Christmas Praise
Cayman Islands First Baptist Choir’s Christmas Praise deserves praise Georgina Wilcox For three nights (Dec 14, 16 &17) the Cayman Islands First Baptist Church (FBC) staged their 2016 Festival of Christmas Praise at the church on Crewe Road opposite The…
Tech workers unite against a potential US Muslim registry
By Jessica Conditt From engadget We refuse to build a database of people based on their Constitutionally protected religious beliefs.’ Employees from large organizations across the technology industry have pledged to never help build a government database targeting individuals by…
There’s no industry hotter than marijuana right now
By Sean Williams, The Motley Fool From Business Insider Look around, and you’ll struggle to find an industry hotter than marijuana. Back in 1995, not a single state had a law on its books legalizing medical cannabis or recreational pot….
Cartoon of the week
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,…
New Brac officers
Three New Immigration Officers for Cayman Brac Cayman Brac has three new immigration officers protecting the island’s borders, after the individuals successfully completed an intense training programme and graduated on Friday (9 December 2016). Government officials and the graduates’ family…
Canada edges closer to legalizing recreational marijuana
By Jim Berrie From Wm Canada’s government said Tuesday it would study a federal task force’s recommendation that Canadians over 18 years old be allowed to buy marijuana for recreational purposes and would announce new laws in the spring for…
Rio de Janeiro Olympics organizers still struggling with unpaid bills
By Maureen Foody From Wn Four months after the closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, the organizers are still having problems paying off their bills including the $3.7 million owe to the International Paralympic Committee,…
Questions about a man’s height could end up overturning his armed robbery conviction
By Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project From Business Insider In June 2008, a man wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap entered a 7-Eleven store in Killeen, Texas, pointed a gun at the clerk, and demanded money. A string of similar…
Caribbean Three slam Oxfam Tax Haven Report
From CARIBBEAN360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday December 14, 2016 – Mischievous, grossly inaccurate and under-researched! That’s how three Caribbean countries deemed among the world’s worst corporate tax havens have described a report published by international charity Oxfam, entitled ‘Tax Battles –…
It rains rubies and sapphires on this distant Jupiter-like planet
By George Dvorsky From Gizmodo A Jupiter-like planet located 1,000 light-years from Earth is exhibiting some rather strange meteorological behaviour. The clouds on this planet appear to be made from corundum — the same mineral that produces rubies and sapphires….
