Suicide car bomb kills 10 in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber attacked Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday as they were heading home after morning prayers at the start of an Islamic holiday. The blast killed 10 people, officials said. The attack…
Additional Hours for CHHS Uniform Shop
Parents may purchase uniforms from the Clifton Hunter High School uniform shop on the following three days between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, 31 August; Thursday, 1 September; and Saturday, 3 September. Call the school at 949-9488 for details.
School’s in at George Town Primary
Pens and pencils are at the ready, lunchboxes are packed and shoes are shined because this month the new 2011-2012 school year begins. The reception class of the George Town Primary school consists of students taking their first step into…
Still a host of problems, admits Auditor General
As yesterday’s deadline loomed for government’s latest financial reports, the Auditor General while conceding improvements, said a host of problems remained, led by the reliability of the information provided. Wednesday marked the deadline for the 2010-2011 reports by central government’s…
Wildfires destroy dozens of homes in Texas
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas (AP) — Wildfires sweeping through parts of Texas and Oklahoma have destroyed dozens of homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, and although officials don’t yet know what ignited the blazes, a summer heat wave…
Revolving prison doors are hurting our islands
A youth behavioural consultant for the Ministry of Education, Mr. Michael Myles, says that 70% of inmates released from Cayman prisons will reoffend within a year. Mr. Myles’ concern is that this shockingly high rate of recidivism is creating a…
NOT GUILTY OF MURDER: Anglin cleared of shooting 4-year-old child
Devon Anglin has been acquitted of killing 4-year-old Jeremiah Barnes. In the Grand Court yesterday afternoon, visiting Jamaican Justice Howard Cooke found 25-year-old Anglin not guilty of murder after a three week trial. He was also cleared of attempted murder,…
Arizona man describes shears impaling eye socket
PHOENIX (AP) — Leroy Luetscher could feel the pruning shears jutting from his face as he tried to determine just what had happened to him after trimming the plants in his backyard and then falling face-first. At 86, Luetscher was…
Arrest in Kemar shooting
A teenager has been arrested and is currently detained in police custody in connection with the shooting of a man on 29th June at the Jerk Stand in Red Bay. The 18-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder…
5 patients get HIV-infected organs
AIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One of Taiwan’s best regarded hospitals said HIV-infected organs were mistakenly transplanted into five patients after a hospital staffer misheard the donor’s test results by telephone. The five are now being treated with anti-AIDS drugs, an…
