Austria police find body after siege
From BBC The BBC’s Bethany Bell says the gunman is believed to be dead Austrian police have found a body they believe is a man suspected of shooting dead three policemen and a paramedic. The charred body was discovered at…
International Day of Peace
The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with its opening session, which was held annually on the third Tuesday of September. The first Peace Day was observed in September 1982….
French anger as jeweller charged with murder of thief
From BBC Anger is growing in France after a jeweller who shot and killed a teenage robber in the southern city of Nice was charged with voluntary homicide. Stephan Turk, 67, shot Anthony Asli in the back on Wednesday as…
Rotary Sunrise donates dictionaries to Cayman Islands’ Schools
For the third year in a row service club Rotary Sunrise has delivered over 600 dictionaries to year seven students at all government and private schools in the Cayman Islands. Rotary Sunrise President JD Mosley-Matchett and Literacy Committee Member Woody…
Puerto Rico reveals record deficit from FY 2012
By Danica Coto / Associated Press / From Boston.com SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Government officials have revealed that Puerto Rico’s overall deficit stood at a record $39 billion in the past fiscal year, adding to gloom over the…
Hot welcome in North Side for new Governor
On Friday 13 September, Governor Helen Kilpatrick met the residents of North Side over a dinner of fried fish and fritters at the Craddock Ebanks Civic Centre. After the dinner Mrs Kilpatrick walked to each table to introduce herself to…
Alternative therapies for a troublesome side effect: hot flashes
From John Hopkins Health Alerts A number of complementary and alternative therapies have been touted as providing effective relief for hot flashes caused by androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). This Health Alert focuses on two of them: acupuncture and dietary supplements….
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Funds adopt sophisticated governance solutions to meet business challenges
By DMS Offshore Investment Services George Town, Cayman Islands/PRNewswire/ — In order to serve their stakeholders interests and moving beyond the friction of limited service providers to more widely-adopted institutional protocols, fund sponsors are upgrading to more sophisticated fund governance…
Dhaka factory collapse: No compensation without DNA identification
By Jane Deith BBC News, Dhaka Earlier this year a Bangladesh clothes factory collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. Five months later, many of the dead have yet to be identified – prolonging the anguish for relatives, and denying them…
