Cayman’s Brett Fraser wins 100 Free swim in New York
From Swimming World Magazine Badger Swim Club holds off New York Athletic Club postgrads to win Metropolitan Championships BRONX, New York, February 28. A few Olympians and national team members gave the Metropolitan senior short course winter championships a boost…
Billionaire Erbey fails to halt Ocwen slide on probe: Mortgages
By Kathleen M. Howley and Heather Perlberg from Bloomberg New York’s top banking regulator, Benjamin M. Lawsky, said yesterday that he’s probing… Read More Bernie Palmatier, who lives in a Victorian home he renovated in New Carlisle, Ohio, is one…
One billion people will watch ‘Son of God’ movie, Mark Burnett predicts
By Katherine Weber, Christian Post Producer Mark Burnett predicts that “a billion” people will see his new film “Son of God,” which opens in theaters today (28) [in the USA]. Burnett, who co-produced the film with his wife Roma Downey,…
Middle East terrorism strengthening in Caribbean basin
From Corey Pearson, CIA Spymaster in the Caribbean The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade discussed the expanding narco-terrorist trade throughout the Caribbean Basin, which includes Latin and South America. I offer this summation of…
Obama has four options for revamping NSA phone surveillance, and none are ideal
By Margaret Hartmann From New York Magazine In his speech last month on post-Snowden changes to the NSA, President Obama said, “The challenge is getting the details right, and that’s not simple.” That’s apparent from the options Obama administration lawyers…
Barbadian teacher retires after serving 21 Years in the Cayman Islands
(GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, March 1, 2014) Veteran Barbadian educator, Favourita Blanchard, has retired from a 21-year career in teaching in the Cayman Islands and is returning to Barbados. On Saturday, March 1, members of the Barbadian community in Cayman,…
Canada crackdown on citizenship fraud follows recall of former US St Vincent diplomat
From Caribbean360 Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said “ongoing large-scale” fraud investigations conducted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have identified more than 3,000 citizens and 5,000 permanent residents linked to major investigation OTTAWA, Canada, Sunday March…
Grenada government unable to pay arrears owed to public servants
From Caribbean360 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday February 28, 2014, CMC – The Grenada government says it will not be able to pay as schedule the EC$12 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) in retroactive payment to public servants. A…
Elections end in shouting…again
From Nicaragua Dispatch The CSE has been accused of rigging four of the last four elections And the Oscar for best lead actor in an electoral farce goes to….Roberto Rivas! (Unfortunately, Mr. Rivas couldn’t be here tonight to accept his…
Russia demands 2 Ukrainian warships surrender
From CBC News Russians issue ultimatum for surrender of 2 Ukrainian warships in Crimea Russian troops seize Crimea military facilities U.S. believes Russia has more than 6,000 soldiers in Crimea U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to travel to Ukraine…
