SPENDING TO BE REVEALED: Financial chief says to expect audit overview
Financial Secretary Kenneth Jefferson said yesterday that the 31 October consolidation of government financial statements would offer the first full, audited overview of official performance in years. The overview is made possible by the submission for the first time in…
Tropical Disturbance In The Eastern Atlantic Designated Invest 95L Needs To Be Monitored
Rob Lightbown wrote that he is keeping close tabs on a tropical wave, now designated Invest 95L by the National Hurricane Center, that is located in the eastern Atlantic about 500 miles to the southwest of the Cape Verde Islands….
Obama pledges federal help for Irene recovery
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama stood on a bridge overlooking the rain-swollen and fast-rushing Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey’s third-largest city, and said the federal government would work to rebuild towns recovering from Hurricane Irene’s wrath. The…
Fishing boat rescued, again
A massive police search and rescue operation was launched after a fishing vessel went missing. Teams from the RCIPS Marine and Air Operations Units, along with colleagues from the US Coast Guard desperately scoured the waters for missing fishing boat,…
Youth facility will adopt “radically different” philosophy, minister says
A brand new facility, offering a new approach for the treatment of at-risk 12-18 year olds is scheduled to be built adjacent to Fairbanks prison. Senior representatives from the Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing, including Hon Minister Mike…
Amnesty door closed, says police chief
Police received more than 900 rounds of ammunition and three firearms during the July and August gun amnesty and “cash for guns” programmes. During the month of July two firearms were handed in and 144 rounds of ammunition were turned…
Rapper T.I. back in federal custody
ATLANTA (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who was freed after months in prison, was back in federal custody Thursday because of a flap over his use of a luxury bus to report to a halfway house, his lawyer said. Steve…
Runaway cow tracked down in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — A cow named Yvonne whose escape kept a corner of Bavaria on tenterhooks has turned herself in after three months on the run. The Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary, which now owns the errant bovine, said that a…
Sri Lanka count finds more elephants than expected
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The first national survey of Sri Lanka’s wild elephants found more than had been estimated — a sign the endangered species has a healthy, growing population on the Indian Ocean island. The count conducted last…
Learn to sashay down the catwalk the FRESH! Way
Budding Naomi Campbells get ready because Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) is presenting a training workshop for wannabe young models on the island. The FRESH! Cayman Couture season continues with a CNCF Fashion Model Catwalk Training Workshop, which is scheduled…
