10th Annual International Powerlifting Championships in Cayman Islands commence Wed (25)
The 10th Annual International Powerlifting Federation / North American Regional Powerlifting Championships is set to power off today at the Westin Hotel, George Town, Grand Cayman Islands with Guyana’s hopes of medaling pinned on Anis Ade-Thomas, the reigning Under-23 Caribbean…
Greek Olympian Papachristou expelled for ‘racist tweet’
Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou has been expelled from her country’s Olympic team over comments she posted on Twitter which were deemed racist. Papachristou was due to compete in the London 2012 Games, which officially start this Friday. But the…
Nine Olympic Athletes Banned for Doping Offenses
A total of nine athletes, including Olympic bronze medalist Nataliya Tobias, have tested positive for “sophisticated doping” offenses, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has confirmed. Six of those athletes were caught using a new “biological passport” method, which…
Iraq suffers deadliest day of 2012 as 103 are killed
The number of dead in a wave of attacks across Iraq on Monday has risen to 103, authorities said Tuesday, making it the deadliest day in the country this year, according to a CNN count. The attacks wounded 267 people,…
The Dollars and Sense of Tax Havens: The Necessity of the Offshore Economy
by Andrew Barr The recent controversies over the lack of transparency of Mitt Romney’s 2012 tax returns and the existence of several offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland raise important questions on the role tax havens play in…
Court expert faces arrest after fleeing Malta, contaminates evidence
The Magistrates’ Court was told today how a British national, who was appointed as an expert to retrieve and examine 300 security tapes from the Casinò di Venezia in Birgu, had decided to leave the island, abandoning the evidence and…
