New Amy Winehouse album to be released in December
LONDON (AP) — A new album of recordings by the late soul singer Amy Winehouse will be released in December, Island Records said Monday. It said “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” will contain 12 songs — previously unreleased tracks, alternative versions of…
Population reaches 7 billion
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — She came into the world at two minutes before midnight, a tiny, wrinkled girl born into a struggling Manila family. Yesterday, she became a symbol of the world’s population reaching 7 billion people and all the…
I’m just sick of it says robbery victim
She says she has had enough. Eunice Seymour is ‘sick of it”, but refuses to give up, even after Saturday night’s second robbery in three months of her son’s Uncle Clem Meats and Groceries store. “We still haven’t heard anything…
Maples recognised in Middle East Awards
Maples and Calder once again affirmed its position as leading offshore law firm in the Middle East as it scooped two awards at the 2011 IFLR Middle East Awards. Acting as Cayman Islands counsel on two award winning deals, Maples…
NCVO target falls short
It certainly was a star filled musical evening at The Prospect Playhouse last Saturday night (29) when the annual National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Radio/Telethon took to the stage. Next door at the Mary Miller Hall was the Cayman…
Cayman Islands continues captive market growth
(Grand Cayman- 28 October 2011) Third quarter figures from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) show the continued resilience of Cayman’s captive insurance sector. CIMA licensed 29 captive insurance companies in the first nine months of 2011, 14 more than…
Rina is now a tropical depression
As of this afternoon (28) Tropical Depression Rina has been ripped apart by strong upper-level southerly winds. The low level center expected to drift slowly southwards along the Yucatan coast. Long range radar out of Key West shows that moisture…
Pink Floyd member’s son loses jail term appeal
LONDON (AP) — Appeal court judges on Friday upheld the 16-month jail sentence given to the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour for a violent rampage during student protests last year. Charlie Gilmour was one of thousands who demonstrated…
Widow not getting surviving exotic pets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Six exotic animals that were among dozens freed by their suicidal owner and survived a big-game hunt by sheriff’s deputies with shoot-to-kill orders will be kept under quarantine at a zoo for now instead of going…
Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom airing on FX
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fired “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen will try to return to a winning TV sitcom next summer in FX’s new “Anger Management.” The cable channel said Thursday it has acquired the series loosely…
