‘Off The Beaten Track’ a huge success
This past Sunday marked the 3rd annual Off The Beaten Track 50k ultra-marathon. This year’s race attracted over 100 participants consisting of 17 relay teams and 9 individual runners. This one of a kind trail run which kicked off at…
Pete Ribbins Memorial Consolidated Water Meet
The upcoming Pete Ribbins Memorial Consolidated Water Meet, hosted at the Lions Aquatic Centre by the Stingray Swim Club from 29 February to 4 March will see eligible swimmers between the ages of 11-17 years old focussing on making qualifying…
Generosity of spirit fuels Angela Sealey
During Honouring Women’s Month which is celebrated in March the Department of Sports will be highlighting the accomplishments of women athletes or administrators who assisted in the development of sports in these islands. Those selected are Angela Sealey (bodybuilder), Evelyn…
Apple market value hits $500B, where few have gone
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple’s market capitalisation topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured – and none have stayed for long. Apple was already the world’s most valuable company. The gap between it…
Official: Doctor had recruiters in Medicare scheme
DALLAS (AP) — Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they’ve found most of his work was a lie. They accused Roy on Tuesday of…
The Editor Speaks: Big Brother is watching you. No one should be trusted.
Everyone is spying on you, especially governments. Most people are familiar with George Orwell’s prophetic novel “Nineteen Eighty Four” where the fictional character Big Brother was the enigmatic dictator of Oceania. This was a totalitarian state where everyone was under…
MISSING MAN MYSTERY
No leads, few clues and an ongoing search was all police could say yesterday, the fourth day of the search for missing teacher and water sports instructor Nathan Clarke, 31. Flanked by Mr Clarke’s fiancee, Lisa Beck, and her parents,…
London Olympics work deserves more recognition
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have called for more recognition and praise to recognise what a good job the UK construction industry has done on the facilities for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The CIOB have described the…
London Olympic strike threat
LONDON (AP) — A threat by Britain’s largest labour union to disrupt the London Olympics with strikes is “unacceptable and unpatriotic,” Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said Wednesday. Len McCluskey, the head of the Unite union, suggested its members could…
Bikini Swimsuits
The bikini was invented by Louis Reard and Jacques Heim, in Paris in 1946. However, due to its skimpiness, hardly anyone had the courage to wear a bikini until the late 1950s, when actress Brigitte Bardot created a splash by…
