Chinese delegation signs grants with Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Chinese vice premier and a 60-member delegation arrived in Jamaica’s capital Monday to sign two grants to boost the island’s development as the Asian economic giant steps up its investments across the Caribbean. Vice Premier…
Losing one of your breasts is not the end of the world, says cancer survivors
Three brave women are out on a mission to help mastectomy patients deal with the fear of removing their breasts due to cancer. Naomi Fazio, Amica Scott and Myrna Gregson (pictured above) are all wearing their breast prosthesis, a silicone…
Obama’s health care cuts spread the pain
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care savings in President Barack Obama’s deficit-reduction plan would squeeze future Medicare recipients, cut payments to drug companies and hospitals, and shift costs to states. Still, some advocates say the president’s approach is less painful than…
Selita Ebanks opens Stardom
George Town Primary School (GTPS) have launched the Stardom Advanced Programme with Cayman celebrity Selita Ebanks. Ms. Marie Martin, Principal of GTPS welcomed guests including the Honourable Rolston Anglin, Minister of Education, Training and Employment, Mr. Michael Myles of the…
UK surgeons separate twin girls joined at head
LONDON (AP) — Sudanese twins born with the tops of their heads joined together have been separated in a rare and risky series of operations at a London children’s hospital. Facing the World, a charity which helps disfigured children, said…
Oregon man looking for Neb. casino gets detox stay
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Oregon man pressed his luck one too many times and spent the night in a Nebraska detox cell after twice mistaking a police station for a casino and asking authorities for blackjack chips. The Lincoln…
Concern for missing teenager
Police are looking to the public for assistance in finding missing 16 year old Shandi Sandoval. Shandi ran away from the Frances Bodden Girls Home on 6 September 2011. Shandi is approximately 5ft tall with light brown complexion and black…
Facebook page for Preston
Tributes have been pouring in for one of the slain victims of the gun war that has seen four people killed in a week. A specialist Facebook page in memory of Preston Rivers has been created to allow friends to…
Four shot dead, one critical injured – a week in Cayman
The peace and tranquility usually associated with the Cayman Islands was shattered seven nights ago in West Bay. Robert Bush was sat in a car at the junction of Captain Joe Osbert Road and Birch Tree Hill when two gunmen…
Spanish schools hit by strike over staffing cuts
MADRID (AP) — Thousands of public school teachers went on strike Tuesday in Madrid to protest staff cuts as anger over government austerity measures spread to Spain’s education system. The work stoppage in some 300 schools for youths ranging in…
