Hubble captures extraordinary view of Universe
By Jonathon Amos BBC Science correspondent The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has produced one of its most extraordinary views of the Universe to date. Called the eXtreme Deep Field, the picture captures a mass of galaxies stretching back almost to…
Cayman Government cracks down on illegal public vending
Vendors who set up shop in public spaces – such as beaches – without a valid trade and business license are breaking the law and, as of 1 January 2013, they will be prosecuted under Section 163 of the Penal…
New Anglican Bishop of Montego Bay elected
The Venerable Leon Paul Golding, Archdeacon for the Montego Bay Region, was elected as the new Suffragan Bishop of Montego Bay by the more than 300 clergy and lay representatives of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands at…
Sen. Liu denies using Cayman Islands as a tax shelter
By Hazel Lodevico-To’o Sen. Carol Liu and her husband reportedly used a Cayman Islands tax shelter to avoid paying taxes on a $10 million windfall, but Liu calls her opponent’s tax evasion claims ‘baseless.’ Senator Carol Liu (D-La Canada Flintridge)…
Indebted Bulgarians Sell Their Homes to [Cayman Islands and other] offshore companies
The new scheme is meant to save their property from foreclosure Indebted Bulgarians have invented a new scheme to save their property from their creditors. They transfer their homes to offshore companies registered in the Cayman Islands, the Seychelles islands,…
Andy Williams, Moon River singer, dies aged 84
Singer Andy Williams, 84, has died at his home in Branson, Missouri, a year after being diagnosed with bladder cancer. He was best known for the song Moon River, the Oscar-winning song featured in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In…
British court halts extradition of Abu Hamza to the U.S.
By Al Arabiya with agencies A British high court judge on Wednesday halted the extradition of Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States after the radical Islamist preacher lodged a last-ditch legal appeal, the Judiciary Office said, according to AFP….
Greek police have fired tear gas to disperse anarchists throwing petrol bombs near parliament in Athens.
Dozens were arrested during the one-day strike against planned spending cuts of 11.5bn euros ($15bn; £9bn). It was the first union-led action since a conservative-led coalition came to power in June. The savings are a pre-condition to Greece receiving its…
CI Cadet Corp encourages female enrollment
Ten years after joining the Cadet Corps on secondment from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, Lieutenant Colonel Bobeth Daley-O’Garro is the first female Commandant in the Caribbean region; and at 31 years of age, was the second youngest female…
