Oxford exploitation trial: Girl ‘became sex slave aged 11’
A girl has told the Old Bailey how she was seduced and turned into a sex slave by an older man at the age of 11. The witness, now 19, was giving evidence at the trial of nine men accused…
Prince Philip cracks Filipino nurse joke
The Duke of Edinburgh told a Filipino nurse her country must be “half empty”, because so many of her compatriots have come to the UK to work for the NHS. He made the remark during a visit to Luton and…
Cosmos may be ‘inherently unstable’
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Boston Scientists say they may be able to determine the eventual fate of the cosmos as they probe the properties of the Higgs boson. A concept known as vacuum instability could result, billions…
UK, Isle of Man agree action plan against offshore tax evaders
Tom Burroughes Wealth Briefing Group Editor in London The UK government and authorities in the Isle of Man, the British Crown dependency, have agreed on action to clamp down on offshore tax evaders. The agreement involves an automatic tax information…
Facebook Graph Search for Hotels
by Frank Zamora, Senior Paid Search Analyst Small and medium size hotels are facing a financial crunch based on the state of the world economy that is having a negative effect on the tourism industry worldwide. Thus, many of them…
How much bigger can container ships get?
By William Kremer BBC World Service The world’s cargo ships are getting big, really big. No surprise, perhaps, given the volume of goods produced in Asia and consumed in Europe and the US. But are these giant symbols of the…
Arctic Ice Hasn’t Disappeared as Predicted
A leading climate scientist predicted that the Arctic would be ice-free in five years — five years ago. An article in The Guardian published in August 2008 reported the Professor Wieslaw Maslowski of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey Calif.,…
The unique benefits of each social platform
by Eileen Bernardo The following article sent to us for publication by PRCaribbean will give you the data that will help those who are still on the sidelines, not using social media on a daily or weekly basis. Businesses today…
The Editor Speaks: Thank you Mac for the laugh of the week
I am still laughing. Lots. I have to thank our ex-premier (and as he likes to be now known, Cayman’s First Premier), McKeeva Bush, for making it happen. I was with the cheerful Eastern Avenue “boys” and Mac supporters on…
NCC Endorsed Contracts –January 2013
NCC Endorsed Contracts –January 2013The following contract award recommendations have been endorsed and/or approved by the National Contracts Commission (NCC) during January 2013, for award, under the powers which are reserved to the NCC by Sections 23D(1)(b) & (c) of…
