Queen Elizabeth II to gradually hand over charge to Prince Charles?
From The Times of India Queen Elizabeth II turns 88 in April and, since suffering a bout of ill-health last spring, has steadily been shifting responsibility to younger generations of the royal family. LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II seems set…
HMRC issues letters to Cayman Islands evaders
By Calum Fuller From Accountancy Age HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS has issued letters to individuals it believes hold bank accounts in the Cayman Islands, in order to encourage them to come forward and disclose any previously undeclared income and capital…
Why heroin use is skyrocketing across the US
By Pamela Engel From Business Insider Heroin abuse has been getting more attention lately. Last week, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin spent his entire 34-minute State of the State address talking about the state’s “full-blown heroin crisis,” and law enforcement officials…
Follow the honey: can we save the bees by tracking them?
By Chris Yaylor From Mashable Colony Collapse Disorder may sound like the name of a dystopian science fiction novel, but it’s a real and present danger to the planet. For years, honey bees around the globe have been wandering from…
Man suing Unilever after toothpaste failed to help him attract all the single ladies
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist Can’t get a date with any pretty singles after seven years of flashing your best and brightest smile? Maybe it’s not your personality or your antique doll collection hanging out on your bed. One…
Global Anti-Corruption Rating Agency head to open UCCI Ethics Conference
From Jamaica Observer THE head of the organisation that rates governments worldwide on anti-corruption will open the University College of the Cayman Islands’ (UCCI’s) March 2014 Caribbean ethics and values conference. Dr Huguette Labelle is the chair of the Board…
Pike Place Market
33 reasons why Pike Place is the best market in America By Harrison Jacobs ALL PHOTOS: Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider except 1 (noted) Seattle’s Pike Place Market may not be the oldest farmer’s market in America, but it is often rated…
Britain’s BG Group gets environmental license for Honduras oil drilling
From, Global Post Tegucigalpa, Jan 18 (EFE).- Honduras’ government has given Britain’s BG Group a four-year environmental license for an oil and gas block in the country’s Caribbean region. The license grants BG Group the right to carry out exploratory…
Selling Caribbean Citizenship
By David Jessop From Guyanese Online News Americas, LONDON, England: Governments in North America and Europe are beginning to look more closely at citizenship for investment schemes, after a small but growing number of incidents have raised concerns about who…
Southwest pilots who landed at wrong airport say they were confused by runway lights
From HUFF POST Chicago WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – The pilots of a Southwest Airlines plane that landed at the wrong airport in Missouri this week told investigators they mistook the bright runway lights of a smaller airport for their…
