Libyans bury Gadhafi in unmarked grave
MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi was buried early yesterday morning in an unmarked grave in a modest Islamic ceremony, closing the book on his nearly 42-year rule of Libya and the eight-month civil war to oust him. A Gadhafi…
Two week old baby rescued after Turkish quake
ERCIS, Turkey (AP) — A two-week-old baby girl, her mother and grandmother were pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building in a dramatic rescue Tuesday, 48 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey….
Team Cayman head for Haiti
In the past few years there has been no relief for the people of Haiti. On January 12th, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, struck resulting in approximately 230,000 people losing their lives, 40,000 of which were…
Rooftop protest at school
A disgruntled construction worker staged a one-man rooftop protest sparking a police operation. The man climbed on top of a two storey building in Bodden Town and refused to come down. Police say reports that he threatened to torch the…
LOST AT SEA: Cruise industry reaches “point of no return”
Pronouncing the local cruise industry “dead”, Robert Hamaty director and founder of a private-sector tourism association, said yesterday Cayman’s competition had already triumphed, leaving George Town fatally crippled. “It’s a fact,” he told iNews. “It has reached the point of…
The earth moved on Sunday
The Cayman Islands region experienced an earthquake in the early hours of Sunday morning. The quake struck at 03:23am and was measured at a magnitude of 4.1 mb. It was located 475 km W Spanish town and 146 km S…
UK lawmakers say they’ll defy gov’t over Europe
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron pleaded with Conservative Party lawmakers on Monday to drop their support for a national referendum on Britain leaving the European Union, comparing the bloc and its economic crisis to a house on fire…
Cats the way to do it
While dogs at the Humane Society have been having their day, in the form of regular dog adoption roadshows and fashion soirees, cat roadshows are a relatively new idea. It was thought that cats didn’t like to be moved around…
U2 honoured as ‘Greatest Act’ in last 25 years
LONDON (AP) — Rock icons U2 have something new to brag about — winning Q Magazine’s Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years award. The annual music awards by Britain’s best-selling music monthly took place Monday in London and the…
I’M NO COWBOY: Premier “is out of line” claims former auditor
Former Auditor General Dan Duguay yesterday angrily rejected accusations by Premier McKeeva Bush that the ex-official was ”a cowboy”, saying the remarks were “inappropriate and uncalled for”, and threatened to compromise the office. Current Auditor General Alastair Swarbrick, while declining…
