Child readings kick off Child Month
To launch Child Month 2013 “celebrity readings” took place at dozens of pre-schools and primary schools throughout the Cayman Islands this morning (Wednesday, 1 May). Readers included Community Affairs Minister Dwayne Seymour and Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)…
Elections Office: issuing of voter cards – UPDATE
The Elections Office is extending the hours during the weekday for Voter ID cards in order to ensure as many persons as possible have the opportunity to receive their ID. The last day to collect a voter’s card from the…
Award-winning author Lauren Oliver presents final book in bestselling Delirium Trilogy
In her New York Times bestselling Delirium trilogy, award-winning young adult author Lauren Oliver challenges readers to imagine a dystopian society where love is dangerous and forbidden. The series that has taken the world by storm comes to a thrilling…
PWD conducts shuttering exercise
Members of the public are advised that the Public Works Department (PWD) and the National Roads Authority (NRA) will carry out their annual hurricane preparedness exercise on Thursday May 2, 2013. As part of the exercise PWD and the NRA…
Boston bombs suspect ‘in custody’/FBI interviewed one in 2011
BBC The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said. Gunfire was heard as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found hiding in a boat in a backyard in…
Local author Juliette Heath and her rescue dog Oreo
Host Story & Craft Time Young dog lovers are in for a special surprise when local author Juliette Heath and her four-legged friend Oreo host Story & Craft Time on Saturday, April 20, at 10:30am at Books & Books, Camana…
Pedal cyclist seriously injured in MVA
On Friday 5 April 2013 about 10:56 pm a pedal cyclist was injured along the West Bay Road* in the vicinity of Mandalay Condominiums. His condition is considered serious but stable. The cyclist was apparently riding home towards WB after…
Botany and Booze, Perfectly Distilled
Amy Stewart explores the plants that create the world’s great drinks Who knew that horticulture was such an intoxicating subject? In her follow-up to the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, Amy Stewart explores the odd, unusual…
Why is King John the classic villain?
By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Magazine A new film about King John further underlines history’s judgement of the medieval English monarch as a cruel tyrant. But among the dozens of bad kings and despots, why is John always the pantomime…
Samsung publicly apologizes for fatal gas leak at semiconductor plant
By Catherine Shu, techcrunch.com Samsung has issued a rare public apology for a January 28 gas leakage at one of the company’s semiconductor plants that resulted in the death of a contractor. The accident occurred at Samsung’s semiconductor plant in…







