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Soccer boss tipped to land CONCACAF President’s position Cayman Islands football supremo Jeff Webb has emerged as favourite to take over from controversial former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner. Webb, current President of CIFA, is being lined up as the next President of…
The Editor Speaks: Robbery, scam, conservation, threat and Chinese
It is a right mixed bag to comment on today and unfortunately nothing good. Our scum of society robbed a George Town pharmacy on Monday at gunpoint, terrifying the shop assistants before making off with some money. They obviously are…
Carroll is happy at Liverpool says agent
Newcastle United and Andy Carroll’s agent have played down speculation the England international will return to Tyneside this month. Carroll became the most expensive British player when he joined Liverpool for £35 million last January but has failed to settle…
Injury blow for Dean
Young Caymanian skier Dean Travers has been dealt a cruel injury blow ahead of the Youth Winter Olympics. Dean should have been flying the flag for the islands at the Inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsburck, Austria next week….
New Chief Magistrate marks opening
Marking the opening of the new judicial year, Chief Justice Anthony Smellie yesterday appointed Nova Hall as Chief Magistrate, replacing the departed Margaret Ramsay-Hale. In a speech from the bench celebrating the start of the 2012 judicial year, the Chef…
John Gray United Church Christmas Cantata
CHRIST Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6): “DOWN FROM HIS GLORY” I was so pleased when Kathy Jackson, choir director and organist of John Gray United Church, West Bay, called to invite me to their Christmas Cantata being sung on Sunday…
New snake in Tanzania: ‘Fierce, probably venomous’
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world’s newest snake has menacing-looking yellow and black scales, dull green eyes and two spiky horns. And it’s named after a seven-year-old girl. Matilda’s Horned Viper was discovered in a small patch of southwest Tanzania…
Grouper ban extended for eight more years
The Nassau Grouper fishing ban in the Cayman Islands has been extended for eight more years. The ban on fishing Nassau grouper from aggregate sites around the Cayman Islands has been extended another eight years. “Currently the fishing of spawning…
CNCF awards grants to artists and organisations
The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) presented grants to help several local organisations and individual artists pursue their work. The monetary awards, in the range of up to CI$1000 for individuals or CI$3000 for organisations, are presented twice a year,…
Mexico kingpin Guzman ‘world’s most powerful’
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department called Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman “the world’s most powerful drug trafficker” Tuesday. The fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader also got a boost from Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo, who said…
