Topic: court
Man charged in January abduction
A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with an abduction in
the Bodden Town area last month.
Borders closes the book on stores
Borders Group Inc, the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, filed for bankruptcy protection, after years of sharp sales declines that made it impossible to manage its crushing debt load.
Rising Stars still shining
Members of the Rising Stars netball club are living up to their name.
Egypt military fast tracking reform
Egypt's ruling military council has
announced that work on reforming the country's constitution is to be completed
in 10 days.
Adventures in Citizenship essay contest seeks entries
The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman is looking for submissions for its annual Adventures in Citizenship competition.
Court explains why teen ganja-user was jailed
A ganja user was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment after Chief Magistrate Margaret Ramsay-Hale tried working with him in her informal drug court.
Pirates plunder treasure chest
The DDO-CML Pirates were at the top of their ball hockey game this season.
Police: Shots fired at person, not house
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said bullets that hit a home on
Sea View Road Saturday morning were being fired at a person in the
street, not at the structure itself.
Be aware of birds of spring
Fledglings by contrast are mostly
covered in feathers, with little if any down left on their bodies.
Top 14 movies for the 14th
These are the top 14 romantic
movies for the 14th of February - Valentine's Day.
Bigamy charge sent to Grand Court
Janet Ann Ebanks Sampson was
committed to stand trial in Grand Court on a charge of bigamy after the
magistrate was advised that a preliminary inquiry is no longer necessary for
"Grand Court only" charges.
Magistrate queries Gambling Law
A repeat offence involving sale of
lottery tickets prompted Magistrate Nova Hall to question the level of
penalties prescribed in the Gambling Law.
Bahrain promises media freedoms
Bahrain’s leaders
promised Sunday to expand media freedoms in another apparent attempt to quell
plans for the first major anti-government protests in the Gulf since the
uprising in Egypt.
Super Bowl hassle
Super Bowl story
Huge lawsuits against accountants, attorney general
Lewis Rowe, who was found not guilty of crimes involving the Cash4Titles Ponzi scheme, has sued the attorney general, Ernst & Young’s Regional Managing Partner Daniel Scott, and G. James Cleaver and Richard Fogerty, previously with Ernst & Young and now with Zolfo Cooper.
JPMorgan fights back
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. wants to move a lawsuit
by the trustee seeking to recover assets for victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud
out of bankruptcy court, saying the $6.4 billion lawsuit is an "enormous
backdoor class action."
Taylor continues to boycott trial
A
boycott has dampened expectations that an important war crimes trial would
conclude this week.
All Stars can dazzle Unity
Netball preview
Beach attacks raise concern
Separate attacks on visitors along with seven robberies start off the New Year on Grand Cayman.
2 charged in resort incident
Robert Lewis Terry and Matthew Joseph Henry appeared in Summary Court charged in connection with an incident last week at the Caribbean Club.
Letters to the Editor: Get student athletes involved
There was little or no crowd support at last year’s championships no doubt caused by the decision that non-participating students could not attend to cheer.
Trials net many young dribblers
Basketball tryouts update
Prospect champs in thriller
Prospect Primary are school champs
Brac Catholic church dedicated
Stella Maris, the first catholic church in Cayman Brac, was dedicated on Saturday in the presence of over 200 well-wishers.
Elements nightclub opens
A new nightclub has opened in The Strand.
All action Brad settled quickly
Brad Galbraith has made quite a name for himself in the sports community.
FOI Law ignored again
For the third time in four months, Cayman’s Information Commissioner has ruled that the Ministry of Finance, Tourism and Development ‘failed to comply’ with several sections of the Freedom of Information Law and regulations.
Man who missed trial in 2002, returns, granted bail
Mark Kayne Bush was granted bail after two weeks in custody for failing to surrender for his trial in May 2002.
Trespass charges in resort incident
A reported disturbance at the
Caribbean Club last week has led to weapons possession and criminal
trespassing charges against the men police said were involved.
Wikileaks founder fights back
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in court for a showdown with Swedish authorities to fight an extradition bid over sex crimes allegations.
Rashaad’s technical aspirations
Basketball
teenager’s aspirations
Seven years for wounding
Albert Orlando
Seymour, 24, was sentenced on 1 February to seven years imprisonment for
wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. After trial in December, a
Grand Court jury found him not guilty of attempted murder but guilty of the
wounding charge.
Art for all ages at Governors
2011 Art@Governors takes place Saturday.
Cayman braces for World Cup
Indoor football preview
Cocaine offence nets 12 years
Stephen Edward Whittaker, 28, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment after pleading guiltyto charges involving 13.9 ounces of cocaine.
Local novel reads like movie
Sheldon M. Brown has written an action-packed novel about the inner workings of regional drug trade with Caribbean Cartels.
Letters to the Editor: An unsatisfactory work experience
What power does the CLB have or what incentive does an employee have to report any wrong doing from a company?
Pub lady wins round one in cheaper football fight
A Hampshire landlady has taken a step forward in her fight to use foreign broadcasters to show football in her pub.
UK petrol retailers accused of ripping off motorists
UK petrol prices should be falling
and not rising steadily, according to a new report by the AA.The motoring organisation says the
wholesale cost of petrol...
Arrests in teen lashing death
Four men have been arrested in Bangladesh after a teenage girl accused of having an affair died after being publically lashed.
Above the Net primed to repeat
District volleyball preview
Tranquility, romance at The Reef
The Reef in East End is an ideal weekend getaway. Sun, sea and tranquility are a recipe for romance.
Top riders tested to their limits
The recently launched 53//11 Crankers cycling club hosted its first event recently.
Sureties must pay $40,000 after man skips bail, leaves
Two people who signed as sureties for Richard Robert Hurlstone have to pay $20,000 each because the defendant did not comply with conditions of his bail.
Sex tapes land Indonesian pop star in jail
An Indonesian pop
star who rocked the predominantly Muslim nation after his homemade sex tapes
found their way to the internet was been sentenced to three years in jail.
Deloitte stocks up for playoffs
Ball hockey preview
Flames and Valour are blazing
Women's hoops launches off.
Gordon eyes Maples success
Maples netball preview
Love has lasted over 70 years
William and Coriel Powery have weathered decades filled with good and bad times side by side.
Wendy sparkles at basketball
Sparks U19 title
Lehman amends bankruptcy plan
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. t
unveiled details of a new plan to distribute its assets, a proposal that would
give creditors a better recovery than the investment bank's original plan
disclosed last April.
Scotland’s swinging Sheridan jailed, again
Disgraced politician
Tommy Sheridan is behind bars, jailed for three years for perjury.
RCIPS reveals statute barred cases
Nature of statute barred cased revealed, as well as reasons the cases did not make it to court.
Russian leaders want revenge
Russian leaders have attacked airport security in the wake of a deadly suicide bombing that killed dozens and injured scores of others.
Christmas Island shipwreck charges
Australian authorities have charged three Indonesians with people-smuggling over a shipwreck that killed about 50 asylum seekers.
Theft of $100,000 charged in robbery at Money Express
Sanjay Andre Burrell, who had worked at Reggae Money Express, and Joseph Lloyd Suberan were charged with theft of over $100,000 from the business in what was originally reported as a robbery on 15 January.
Meet newest National Heroes
Cayman names five new National
Heroes in a ceremony on Monday, 24 January.
Guilty pleas for attack on woman
Chief Magistrate Margaret Ramsay-Hale imposed consecutive sentences for a total of five years after Chad Anglin pleaded guilty to wounding and indecent assault.
He’ll make a Stark difference
Glenn Stark profile
Former banker secrecy battle continues
Swiss police have re-arrested a former banker on fresh charges of breaching
bank secrecy laws by passing data to WikiLeaks.
Third arrest in Money Express robbery, cash, gun recovered
Police arrested a third person in connection with the Reggae Money Express robbery and recovered a substantial amount of cash.
Street version really got rolling
Street hockey round up
FOI office rejects ‘vexatious’ applicant’s repeated requests
An FOI applicant 'abused' Cayman's open records process, according to the information commissioner.
Olympic hopefuls can start focusing on gold again
Track meet on Saturday
LA passes seven bills in four days
During four days of marathon meetings, the Legislative Assembly passed seven bills into law last week.
Redomiciliations up in 2010
In 20101 the transfer of registered companies to and from other jurisdictions increased slightly in the Cayman Islands, but remained lower than in 2008.
“Whistleblower” avoids jail sentence at Swiss trial
Former Swiss
banker turned whistleblower Rudolf Elmer was
fined
7,200 Swiss francs, but avoided a possible
eight month
jail sentence.
All Stars and Roma B square up
Netball sees an umpire course this month.
Editorial for January 18: Complainers
The Cayman Islands Governor’s Office is looking into some complaints from the former leaders of the Operation Tempura corruption investigation.
Lady Wolves hunting the pack
The Lady Wolves are a new basketball team.
Editorial for January 17: Time to solve legal aid issue
Once
again the subject of legal aid has arisen in the Cayman Islands.
