Sketch artists told to hide identities of MI-5 witnesses
By Andrew Keshner, From New York Law Journal The faces of undercover intelligence agents from MI-5, the United Kingdom’s domestic security service, cannot be sketched when they testify in a terrorism trial—even if they don wigs and light makeup, a…
Jury finds PLO, Authority liable for terror acts
Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal The Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority were found liable Monday for six terror attacks in Jerusalem that killed and wounded Americans, as a jury awarded $218.5 million in damages—an amount that…
One car motor collision in Savannah, Grand Cayman
From RCIPS Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:51 AM Approximately 7:00am Tuesday 24 February 2015, uniform officers in Bodden Town, responded to a report of a motor collision on Shamrock Road, Savannah near the junction with Destiny Drive. A 20 year…
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Cayman Islands Dep Governor says Cuban migrants negotiations taking longer than expected Cayman Islands Deputy Governor Franz Manderson and other government officials have been in negotiations with their Cuban counterparts since the beginning of 2014 to formulate a new memorandum…
These maps show the hard drug trade in remarkable detail
By Amanda Macias And Michael B Kelley From Business Insider Despite drastic punishments for drug dealing, up to and including death in many countries, the worldwide illegal drug trade continues to flourish. While governments invest vast sums of taxpayers’ money…
Come clean with your account, Pua told 1MDB CEO
By Adrian Phung From the Sun Daily KUALA LUMPUR: A DAP lawmaker Tony Pua is urging newly appointed 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB) chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy to come clean on the whereabouts of the US$488 million (RM1,776 million)…
HSBC Malta announces €52m profit, down 42% from 2013
From the Times of Malta HSBC Malta said today it made a pre-tax profit of €52m in 2014, down by €38m, or 42%, compared to the previous year. Cost efficiency ratio was 57%, against 50% in 2013. Return on equity…
[UK] Conservatives suspend Sir Malcolm Rifkind after ‘sting’
From BBC Sir Malcolm Rifkind has been suspended from the Conservative Party in Parliament after being secretly filmed apparently offering his services to a private company for cash. Sir Malcolm and another former foreign secretary, Jack Straw, who was also…
When bad cops become Gitmo torturers
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells from new York Mag Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian this week published one of the most arresting stories I’ve seen in recent months, an account in two parts of the work of Richard Zuley, who served as…
Caribbean American congresswoman ‘deeply disappointed’ in ruling on immigration plan
From Jamaica Observer NEW YORK (CMC) – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke says she’s “deeply disappointed” by a United States federal district judge’s decision to delay implementation of an immigration plan that would allow thousands of Caribbean immigrants to…
