Cat ‘arrested’ for break-in at Brazilian prison
A cat has been detained in the grounds of a jail in Brazil with contraband goods for prisoners strapped to its body with tape. The white cat was apprehended crossing the main prison gate. The incident took place at a…
Doha: A Fresh Start on Climate Change
By Terrence Murray, the Financialist Though the recent U.N. Climate Change Conference in Doha failed to establish a comprehensive climate change treaty, it successfully initiated the foundation for an agreement long sought by both scientists and the environmental community. In…
A Point of View: The British and their bizarre view of Americans
By Will Self BBC Magazine We lap up their culture, adopt their economics and are obsessed with the “special relationship”. So why do British people have such a confused – even negative – view of Americans, asks writer Will Self….
Nelson Mandela ‘has recovered from infection’
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has recovered from a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones, the government says. “President Mandela has made steady progress and… continues to improve,” President Jacob Zuma’s office said. Mr Mandela, 94, spent almost…
Offline Cayman Islands Map
From World Offline Maps: Cayman Islands offline map mobile application. All data is stored in the phone memory for offline usage. World Offline Maps company provides you with the amazing vector map mobile application, which allows you to browse maps…
The Best of The Financialist: Multimedia
From unique infographics and photo essays to video interviews with Credit Suisse experts about economic trends, some of The Financialist’s most notable work this year has been in the multimedia realm. Here, we highlight our favorite multimedia stories from 2012….
Cayman Islands will be going to Kissimmee, Florida
The Cayman Islands will be one of over 300 flag football teams from around the United States, Canada, Bahama Islands & Mexico competing in the 2012 42nd Annual USFTL National Flag Football Championships – Kissimmee, Florida, January 18, 19, &…
Superstorm Sandy and the importance of polar orbiting satellites in forecasting fore
by: Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground On the 23rd of October, the 18th named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Sandy, was born in the Central Caribbean. As is common for late-season storms in the Caribbean, Sandy…
New Cayman Islands app announced and its free
Got Money In The Cayman Islands? SpotCayman Helps You Find It And More Looking through the app store for a useful app to a destination can be daunting. With a slew of apps touting to be the most definitive and…
Syria’s Assad denounces ‘puppet’ opponents in TV address
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has delivered a rare TV address, denouncing his opponents as “enemies of God and puppets of the West”. He lamented the suffering of the people in the civil war, saying a “black cloud” of pain engulfed…
