Archive for January 9th, 2015
Top triathletes to battle for Mercuryman title
(CNS): Cayman’s annual, one-of-a-kind half Ironman distance triathlon this coming Sunday in East End is attracting some of the leading athletes in the Ironman sport. Former downhill ski champion American Lisa Roberts, who is an Ironman and 70.3 specialist; American triathlete and trainer Emily Cocks; Canadian triathlete, dietician and former ballerina Jennifer Lentzke; USA triathlon coach […]
Migration on agenda for US-Cuba talks
(CNS): The US Coast Guard has said that it saw a dramatic increase last month in the number of Cubans trying to cross the 90-mile wide Florida Straits since the American president made his announcement about restoring relations with the Cuban government. Later this month the US Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson will lead […]
US hypocrisy over ganja an issue for Jamaica
(CNS): As the moves towards the decriminalization of ganja in Jamaica inches along, one of the leading newspapers in the country has pointed out in a recent editorial that the island nation’s plans to introduce the legal cultivation and a regulated marijuana industry could be undermined by the actions of the US outside its borders. […]
Government self-destructing, says Bush
(CNS): The opposition leader has said that he is keeping his promise not to do what the members of the current administration did to him when he was premier and undermine its leadership but the government was self-destructing on its own. McKeeva Bush said the PPM government was indifferent to the problems suffered by the […]
Two-wheel riders take brunt of collisions
(CNS): A 56-year-old man from George Town was airlifted to a hospital in Miami on Wednesday after being knocked off his motorbike on the Easterly Tibbetts Highway near the junction with Raleigh Quay on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a woman is currently in the George Town hospital recovering for injuries she sustained Thursday lunchtime when she was […]
No arrests in gang shootings
(CNS): Despite the increase in police patrols and the focus on gang violence in West Bay by police, no arrests have been made yet in the killing of Victor Oliver Yates, who was shot in the head sometime early Saturday morning, or in the connected non-fatal shooting outside a liquor store on Monday night. Police have now confirmed […]
