England v West Indies: Pace attack represents best hope for tourists
The Windies may not be the draw they once were, but Rohan Kallicharan says there is room for cautious optimism When the West Indies famously ‘blackwashed’ England in 1984, their tour was accompanied by a 7” single, released by Island…
Cayman Islands medical student, ‘Dr. Ellis,’ puts pole vault firmly in her past
Dana Ellis hadn’t touched a vaulting pole in three-and-a-half years when she picked one up this season and felt that old, familiar tug. Ellis, the Canadian pole vaulting record holder and former Olympian, is still nagged by what-ifs over a…
Bermuda drawn against Cayman Islands
FIFA technical specialist Anton Corneal sees no reason why Bermuda can’t have a successful Digicel Caribbean Cup campaign providing they maintain a high level of consistency. Corneal was the guest speaker at last weekend’s Bermuda Football Association Symposium at CedarBridge…
Anger, drama at Ratko Mladic’s genocide trial
(AP) — He’s no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo “in the palm of his hand” during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial began Wednesday, Ratko Mladic still managed to reopen old wounds with the flick…
Texas ‘executed an innocent man’, report claims
The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims. Carlos de Luna was killed by lethal injection in 1989 for the brutal…
The Editor Speaks: What a waste
The government’s Water Authority has once again advertised for tenders to be submitted for the acquisition and ownership of “the public wastewater infrastructure on Grand Cayman, and to operate and maintain the sewerage system and to provide wastewater services under…
Cayman Islands part of Buzz Aldrin’s travelling life
The former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, on Mayfair hotels, Arctic adventures and why scuba diving is the closest thing to moonwalking. With a mother whose maiden name was Moon, Buzz Aldrin seemed destined to travel there. On July 20, 1969, he…
Cayman Brac invaded
Hundreds of thousands of baby red land crabs are invading the Cayman Islands in an annual migration that residents say is more pronounced this year. The crabs are blanketing roads and crawling up buildings on Cayman Brac in an event…
90% Greece bond payment goes to Dart Management
When Greece announced on Tuesday that it had made a €436 million bond payment to the hold-out investors who rejected the country’s historic debt revamping deal in March, the decision came as no surprise. After all, with the Athens government…