Nonprofits: Cayman Islands of political money
By Julie Bykowicz, Political Capital, Bloomberg Social welfare nonprofits, which can keep their donors secret, are a lot like Russian nesting dolls: Open one, and you’ll find a smaller version inside. That’s what courts in California discovered last year when…
New social network unites global community of 20 million creative professionals
A new social network taking two years and almost €1 million to develop was launched today in the heart of Bohemian Prague. ‘Toadsquare’ aims to unite the world’s 20 million creative professionals – artists, photographers, filmmakers, scriptwriters, designers – and…
Tributes pour in for Consuelo Ebanks at Thanksgiving Service
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Anna Consuelo Ebanks nee Yates was held at South Sound Community Centre last Sunday (19). The Community Centre could not hold all the persons who turned up to pay their respects to…
FIFA’s house of lies
By Camini Marajh Head Investigative Desk, Trinidad Express Newspapers FIFA president Sepp Blatter was less than truthful when he claimed that the world governing body for football was unaware that the Jack Warner-created and controlled Caribbean Football Union (CFU) had…
Harvard University Announces : Free tuition for low-income families
by Sharon Chambers Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard’s president Lawrence H. Summers said, “When only ten percent of the students in…
AA plane diverted to Cayman had fuel bypass problems
From AeroInside An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N817NN performing flight AA-2173 from Miami,FL (USA) to Panama City (Panama) with 147 passengers, was enroute near Grand Cayman Island (Cayman Islands) when the crew reported a fuel bypass indication (engine CFM56)…
The Met gagged Leveson Inquiry over claims that senior police officer sold secrets to the News of the World
From London Evening Standard Campaigning Labour MP calls on May to ensure vital documents were not withheld from probe The Met “gagged” the Leveson Inquiry from revealing intelligence that a very senior former police officer passed on sensitive information to…
Man kills himself inside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris
A 78-year-old man has killed himself inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in the French capital, police say, causing its evacuation. The man pulled out a shot-gun and shot himself through the mouth beside the main altar shortly after…
Treasure Hunt leads to underwater marriage proposal
By Eliza Murphy, ABC One man’s recent plan to pop the question took an adventurous lesson from “The Little Mermaid,” after he decided to go under the sea. “I booked a cruise for Christmas. It was a Christmas gift for…
OAS Cultural Heritage Initiative invites participation of Caribbean Delegates
The United States is a proud supporter of the Organisation of the American States (OAS) Cultural Heritage Project, and has allocated approximately $200 000 towards the initiative through the US Permanent Mission to the OAS. This was disclosed by Mr….
