Tortuga honoured at business awards
Miami, Fla., – Marcus and Monique Simmonds, owners of Tortuga Rum Cake Company/Tortuga Imports, Inc. were honoured as finalists in the 2011 Jamaica Observer Business Leader Awards, held November 30 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Started in 1996,…
Japan launches its 2nd spy satellite this year
TOKYO (AP) — Japan successfully put a spy satellite into orbit on Monday and expects to complete its network of intelligence-gathering satellites with another launch next year. Japan’s space agency, JAXA, said the launch from the remote southern island of…
Keep safe and sound at Christmas
The RCIP’s Christmas Cracker campaign is all about keeping you, your family and your belongings safe at Christmas time. The campaign featured an RCIPs officer posing as a burglar who was trying to get in to a home in West…
Dump can lower living costs
MLAs Ezzard Miller and Arden Mclean yesterday joined Anthony Eden in support of the Bodden Town coalition opposing relocation of the George Town landfill, saying waste-to-energy conversion would cure the site’s ills. “I don’t think we should abandon the single…
Cayman to take on Jamaica in cricket final
Cayman and Jamaica dominated the semifinals of the Challenge Trophy T/20 competitions and are set to meet on Sunday in what we expect will be a display of the stars. Cayman youngsters Zachary McLaughlin 51 and Omar Willis 34 provided…
US to leave Mexican border crossing to rangers
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence. This hardly seems a time the U.S. would be…
Lucy admitted as attorney
Lucy Sleep, who recently completed her articles at Maples and Calder, was admitted as an attorney-at-law by the Hon. Justice Alexander Henderson in the Grand Court, on 30 November. Ms. Sleep first joined Maples and Calder in 2000 as an…
Packers move to 13-0 with 46-16 win over Raiders
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Charles Woodson hasn’t played for the Oakland Raiders since 2005, so it wasn’t a particularly big deal for him to get an interception against his old team. Woodson and the rest of the Green Bay…
Christian Bale in China to promote Nanjing movie
BEIJING (AP) — Christian Bale was in Beijing on Monday to promote a movie about 13 young prostitutes set during Japanese army’s brutal rampaging of China’s wartime capital, known in the West as the “Rape of Nanking.” The Oscar winner…
Walkers announces retirement of Chairman
Grand Cayman – (December 9, 2011) – Leading international financial law firm Walkers announces that after an extremely distinguished career spanning almost 32 years with the firm, chairman Grant Stein has decided to retire on 30 June 2012. Having joined…
