Obituaries
Cayman mourns loss of veteran reporter
(CNS) UPDATED with CJ’s comments: Following the passing of Carol Winker, one of Cayman’s best known and much loved local reporters yesterday, aged 79, the chief justice has said he was deeply saddened by the news as he held her in the highest regard. “I first met Ms Winker in the early 1980s when I […]
Premier pays tribute to Edward Seaga
(CNS Local Life): Premier Alden McLaughlin has paid tribute to Edward Seaga, the former Jamaican prime minister, who died Tuesday, 28 May, in Miami, on his 89th birthday. McLaughlin said he was deeply saddened to have learned of the passing of Seaga. “He will be remembered as a great and respected Caribbean leader and as […]
Dive pioneer dies at local hospital
(CNS): Bob Soto, the man credited with creating the Cayman Islands’ recreational dive industry, has died. The legendary diver died yesterday (Tuesday 17 March) at the George Town hospital after being taken there early in the morning. Soto, who was 88-years-old, opened Cayman’s first dive shop in 1957, before the islands had become a tourist […]
Obituary: Former Justice Priya Levers 1946-2014
(CNS): Priya Levers, who was the first woman to serve on the Cayman Islands Grand Court bench, died on Christmas Eve aged 68 at home surrounded by her family. Levers came to the Cayman Islands from Jamaica and began serving as a full-time judge in 2003. Originally from Sri Lanka, she moved to Jamaica when […]
