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Day: March 7, 2012

Message from Minister of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing – Hon. Mike Adam, MBE, JP

International Women’s Day – 8 March 2012 March 8th marks 101 years of the worldwide observance of International Women’s Day. The day serves as a powerful reminder to honour the achievements and struggles of women. This year’s theme is Connecting…

Pimentels’ ponderous paws

George Town residents, Carlos and Fiona Pimentel, have benefited from an abundance of paw paw from a tree in their back yard. Although the fruit is common throughout the Cayman Islands, the number produced and the size of the harvest…

Actress sues over IMBD age reveal

SEATTLE (AP) — An actress who filed an anonymous lawsuit against Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database for revealing her age identified herself. Huong Hoang of Texas, may be better known by her stage name, Junie Hoang. She has appeared…

The Cancer Within

Hello my people and residents of the Cayman Islands.  Over the years I have written many letters to the Press re my own views of our community, and giving suggestions on what I have experienced growing and living in these…

Govt rejects no-handshake advice for UK Olympians

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Tuesday rejected a warning by the Olympic team’s top doctor that athletes should avoid shaking hands at the London Games. The British Olympic Association’s chief medical officer had said athletes should avoid physical…

Pete Ribbins swim meet makes waves

Children aged from toddlers up to 17-years old jumped into the water at the Lions Pool, George Town for the Pete Ribbins Memorial Consolidated Water Meet. The annual swim meet – the biggest and most popular on the island, takes…

Walkers sells Walkers Management Services to Intertrust

Following a comprehensive strategic review of the Walkers Group, Walkers has sold its management services business to Intertrust Group Holding S.A. (“Intertrust”). Walkers Management Services provides corporate, fiduciary and company secretarial services from the world’s leading financial centres – the…

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iThought for March 7, 2012

Son, preserve your soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its merit. Ecclesiaticus 10:31

Lenny Dykstra gets three years in California prison

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced ex-New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra on Monday was sentenced to three years in a California state prison after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. Los Angeles…