White House Drone Plan Reveals Obama’s ‘Hypocrisy’
By Jim Meyers, Newsmax As a senator, Barack Obama decried George W. Bush’s use of presidential war powers to prosecute the war on terror. As president, Obama has embraced those powers and promoted the preemptive use of drones to target…
James Rickards: Global Monetary System Headed for Collapse
By Dan Weil MoneyNews The world currency system is riding down the road to catastrophe, says James Rickards, senior managing director of Tangent Capital Partners. The world already has entered a currency war that began in 2010 on the heels…
5 Love Lessons I’ve learned from Valentine’s Day
Judi Gerber Care2 As I have written here several times, I turned 50 last May and have been reflecting and writing about the lessons I have learned in the past 50 years. These include those I have learned from nature,…
U.S. government report says America’s Cuba democracy programs have improved
Written by Juan O. Tamayo Miami Herald An exhaustive review of Washington’s controversial Cuba democracy programs gave the U.S. Agency for International Development a passing grade but noted that the State Department must improve its links to the groups that…
Limited amenities for stranded Carnival passengers
Passengers and crew members on a cruise ship stranded in the Gulf of Mexico have limited access to food and bathrooms after a engine fire. The Carnival Triumph, adrift 150 miles (240km) off the Yucatan Peninsula, is waiting to be…
Streetskill launches Distracted and Drunk Driving Campaign
Drivers who are drunk or need to use their phones should stay off the roads. This is the message of a new public education campaign by the Streetskill team that launches tomorrow (12 February, 2013). In February the campaign will…
Letter to the Editor from Marco Archer
A strategy for jobs For the past four decades Cayman has focused on economic growth and relied on foreign labour to complement the Caymanian labour force whilst assuming that improved living conditions and greater social development and integration would follow…
The soul of a machine
By Paul McGowan PS Audio Do machines have souls? Forgive me for using the term “soul” because I don’t mean it in a disrespectful or religious manner – but for lack of a better term – I mean a life…
Cruise Industry Review names Tortuga Rum Cakes
“Greatest Caribbean Gift” in 2013 Editor-in-Chief Awards Miami FL/ Grand Cayman BWI/Montego Bay, Jamaica- February 11, 2013 — Porthole Cruise Magazine, the world’s leading consumer cruise and travel publication based in the United States has awarded Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cakes…
Michael Misick Released From Prison In Brazil
The former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Michael Misick was released from prison in Brazil last Friday [Feb 8] after the Brazilian Supreme Court has granted him bail. He was arrested in December 2012 at the airport in…
