Cayman hosts international event
Cayman Islands Sailing Club will be hosting Race Cayman 2012 15th – 18th March. Racing takes place in North Sound and will include the Western Caribbean and Open Optimist Dinghy Championship and the J22 International Invitational Regatta. Cayman competitors will…
Indiana women’s soccer team arrives
The Lionesses have landed – and are here to play football and spread the word of The Lord. FC Indiana, known as the Lionesses, are visiting Cayman for ten days for a football tournament. And as well as goals on…
The Colossus computer
Engineer, Tommy Flowers, built the world’s first electronic, digital computer in 1943. It was called the Colossus and it took him from February until December – eleven months. It was used by British codebreakers to help read German messages during…
The Editor Speaks: Green energy
We received a press release on Wednesday (7) from Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) Grand Cayman’s only provider of electricity. For many years they have not been in favour of ‘green’ energy for obvious reasons but with the high price of…
Obama’s former nanny overwhelmed by new celebrity
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Barack Obama’s former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel. Estranged relatives finally want to meet. She even has…
Cuban paracyclist sets sights on London games
HAVANA (AP) — Damian Lopez was 13 when he tried to untangle his kite from electrical wires dangling over a street corner and accidentally touched a high-voltage cable. The 13,000 volts that coursed through his body cost him both his…
Antigua PM seeks to help recover Stanford funds
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Antigua’s prime minister has pledged to work with other agencies to try to help recover money that victims across the globe lost to convicted Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford through his bank based on the…
UK police pull woman’s torso from London canal
LONDON (AP) — British police searching for a missing former soap opera actress have pulled a woman’s torso from a London canal. Police say the headless and limbless body was found in Regent’s Canal, near east London’s hip Broadway Market…
Manning lands in Miami, final destination unknown
MIAMI (AP) — Touchdown, Peyton Manning. The former Indianapolis Colts quarterback landed late Wednesday afternoon in South Florida, drawing the attention of local TV news helicopters and NFL fans everywhere. His private plane arrived at a small airport 30 minutes…
Appleby Trust makes donation to the Red Cross
Through the generous donation of one of the trusts administered by Appleby Trust, the Cayman Islands Red Cross recently received $1,000 to help fund their mission to protect vulnerable people in crisis. “The Red Cross is a dynamic organisation that…
