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…
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…
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…
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…
Shanice plays with a Samba beat
Football freestyler Shanice Monteith really turns heads when she gets a ball at her feet. For the teenager dazzles crowds with her amazing ball-skills that would put many professionals to shame. The art of freestyling may be more akin to…
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…
Lionfish cull most successful yet
A massive 705 lionfish were culled this weekend in a competition held on Grand Cayman’s reef. It’s a record number for a single tournament held here. True to the popular slogan for culling lionfish, “Kill ‘Em and Grill ‘Em”, the…
A glass of beer, hiring a taxi, companions, the opposite sex, love and Georgina, too.
My friends know I enjoy a glass of beer. I also enjoy a glass of wine but I’m not a shorts drinker although I have been known to have the odd vodka and lemon. However, my firm favourite is a…
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…
