Jamaican Binnie reigns supreme by beating Cayman’s Stafford
From The Gleaner All went according to plan for Jamaican squash ace, Chris Binnie, who won the men’s title at the 2012 Caribbean Area Squash Association’s (CASA) Senior Championships in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night. The reigning All Jamaica…
Cayman Islands To Face BBF, Mexico & ES in Centrobasket U-15 Championship
By Renaldo Dorsett, tribune media Dubbed the “future of the Bahamas Basketball Federation” and its national team development, the BBF will field one of its youngest men’s national teams in recent years, as they prepare for competition against several regional…
Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt sprint to Diamond League victories
Yohan Blake ran the joint-third fastest time in 100m history as fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt eased to 200m victory in the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne. Olympic silver medallist Blake ran 9.69 seconds, beating American Tyson Gay into second place….
India cricket: Middle-order retirements are end of era
India’s ongoing first Test match against New Zealand at Hyderabad marks the end of an era. The recent retirements of VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid – and Saurav Ganguly before them in 2008 – means that its fabled middle order…
Jordanian Paralympian sex charge trio to miss Games
The three members of the Jordanian Paralympian squad facing sex charges have been pulled out of this year’s Paralympic Games. Faisal Hammash, Omar Sami Qaradhi and Motaz Al-Junadi are charged with sex offences in Antrim. Locog said they had been…
Phyllis Diller, Sassy Comedian, Dies at 95
US comedian Phyllis Diller, a staple of stand-up and television, has died at the age of 95. Her former manager, Milton Suchin, said Diller died on Monday (20) morning in Los Angeles “peacefully in her sleep with a smile on…
GM Goes From Bad to Worse Despite Obama Bailout
A Commentary By Michael Barone from Rasmussen reports Readers with long memories may recall that Charles E. Wilson, president of General Motors and nominee for secretary of defense, got into trouble when he told a Senate committee, “What is good…
Gambia vows to execute all death row inmates by September, sparking outcry
By Faith Karimi, CNN Gambia plans to execute all death row prisoners by September, the president said this week, sparking condemnation from human rights groups worldwide. The tiny West African nation last executed an inmate about 30 years ago. It…
KRyS Global Appoints Edwards (from Cayman Islands)
KRyS Global, a firm dedicated to corporate recovery, insolvency, forensic accounting and business advisory services, today announces two new appointments within its Bermuda office. Wesley Edwards has been appointed Senior Manager and Rahlemah Robinson joins the team as Office Manager….
Releasing millions of GM mosquitoes – into the unknown. No risk assessments published in Cayman Islands
by Helen Wallace Millions of GM mosquitoes are being released into countries including Brazil in an attempt to tackle dengue fever, but one campaigner questions whether the experiments are driven by public health concerns or profit British biotech company Oxitec…
