Comet defies death, brushes up to sun and lives
WASHINGTON (AP) — A small comet survived what astronomers figured would be a sure death when it danced uncomfortably close to the broiling sun. Comet Lovejoy, which was only discovered a couple of weeks ago, was supposed to melt Thursday…
CIREBA spreads Christmas cheer!
CIREBA, The Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association, continued their Christmas tradition of giving back to the community and supporting local charities. This year, they decided to do this with a creative twist, in addition to the traditional way of…
Deadly snowstorm halts travel across Great Plains
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fierce winds and snow that caused fatal road accidents and shuttered highways in five states, crawled deeper into the Great Plains early Tuesday, with forecasters warning that pre-holiday travel would be difficult if not impossible across…
Philippines sends coffins as toll nears 1,000 dead
ILIGAN, Philippines (AP) — The government shipped more than 400 coffins to two flood-stricken cities in the southern Philippines on Tuesday as the death toll neared 1,000 and President Benigno Aquino III declared a state of national calamity. The latest…
A reason to be proud at Christmas time
The Pride clean up – a way of getting roadside and public areas ship-shape while putting some Christmas money in more than 700 people’s pockets – has been going on all over the Cayman Islands for the past two weeks….
CIBC FirstCaribbean launches Christmas campaign
There is a Christmas ballad that describes the holiday season as the most wonderful time of the year. CIBC FirstCaribbean is determined to give back to those for whom this sentiment might not be true, and for whom the Christmas…
TOTALLY TOXIC IDEA
A suggestion by British Prime Minister David Cameron that the City of London becomes a Cayman Islands-style jurisdiction, exempt from European financial regulation, was rejected yesterday as “toxic”. “We think this is a totally toxic idea, a terrible idea, and…
CNN star Piers Morgan faces questions over past
LONDON (AP) — CNN star Piers Morgan may be known to Americans as an empathetic English interviewer, but it’s his past at the heart of Britain’s troubled tabloid newspaper world that is being trotted out before the cameras this week….
Kim Jong Il, a Cold War-era leader in modern times
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Even as the world changed around him, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il remained firmly in control, ruling absolutely at home and keeping the rest of the world on edge through a nuclear weapons program….
Children’s smiles for Santa light up West Bay
The smiles on the faces of the children of West Bay lit up the night sky as Father Christmas came to town. Instead of his sleigh pulled by reindeer, Santa Claus arrived in a convertible muscle car much to the…
