Lindsay crowned Miss Cayman 2011
Lindsay Japal has been crowned Miss Cayman 2011. The 23 year old from George Town lifted the prize in front of a packed audience at the Lion’s Centre late on Saturday night. Runners up were Janelle Muttoo and Crystal Tomlinson….
Prep for Success Recipes
Cayman Prep and High School have produced a book of multi-cultural family recipes that everyone can enjoy. It was made possible through the selfless efforts of the parents of Cayman Prep students who worked tirelessly to see the project through…
Anne Part 53 “I shall like to think of my dear father’s books in your hands”
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson Anne returned to her room, and tried to sleep, but could not. Dawn found her at the window, wakeful and anxious. There was to be no sun that day, only…
Looters plunder $8.5M from Ivory Coast museum
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Looters stormed Ivory Coast’s national museum during the country’s bloody political crisis earlier this year, plundering nearly $8.5 million worth of art including the institution’s entire gold collection. Five months later, the museum’s gates still…
Tropical Storm Ophelia weakens and will steer clear of the Lesser Antilles
Ophelia has weakened considerably over the past 24 hours and is expected to become a Tropical Depression as the weekend draws near. However, if Ophelia passes through the shear that it is currently going through intact, weather and water conditions…
Downed plane reported in Ohio just water park prop
MASON, Ohio (AP) — A possible plane crash reported near an Ohio interstate turned out to be only a prop on the grounds of a water park. Media outlets report a passing motorist on Interstate 71 north of Cincinnati thought…
New movies to be compatible with UltraViolet view-anywhere system
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Corp.’s movie studio said Tuesday that “The Smurfs” and “Friends With Benefits” will be the first movies it releases on home video that will be compatible with the UltraViolet view- anywhere system. The movies will…
Facebook redesigns profiles, adds ‘timeline’
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is dramatically redesigning its users’ profile pages to create what CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is a “new way to express who you are.” Zuckerberg introduced the Facebook “timeline” Thursday in San Francisco at the company’s…
The Thalidomide tragedy
Today we are all aware that some diseases and medications can have adverse effects during pregnancy both for the mother and the unborn child. Unfortunately, this knowledge comes with a tragically high price, having come from one of the most…
The ‘dark hand’ and editorials
I have tried very hard to be positive and not negative in any of my editorials. When I was approached re buying one of the present newspapers (which didn’t happen) a germ of an idea formed in my head. The…
