Broad and Swann help England take charge
Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann each took three wickets as England took charge of the second Test against Pakistan on day one in Abu Dhabi. Broad (3-47) bowled both Younus Khan and Azhar Ali after lunch to leave the hosts…
Magic spells
All over the world and for many years civilisations have relied on their faith in spiritual or mystical powers to accomplish truly amazing feats. Long before modern medicine came on the scene, most health concerns were executed by applying spirituality,…
What personality type are you?
What is your personality? Some people talk, react, judge and act exactly as they have seen and taught. They hate original and new ideas calling them dangerous. Then there are people who live life dangerously. They want to break every…
iThought for January 26, 2012
The injury of the unjust should not please you, knowing that, until they are in hell, the impious will not please. Ecclesiasticus 9:17
My Special Memory of Trella Sanon nee Myles
I first met Trella on the first day of the opening of Cayman Islands High School in 1949. Immediately she and I bonded and became the best of friends and great High School buddies. Trella and I were both very…
The Editor Speaks: “Is this really Cayman? Is this the country where I was born?”
I have lived here thirty years. 44% of my life. If I am appalled that a serving policeman’s house in West Bay was shot up in the early hours of last Sunday (22) this must be absolutely shocking and beyond…
Missing detainees still at large
Two Cuban detainees who escaped from the Immigration Detention facility remain at large, officials said yesterday. Rafael Hidalgo Figueredo and Fernando Figueredo Corrales, escaped on Sunday, 22 January, from the centre on Fairbanks Avenue. The public is reminded that it…
Hospital must pay $1M to Garth Brooks
CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma hospital in Garth Brooks’ hometown must pay $1 million to the country singer because it failed to build a women’s health centre in honour of his late mother, jurors ruled Tuesday evening. Jurors ruled…
Golf Tournament raises funds for Special Olympics
More than 140 players helped raise funds for the Special Olympics in the Cayman Islands, by taking part in the Eric Crutchley Annual Golf Tournament at the North Sound Golf Club. Special Olympics Fundraising Director, Vanessa Hansen, explained the origins of…
Thousands of phonebooks kept out of landfill
Students in Grand Cayman showed what it takes to recycle more than 20,000 outdated phone directories during the recent Yellow2Green Recycling Programme developed by the Cayman Islands Yellow Pages. This year 15 Primary Schools participated in the programme, including Cayman…