Obama to promote ways for veterans to find work
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting new ways to help veterans find jobs in a tough economy while pressing Congress to approve tax credits for businesses to hire former members of the military. Just ahead of Veterans’ Day,…
Five in court after ganja find
Five Jamaican men have appeared in court after hundreds of pounds of ganja was seized after a sea chase. Shortly after 2am on Tuesday, 1 November 2011, officers aboard Marine Vessels Niven D and Tornado were conducting maritime border patrols…
Rubis secures fuel deal
Rubis will acquire Chevron’s fuel distribution in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands as well as in the Turks & Caicos. This business package represents 250,000 cbm sales with a turnover of US $230 million for year 2010. This acquisition fully matches…
Defiant Carlos the Jackal on trial in France
PARIS (AP) — A defiant and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, went on trial again on yesterday — this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago….
A Tale of Treachery, Piracy and Murder
Author Jack Scott will be at Books & Books next week to launch his new novel, Cayman Cross. This free event will be helped from 7pm on Tuesday November 15th and will include an author presentation and audience discussion followed…
Are we really free?
Are any of us really free? If you think you are what has this freedom got you? A mortgage? An unfulfilling job and a confused relationship? Environmental and social degradation? Our freedom has brought us high youth suicide rates and…
Anne – Part 71
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson “I trust we would all prefer to suffer rather than be guilty of such irreverence.” “Never fear; it will. I feel it instinctively. You will either save my life or…
Tell me the old, old story
A popular hymn, written in 1866 by Katherine Hankey (my late mother’s favourite), is “Tell Me the Old, Old Story”. Here in Cayman a similar song is called “Tell Me the SAME Old Story.” Whenever we get near a General…
Ex-general wins Guatemalan presidential election
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In the end, Guatemala’s electoral tradition and weariness with crime trumped rising enthusiasm for a youthful populist. Guatemalans once again have elected the presidential candidate who lost the previous election, something they have done since democracy…