Citizen Security In Focus at CDB Annual Meeting
Crime and violence is a developmental issue which the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has identified as an important area of focus over the next strategic plan period 2012-2014. That’s why a panel discussion on Improving Citizen Security in the Region…
Red Bay Primary wins big at Batabano Junior Carnival
Although it was a big disappointment for the children two weeks ago when the Junior Carnival Batabano had to be postponed because of the rain, it was well worth the wait. Last Saturday (12) the event was restaged in glorious…
Man City win England’s Premier League at death’s door
With Manchester City’s dream dying in the embers of an exhilarating Premier League season Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero wrote themselves into club folklore with stoppage-time goals to seal a breath-taking 3-2 victory over Queens Park Rangers and snatch their…
The Editor Speaks: More questions than answers
Two stories have appeared over the last few days in the “Caymanian Compass” and on “Cayman News Service” (CNS) site concerning the infamous Stan Thomas letter and part of the three investigations the premier is under investigation from the RCIPS….
Bessie Ebanks Update: Road closures and funeral arrangements
It is with much sadness and a terrible shock to announce the death today (13) of West Bay resident and Caymanian Bessie Ebanks. Mrs. Ebanks is survived by her husband, Benson Ebanks, former MLA and Cabinet minister. Bessie was much…
15 Natural Options for Depression
By Michelle Schoffro Cook* Everyone feels down at some point, usually as a reaction to difficult circumstances, but clinical depression goes far beyond that. In such cases a person experiences a prolonged sadness that is out of proportion with the…
Hudson family slayings suspect convicted of murder
(AP) — A Chicago jury on Friday convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors’ described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband. Hudson, who expressed her undisguised disdain…
Greek euro exit no longer unthinkable
(AP) — Let Greece go: It’s a possibility that’s being considered more and more publicly in Europe. There have been two and a half years of bailouts, on top of broken promises by Greece to reform. The result: a fifth…
Shoe-thrower interrupts Breivik trial
(AP) — An Iraqi man whose brother was killed in Norway’s worst peacetime massacre hurled a shoe at the confessed killer and urged him to “go to hell” in a rare outburst Friday that briefly interrupted the terror trial of…