Andy Murray beats Sergiy Stakhovsky at Barcelona Open
Second seed Andy Murray produced a clinical performance to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Barcelona Open. The world number four faced few problems as he overcame his Ukrainian opponent in 78 minutes. It was…
“Premier must resign” says Opposition MLA’s
Despite knowing they have very little chance of succeeding, the opposition members announced on Monday (23) they will file another ‘no confidence’ motion. I expect the Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush is now “quaking in his boots.” People’s Progressive Movement leader,…
Unauthorised biography spills Simon Cowell secrets
(AP) — He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home. A revealing new biography offers intimate – some might say too intimate – details about Simon Cowell, along with a…
Cayman Islands Chinese Corp sued for fraud
LAKE CHARLES, La. (CN) – Sinotech Energy, a Chinese oil-services company, and two of its top officers misled investors about its assets and how it would use $120 million from its IPO, and Sinotech’s chairman of the board, in a…
Jamaica forms gov’t task force to battle scams
(AP) — Jamaica announced a new government task force Thursday to fight proliferating lottery scams that have made the Caribbean country a centre for international telemarketing fraud. The Jamaican and U.S. governments already have a 3-year-old joint task force that…
Economic Surveys Continuing
The Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) is urging local businesses to fill out and return questionnaires for the System of National Accounts (SNA) and Balance of Payments (BOP) surveys by Friday April 27. ESO officials sent a total of 3,515…
Nassau Grouper recovery efforts put Cayman Islands on the World Conservation Map
GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN—APRIL 16, 2012— Recent scientific evidence shows that a ten-year effort to protect the spawning aggregation sites for the endangered Nassau Grouper has resulted in a growing and healthy population of the species on the reefs near…
RBC finance rep found guilty of stealing
Erick Adam, son of Mike Adam the Community Affairs Minister, and a former employee of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), was found guilty by jury on Monday (23) of stealing more than US$29,000 from a customer’s account. Adam, who was…
The Editor Speaks: Well done Alden
It is an unusual event for me to applaud our leader of the opposition Hon. Alden McLaughlin for at last ending his comparative silence on serious governmental matters, allowing the single independent North Side MLA, Ezzard Miller, to do all…
Oil prices climb on German confidence, US earnings
Encouraging news about business confidence in Germany helped drive oil prices higher Friday. It was a respite from persistent worries about weaker energy demand as Europe’s debt crisis still hangs in the air. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 78 cents to…
