Absinthe, the Green Fairy
A French doctor named Pierre Ordinaire invented absinthe at the end of the eighteenth century. He invented it by distilling wormwood and several other herbs into an alcoholic base. At the time it was considered a viable remedy for patients…
A bright day for justice, says QC
Injecting public sentiment into the justice system can threaten the heart of a nation’s legal structure, meaning a judge must base an unpopular verdict on strict legal principles. The 31 August not-guilty verdict in the murder trial of Devon Anglin…
Gang links to murder victim
Police are exploring the possibility that Tuesday night’s fatal close-range shooting of 28-year-old Robert Bush in West Bay was a gang-related retaliation for a July assault at a local nightclub. No arrests have been made in the murder, near the…
I CAN’T FORGIVE: Two months on and Medsadie still recovering
She’s depressed, but has family and friends. She’s still angry, but is no longer overwhelmed. She does physiotherapy at George Town Hospital and cannot walk, but can feel the healing from the bullets. Medsadie Connor, 57, suffered other bullets as…
Criminals in for a shock
Police in Cayman could soon be armed with Taser guns to fight crime. The powerful electric shock weapons send 35,000 volts pulsating through the body of suspects. As part of a shake-up of the RCIPS Police Commission David Baines has…
Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future
The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) is collaborating with the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI) to present an international conference, dubbed “50-50, Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future.”…
Turtle poachers thwarted in Barker’s
Small restaurateurs are risking huge fines and even jail time for buying illegal turtle meat from the black market. The stern warning comes from the Department of Environment after a joint police operation to catch poachers in Barker’s….
Euro giants play in Spain
Two of European football’s giants face off at the Camp Nou as Milan battle Barcelona in Group H of the Champions League. The Spanish side will be hoping to put one of the competitions most successful sides to the sword…
The history of cheesecake
I can’t imagine a world without cheesecake. Actually, you’d have to search back to 776 BC, long before the first Cheesecake Factory opened as the Greeks are said to have served cheesecake to the athletes at the first Olympic games….
I’m mad ‘cause I’m one. I’m sane ‘cause I‘m one (but only when playing the game).
I’m alone. I’m standing on a soapbox in the middle of George Town. I’m shouting, “I, Georgina Wilcox, should be the Premier of the Cayman Islands.” If a psychiatrist passed by he would diagnose me as suffering from this or…
