Just about memories and me: Part 4
Sometimes we borrowed one of Merren’s trucks to take us to the beach. Our roads were only dust tracks with holes filled with a little marl. Men would bring the marl in a wheelbarrow and use a shovel to fill…
American sentenced to prison for Thai royal insult
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand sentenced a U.S. citizen to two and a half years in prison Thursday for defaming the country’s royal family by translating excerpts of a locally banned biography of the king and posting them…
Baldwin apologises to passengers, not airline
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin issued an apology Wednesday to fellow passengers on an American Airlines flight that was delayed by his refusal to stop playing a cellphone game — but stopped short of apologising to the airline or…
Sandusky posts bail in latest sex abuse charges
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky posted bail yesterday after spending a night in jail following a new round of sex-abuse charges filed against him. Sandusky secured his release using $200,000 in real estate holdings…
The Editor speaks: Two out of three
In my Editorial on Wednesday (7) I was in an apologetic mood under the banner “I Could Have Been Mistaken”. I went to great pains to show the reasons why Cayman’s Legal Department and Justice Quin allowed the trial of…
Church confirms pope to visit Cuba in spring
HAVANA (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI will visit Communist-run Cuba this spring, a senior Roman Catholic Church official said Thursday, the first trip by a pontiff since John Paul II’s historic tour in 1998. The exact date of the trip,…
Christmas for kitchen lovers
The Christmas season is upon us, and stress has begun to fill the air! Sometimes we just don’t have the time to be creative! As giving should never be a source of stress I felt the need to share my…
Governor presents certificates to prison staff
His Excellency, the Governor, Mr Duncan Taylor presented 19 prison officers with level 3 Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) in custodial care on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. The officers were among 30 staff from Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service to…
McIlroy shoots 30 on back nine in Dubai, trails by two
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy shot a 30 on the back nine Thursday at the Dubai World Championship to gain the early advantage over top-ranked Luke Donald in the duel for the European money…
