EU talks on banking supervision end without agreement
EU finance ministers have failed to reach agreement on setting up a single supervisor for eurozone banks after a meeting in Brussels. Establishing a single supervisor under the European Central Bank (ECB) is seen as the first step in setting…
Bob Dylan rejects ‘plagiarism’ claim
Bob Dylan has responded to suggestions he has plagiarised artists in his work and failed to credit his sources properly. “Wussies and pussies complain about that stuff,” the veteran musician told Rolling Stone magazine. “In folk and jazz, quotation is…
Austrian granny – “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”
The Telegraph Curious to discover why she was not on a list of registered voters, a 92-year-old Austrian woman was informed by officials that she had passed away months earlier. “It was rather a shock when they informed me at…
Pirates Week ‘To Hell and Back’ Jerry Harper 10k
Posted by Jerry Harper on 22 Nov 2012 With an early 7am start on Sunday 18th November, 181 runners and walkers took part in the 2012 Pirates Week Jerry Harper 10k Run sponsored by KRyS Global. Marius Acker was first…
Syria crisis: Nato approves Patriots for Turkey
Nato has approved the deployment of Patriot anti-missile batteries along Turkey’s border with Syria. The long-expected move emerged from a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels, and amid growing fears that Syria could use chemical weapons. Nato’s Secretary General…
Cargo ship Volgo Balt 199 sinks off Turkey coast
At least three crew members are reported to have been saved after their cargo ship sank in the Black Sea near Turkey, but nine remain missing. Eleven Ukrainians and one Russian were on board the Volgo Balt 199 when it…
Helen Harquail is 100
Helen Harquail celebrated her 100th birthday at a private party in her honour at the Cayman Islands National Gallery on Saturday Dec. 1st. Although she is a founding member of the National Trust and a National Gallery board member, it is…
OCG Congratulates Public Bodies and OCG staff say “thank you”
OCG Congratulates Public Bodies for Registering a 100% QCA Report Submission Compliance Rate for Newly Introduced QCA Web Portal Kingston, Jamaica; December 4, 2012 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) congratulates all 197 Procuring Public Bodies and their…
Drugs can’t stop this deadly bacteria stalking 42 states
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The doctors tried one antibiotic after another, racing to stop the infection as it tore through the man’s body, but nothing worked. In a matter of days after the middle-aged patient arrived at University of Virginia Medical…
Cayman GDP worth US 3.08 billion in 2009
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Cayman Islands was worth 3.08 billion US dollars in 2009, according to a report published by the World Bank. The GDP value of Cayman Islands is roughly equivalent to 0 percent of the world…
