Hostility to Jamaican Church hospital
The Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands are alarmed at a claim their hospital’s land may be confiscated for other purposes. The Nuttall Memorial Hospital, which is a privately run medical facility in Jamaica, is currently managed and operated…
Dangerous Hurricane Irene heading for North Carolina coast
Hurricane Irene tracked across the northwestern Bahamas yesterday and gusty winds and rain affected parts of central Florida. In the Bahamas, the Cat. 3 hurricane knocked down trees and tore roofs off buildings. Officials are accessing the damage after winds…
Bob Marley
Our story yesterday (Thu) that songs by the reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, who practiced Rastafarianism, will appear in new Anglican Church hymnals in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, has produced much debate on the local air waves….
Choosing Fish Low in Mercury
Brandi Propas is the newest addition to the International Medical Group. She is a registered dietician and her services are a welcome complement to the clinic. Heard that fish is good for you but concerned about the mercury levels? Don’t…
Police: Pa. newlyweds shoplifted reception food
CENTRE HALL, Pa. (AP) — A couple of Pennsylvania newlyweds are behind bars after police say they were caught shoplifting food from a supermarket for their wedding reception. The Centre Daily Times reports 32-year-old Arthur Phillips III and his bride,…
Dart deal…What Dart deal?
Governor Duncan Taylor has neither seen nor signed any applications to allow elected officials to trade any crown land to Dart Realty for a multi-million-dollar series of infrastructure projects. While Premier McKeeva Bush has said government and Dart Realty have…
Russians search for crashed spaceship in Siberia
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency workers are using helicopters Thursday in their search for the wreckage of the unmanned supply ship that crashed and exploded in a forested area in Siberia. The spaceship was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in…
Pa. school district backs off on skinny jeans ban
CATASAUQUA, Pa. (AP) — Students in a Pennsylvania school district have gotten approval to remain fashion forward. The Morning Call of Allentown reports that Catasauqua Area School District approved a revised dress code this week. It allows students to wear…
WE ARE SAILING!
As part of the preparations for Race Cayman 2012, the Cayman Islands Sailing Club held a week long Optimist sailing clinic. Six of our local sailors were joined by three sailors from Jamaica. Head Coach Raph Harvey ran the clinic…
Cayman Cricketers start with a bang
The Caymanian U-15 cricketers dismissed five Bahamian batsmen before they could make a single run on Day 2 of their four-match tour. The fourteen-man squad who participated in the Americas U-15 Central Division Championship, in Nassau Bahamas, are dominating the…
