cabinet Meeting

Affordable housing, removal of derelict vehicles, flooding, cruise ship scheduling and air gateway negotiations, are some of the difficult items that Government Ministers have sought to address head-on since taking up office earlier this year. Recent reports on these areas revealed that there were still ongoing issues in relation to these matters. Speaking at the weekly Media Briefing on 17 November, Hon Kurt Tibbetts... read more...

Human Rights advocate appointed to Committee

The first Human Rights Committee (HRC) under the previous UDP Government accomplished little. However, local human rights activist Gordon Barlow said he has been appointed to a new HRC under the new Government... read more...

Person of the Day - Nicole Brown

Growing a garden in her spare time is one of the things that make this Cayman Bracker really happy. Mrs Brown explained, “I was born on Cayman Brac and lived there all my life up to approximately four years ago when my family relocated to Grand Cayman. “Having spent the past twenty-three years at the full-time job of mother to my five children and as a housewife, I decided that it was now time to try... read more...