Scotiabank robbed in broad daylight
Shortly before 11.45 yesterday (3 May) three masked men, two of whom were armed with what appeared to be firearms, entered Scotiabank in Cardinal Avenue, George Town. The RCIPS acted quickly and were on the scene within minutes but not…
Better Numbers for Better Health
The Minister of Health the Hon. Mark Scotland launched the country’s first-ever health risk factor survey – Healthy Nation 2012 – this week (Monday, 30 April) calling it a proud moment for his ministry. “This is the culmination of many…
USA fail, in the Cayman Islands, to make the 2013 World T20 Qualifier
Four wins from four matches was not enough for USA to clinch a spot in the 2013 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier as the team finished second to Canada in last week’s ICC Americas Women’s Twenty20 Championship in the Cayman…
Hooked on preventing diabetes
The Cayman Islands Angling Club and the Cayman Islands Diabetes Charitable Trust are once again hooking up for cause-related awareness and fundraising opportunity. The Cayman Islands International Fishing Tournament taking place May 1-8, 2012 is Cayman’s biggest fishing event held…
Cayman Islands’ manager’s questions cause Herbalife to tumble
Herbalife Ltd., the maker of nutritional supplements and weight-management products, fell the most in more than three years after hedge-fund manager David Einhorn asked executives why it has stopped providing information tracking certain groups of its distributors in its filings….
A trio of fighting Ebanks aim to be a hit in Brazil
The Ebanks trio head to Brazil this weekend for their final shot to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. Dariel Ebanks, Tafari Ebanks and Kendall Ebanks are team members of the Cayman Islands National Boxing and thanks to prior international…
Deal undone? Activist now wants to leave China
(AP) — The blind Chinese dissident who boldly fled house arrest and placed himself under the wing of U.S. diplomats balked Wednesday at a deal delicately worked out between the two countries to let him live freely in China, saying…
DEA apologises to college student left in cell
AP) — A college student picked up in a federal drug sweep in California was never arrested, never charged and should have been released. Instead, authorities say, he was forgotten in a holding cell for four days. Without food, water…
Sarkozy and Hollande accuse each other of lying in French debate
President Nicolas Sarkozy and his challenger Francois Hollande have gone head-to-head in their only TV debate of the French election campaign. Mr Sarkozy has defended his economic record, stressing that France has not had one term of recession since 2009…
