Solar company sets up in Grand Cayman
Toronto-based solar-generating company Solamon Energy has announced appointment of George Town resident Steve Kuiack as vice president, overseeing construction of a two megawatt production facility in the Cayman Islands. However, attempts to contact Solamon, Mr Kuiack, CEO Graeme Boyce or…
Britain to have 13,500 troops on duty for Olympics
LONDON (AP) — Britain will have up to 13,500 troops deployed on land, at sea and in the skies to help protect next summer’s Olympics — twice as many as had been expected. Typhoon fighter jets, helicopters, two warships and…
January deadline for Chevening applications
Caymanians interested in postgraduate study in Britain have until Monday 23rd January 2012 to apply for a prestigious Chevening Scholarship Award. The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office programme offers funding to outstanding graduates for study at any of the many…
Do not go to a divorce attorney for advice
Even though I have been through a divorce I still feel it is one of the biggest epidemics in our current society that isn’t being recognised or treated as such. I think it is crazy for people considering divorce to…
Jackson daughter tells ‘Ellen’ about acting dreams
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s daughter says she was inspired to be an actress after seeing her father in the film “Moonwalker.” “My dad was in the movie ‘Moonwalker’ and I knew he could sing really well, but I…
Record-setting is a piece of cake
With a Christmas shipping deadline of noon Monday, December 19, the rum cake orders are flooding in at the Tortuga Rum Cake Company. The Miami based warehouse that handles worldwide distribution for the Tortuga Rum Company’s popular Cayman Islands rum…
MAC’S BIG MISTAKE
Cayman’s sea captains hit back yesterday at the apparent rejection by Premier McKeeva Bush of proposals to locate Cayman’s new cruise berths in Red Bay, accusing government of making “a serious mistake”. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, and…
IndyCar: Wheldon killed when head hit fencing post
Dan Wheldon was killed when his head hit a post in the fencing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — contact that created a “non-survivable injury” to the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner. The cause of death was revealed Thursday when IndyCar…
Secrets to becoming a star at anything
Secrets to becoming a star at anything The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance contains some very interesting findings: 1. The trait we call talent is highly overrated. That is, expert performers – whether in memory or surgery, ballet…
Nigeria’s potholed roads among world’s most deadly
MOWE, Nigeria (AP) — The tractor-trailer lay alongside the busy Nigeria expressway like a child’s forgotten toy, its cargo of cosmetics smashed on the hot, uneven strip of asphalt road and its driver left bleeding with a head wound. Burned-out…