Islamic State video ‘shows killing of five men it says spied for UK’
From BBC Islamic State militants have released a video, featuring a man and young boy speaking with British accents, purportedly showing the killing of five men who it says were spying for the UK. In the 10-minute film, the man…
Royal Palm a headturner
By Jaskiran Kapoor From The Indian Express A favourite with the hospitality industry, luxury hotels and resorts and airports, the Royal Palm tree has the potential to lend an expensive facelift to any landscape. If watered well and planted in sunny…
US fails to track foreign visitors who overstay visas
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Federal officials admit they’ve lost track of how many foreign visitors overstay their visas every year – despite a nearly 20-year-old law requiring the government to develop a tracking system, The New York Times reports….
Cayman Islands: Store window damaged by bullet
From RCIPS Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 1:09 PM Grand Cayman – The George Town CID is investigating a report that about 4:30pm on Saturday 2 Jan 2016, a GT business owner was removing Christmas decorations from the front of his store,…
This tree in the Americas is so toxic, you can’t stand under it when it rains
By Signe Dean From Science Alert The tree of death In 1999, radiologist Nicola Strickland went on a holiday to the Caribbean island of Tobago, a tropical paradise complete with idyllic, deserted beaches. On her first morning there, she went…
Cayman Islands Bodden Town MLA leaves ruling PPM Party
The following is a statement from MLA Alva Suckoo I have tendered my letter of resignation from the Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM) to the General Secretary of the party. I have not arrived at this decision easily and I have…
Cayman Islands: MVA – Pedestrian knocked unconscious in WB/Man arrested on suspicion of theft at Smith Cove
MVA – Pedestrian Knocked Unconscious in West Bay From RCIPS: Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 9:47 AM Police responded to a report of an MVA about 1:20 am 01/01/2016 on Watercourse Rd, West Bay, where a female pedestrian was knocked down…
A very happy NEW YEAR 2016
To all our readers A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 By Melody From Dayspring A new year is upon us – a time when we naturally begin to think deeper about ourselves, our families, our friends, and the world around us….
Cayman Islands New Year’s message
New Year’s message 2016 By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA Fellow Caymanians, residents and guests; Happy New Year. Here we stand on the threshold of the New Year with all of its possibilities as we say farewell to…