FIFA begins hearing Caribbean bribery cases
ZURICH (AP) — The latest wave of FIFA election bribery cases began yesterday, as 15 Caribbean soccer officials started explaining their part in an alleged plot involving former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam. FIFA said its ethics committee would hear…
No luxury for Brit Bobbies
The police officers here from the UK to fight crime will not be living in five-star luxury – but instead will stay in low-cost accommodation, the governor has revealed. Around 20 detectives from Merseyside and the North West of England…
MAC SUES HURLEY’S: Bush takes action over media slurs
Saying, “enough is enough”, Premier McKeeva Bush has filed suit in the Grand Court charging Hurley’s Entertainment, its owner Randy Merren and former MLA Daphne Orrett, with defamation in May this year. At the same time, Mr Bush last Monday…
Anne – Part 64
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson “They were not pastors, but rectors, and the misuse of the terms grated on the chaplain’s Anglican ear.” The betrothal seemed to her quite natural; Rast and Anne had always…
Driving licensing requirements when migrating to Canada
Notice to Canadian citizens and/or persons seeking to reside and drive a motor vehicle in Canada: It is mandatory that persons migrating to Canada first obtain a letter from the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing outlining their drivers licence…
Woman hatched plan to steal baby
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Desperate to give her boyfriend a son but unable to conceive, Annette Morales-Rodriguez faked a pregnancy for months, court documents say, then began trolling Milwaukee’s streets for pregnant women in hopes of stealing an unborn baby. After…
Shetty gets award
Dr Devi Shetty, the Indian heart surgeon who is building a health city in the Cayman Island has won The Economist’s 2011 award for business-process innovation. The magazine acknowledged Dr Devi Shetty’s skill as a surgeon but said his innovative…
Eva Longoria backs migrant doc
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eva Longoria says she lent her support to “The Harvest,” a documentary about child migrant laborers, not just because of her Latin American roots but also because she wants to know where her food comes from…
