Actually, Mentally Ill People are More Likely to Be Victims of Violence
by s.e. smith, Care2 With two horrific mass shootings in one week, one of which left 20 children dead in Connecticut, the national conversation in the United States is once again turning to the epidemic of gun violence that appears…
FROM THE GLEANER: Embattled Cayman Islands premier might quit party
Byron Buckley, Associate Editor Although insisting he won’t resign as a result of his recent arrest, Cayman Islands Premier William McKeeva Bush says he is considering whether to lead his United Democratic Party into general elections due next March. There…
Barclays: US $470m energy fine ‘unjustified’
Barclays has said US regulators’ proposed fines of $470m (£291m) for the bank’s alleged manipulation of energy markets are “unjustified” and the allegations will not stand up in court. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) has accused four Barclays traders…
Jacintha Saldanha: Body arrives in India
The body of the nurse who apparently killed herself after a hoax phone call about the Duchess of Cambridge has arrived in India for burial. Jacintha Saldanha’s remains, escorted from the UK by her husband and two children, have arrived…
Most will send cards – Go to a party this Christmas Season
From Rasmussen Reports Parties are a highlight of this Christmas season for many people, but traditional caroling isn’t nearly as popular. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of American Adults celebrate Christmas in their family, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone…
Carey Olsen’s Cayman Islands office opens for business
Carey Olsen has officially opened its new office in the Cayman Islands. The law firm, which already has offices in Guernsey, Jersey and London, has put in place lead partners Jason Allison, Nick Bullmore, Jarrod Farley and Anthony McKenzie to…
Focused regional action recommended for small-scale fisheries, and climate change and disaster risk management
From CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM) SECRETARIAT Belize City, Belize, Friday, December 14, 2012 A series of milestone, regional meetings—which spanned 8 days and which brought together nearly 100 participants from 36 countries to discuss topics such as international guidelines…
The Publisher Speaks: The ‘Eight Just Men’ or are they just ‘men’?
Editorial by Joan Evangeline (Watler) Wilson When I was living in England in 1959 a popular British television series was running called “The Four Just Men” based on a novel by crime novelist Edgar Wallace. The opening voiceover ran like…
Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush ‘will not resign’
From BBC Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush says he will not resign despite his arrest on suspicion of corruption. After being released on bail Mr Bush said he had done nothing wrong and that he was the subject of a…
Cayman Islands’ premier claims explosives and fraud charges against him are the work of his ‘enemy’
By Nikhil Kumar, The Independent McKeeva Bush investigated over allegations he misused government credit card The embattled premier of the Cayman Islands has sounded a note of defiance in the face of theft and corruption allegations, refusing to step down and…
