Welcome to the season of silly hats and hangovers
From Bangkok Post It’s “Jingern Ben” time again In Thailand (Jingle Bells to the uninitiated), but one suspects there wont be too much jingling going on this year. A bit of whistle-blowing, perhaps. But with all the gloomy news of…
The Colours of Christmas
It was a packed Elmslie United Church on Thursday 12th December when the Cayman National Choir and The Cayman National Orchestra performed their Annual Christmas Concert. Under the banner “Colours of Christmas” this concert saw only one performance and its popular…
New York City Adds E-Cigarettes to Smoking Ban
By Colin Daileda From Mashable The New York City Council today voted 43-8 to ban e-cigarettes in all locations where regular cigarettes are already prohibited, including restaurants, offices and beaches. The ruling will push “vapers,” as e-cigarette users are known,…
Miami-Dade jury hits Royal Caribbean with $6.2 Million verdict
By Jim Walker, Walker & O’Neill Today (Dec 20), a jury here in Miami, Florida returned a verdict over $6,200,000 on behalf of a seriously injured crew member. The crew members is from Haiti and worked as a cleaner on…
Wife nominated her husband as Ballsiest Man of the Year [wins trip to Cayman]
By William K. Alcorn From vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Christmas came early for Chelsea and Randy Musselman, former Youngstown- area residents, now a military family stationed with the Army at Fort Carson, Colo. Chelsea and Randy recently learned they won a seven-day…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Increasing number of Brits in search of winter sun
By Emma Cruces, Education reporter Lancashire Telegraph Increasing number of Brits in search of winter sun More people have gone on holiday this year and are still taking to the skies in search of winter sun. Three regional airports are…
U.S. Signs FATCA Pacts with Malta, Netherlands, Bermuda, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man
By Michael Cohn From Accounting Today The U.S. has signed six more intergovernmental agreements with a half dozen jurisdictions, including several traditional offshore tax havens, to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA. Over the past week, the…
Antigua issues stamps in memory of Nelson Mandela
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica – Antigua and Barbuda earlier this week issued stamps designed to commemorate Nelson Mandela in Memorial 1918-2013. They went on sale at the General Post Office on Monday. The Caribbean Times reported that the stamps…
A second red algae Gloiotrichus species discovered in the Caribbean
From Plant Press Vol. 16 no. 4, October 2013 A most unusual genus of red algae, Gloiotrichus (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta),previously known only from Australia and later Hawaii, has been found for the first time in the Caribbean Sea. Katina Bucher, James…
