NCVO recognises long service staff
Mrs. Janice Wilson, NCVO CEO, awarded four NCVO employees for “Long Service Recognition” who have a combined employment of 91 years! The employees who received certificates were acknowledged and commended for their hard work and contribution at the NCVO’s Miss Nadine’s…
UK police officer loses Olympic security documents
LONDON (AP) — A British tabloid reported Tuesday that it had been handed documents about security arrangements for the London Olympics that were left on a train by a police officer, the latest in a series of embarrassing mishaps involving…
No public funding for new royal yacht
LONDON (AP) — What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds. That was the message Monday as a brief boomlet of support for…
Cops help encourage sport in Windsor Park
Young people in Windsor Park are now better equipped to play sport in their free time – thanks to the teamwork of Cayman Crime Stoppers and the RCIPS. Crime Stoppers has provided a number of branded footballs and basketballs as…
Japan police nab inmate
TOKYO (AP) — A manhunt that riveted Japan ended Friday when police captured a Chinese convict who bolted from a Hiroshima penitentiary clad only in his underwear in the country’s first prison break in more than two decades. Police found…
FBI seeks help finding Montana teacher’s body
Authorities investigating the reported death of a Montana school teacher asked land owners in parts of Montana and North Dakota to check vacant farmsteads for signs of disturbed soil or matted grass, saying her body might be buried at such…
Chosen for a purpose
GLORIA A DIOS EN LAS ALTURASPAZ EN LA TIERRA ENTRE LOS HOMBRES QUE GOZAN DE SU FAVOR (GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE GOODWILL TO ALL MEN) Any one for Cuba? – “Oh yes,” I said,…
OFCs ‘not to blame’ for global financial woes, says ex-regulator
“Irresponsible” governments, regulators and banks are mainly responsible for the global recession, not Offshore Financial Centers, said Tim Ridley, former Chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. “It is a myth that OFCs are primarily responsible for the recent financial meltdowns,”…
Beyonce gets fly with golden booty named after her
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A newly discovered horse fly in Australia was so “bootylicious” with its golden-haired bum, there was only one name worthy of its beauty: Beyonce. Previously published results from Bryan Lessard, a 24-year-old researcher at Australia’s Commonwealth…
