Three killed in shooting near Texas campus
Three people – a police officer, a civilian and a gunman – have died in a shooting near a university in the US state of Texas, police say. Several others have been admitted to hospital after being wounded in the…
Emails told of fears over EADS unexplained payments to the Cayman Islands
By Carola Hoyos, Financial Times Senior executives of pan-European defence group EADS were alerted five years ago about questionable payments made by one of its subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia to an account in the Cayman Islands that is now the…
Norway massacre could have been avoided
By Richard Allen Greene, CNN The bomb and gun rampage that left 77 people dead in Norway last summer could have been avoided, an independent report found Monday. Anders Behring Breivik is on trial in the bombing in central Oslo…
Nasa Mars Curiosity rover ships back detailed crater images
NASA’s Curiosity rover has shipped back to Earth high-resolution color images of its surroundings on Mars, sharpening our views of an intriguing channel, layered buttes and a layer of cobbles and pebbles embedded in a finer matrix of material. The…
Syria crisis: Rebels ‘shoot down’ warplane
Syrian rebels have produced footage of a man they claim is the captured pilot of a fighter jet that went down in the east of the country. The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) say they shot a military aircraft down…
Surprising Nutrient Deficiency Linked to Osteoporosis
By Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD* When most people think of osteoporosis, they assume it is caused by a calcium deficiency. While there’s no doubt that calcium plays a role in the disease, the incidence of osteoporosis is highest in countries…
What are Drug Rehabilitation Centres?
There has been some talk about a drug rehabilitation centre being built here in the Cayman Islands. It makes much sense with the location so close to the USA and an island paradise, too. But what exactly is a drug…
Sarasota, Grand Cayman investor completes land buy from city
By: Gulf Coast Business Review August 09, 2012 BUYER: SRQ Land LLC (SRQ Land Limited and Michael Schafer), Sarasota SELLER: City of Sarasota PROPERTY: 12222 and 12500 Fruitville Road and additional land, Sarasota PRICE: $2 million LAW FIRM ON DEED:…
Grand Cayman’s QEII Botanic Park
Jan Hintze August 12, 2012 A few days ago I was on Grand Cayman Island, on my way to Panama for the Heliconia Society International Conference and my daughter took me to visit this garden. It is just beautiful,…
Secretary Blennies and Christmas Trees on Grand Cayman
by Frans De Backer The Secretary Blenny is a small, tube-dwelling blenny that is identified by its brownish to green delicate patterns. Averaging at a size of around one inch in length, Secretary Blennies are difficult to spot when hidden…
