Suicide bombing in Syrian capital kills 10
(AP) — Two weeks into a cease-fire agreement, there still was no peace in Syria: Security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing. Activists reported troops firing on protesters. Video showed a crowd…
David Cameron and the offshore connection
By Dan Hind Source: Al Jazeera Last weekend, the Guardian reported that the British prime minister’s father, Ian Cameron, held directorships in companies registered in tax havens. These companies were created soon after then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher relaxed capital controls…
Don’t dump waste on Government property
The public is being advised by the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) not to litter or to illegally of dispose waste on Government property (or other lands). Recently, DEH Environmental Health Officers and a team from the solid waste section…
Cayman’s premier making headlines all over the Caribbean
This story appeared on the website: www.caribbean360.com Cayman business community nervous over Bush probes Police probes into Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush over two alleged cases of financial irregularities and his involvement with an illegal shipment of dynamite has raised concerns…
Man arrested after armed siege in central London
(AP) — Police snipers and heavily armed officers put several blocks of central London’s shopping district into lockdown Friday after a man allegedly armed with gas canisters entered an office building and threatened to blow himself up. Police said a…
Bedbug bites caused rash that stopped flight
(AP) The biting pests that infest hotels appear to be the source of red marks on a Minnesota woman that prompted health officials to quarantine a jet in Chicago for fear they were dealing with something much more serious: monkeypox….
Judge wants to know more about Zimmerman finances
AP) — Calling it an “oversight,” George Zimmerman’s attorney said Friday the neighbourhood watch volunteer did not disclose that a website had raised more than $200,000 for his defense, even though his family told the judge they would have trouble…
Wanted Alive or Dead (preferably dead) Cayman Islands’ Lionfish. Reward $5 each
Lionfish are trespassers and are like the locusts are to plant life. They are: 1) Voracious predators being shown to eat native fish and crustaceans in large quantities, including both ecologically and economically important species like grunts, snapper, grouper, and…
Contract signed for Cedar Grove High School in Gregory Park
The Ministry of Education has signed a J$660 million contract with HDB Construction for the building of the Cedar Grove High School at Gregory Park, in Portmore, St. Catherine. The institution is the first to be built under the National…
Bear wanders onto Colo. campus, moved to mountains
(AP) — A 200-pound black bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado campus has been relocated to the nearby Rocky Mountains. State wildlife official Jennifer Churchill said Friday that the male bear was tagged and taken to a remote…
