Cayman Islands Ghost Orchid listed in 100 Most Threatened Species
From OurAmazingPlanet Staff The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission has issued its first ever list of what it considers the 100 most threatened species of animals, plants and fungi on the planet. The full list…
Is this one of the reasons Henry Bellingham lost his job as United Kingdom Minister for the Overseas Territories at The Foreign and Commonwealth Office?
Minister Caroline Spelman denies U-turn over King’s Lynn incinerator From Eastern Daily Press In an exclusive interview with the Eastern Daily Press, Ms Spelman argued that she precisely followed official guidelines in reaching her decision to grant £91m worth of…
Customs Now Online for your Convenience
In addition to taking steps to modernise its commodities import and export processes, the Cayman Islands Customs Department is also aiming to make the process more efficient and customer-friendly for its users. Previously, each port of entry into the Cayman…
Making sculptures out of paper and turning paper into bronze
Patty and Allen Eckman have been creating wonderful high detail works in their hand made acid free cast paper sculpture since 1988 and they have become internationally recognized as not only masters in the medium but also the only masters…
Hillsborough: Brian Reade on the day that changed football forever
The UK’s Daily Mirror’s superb story of the Hillsborough Disaster from the beginning to today by Brian Reade How English football became a golden magnet for billionaire owners and millionaire players from every corner of the earth… at the cost…
Hillsborough papers: Cameron apology over ‘double injustice’
David Cameron has said he is profoundly sorry for the “double injustice” of the Hillsborough football disaster. Speaking after an independent report into previously unseen documents about the tragedy, the prime minister said police had failed to do enough and…
HBO Premieres new season of Boardwalk Empire
HBO Latin America announced that the third season of the 12-time Emmy® nominated, highly acclaimed series, Boardwalk Empire, will premiere in the Caribbean on September 16th, day-and-date with the United States. Created by Terence Winter (Emmy® Award-winning writer of The…
Free Jersey: A Small Island Fights For Its Democracy
By Leah McGrath Goodman Author, Historian and Investigative Journalist Almost everyone has heard of New Jersey, but few people have heard of “old” Jersey — the 5-by-9-mile island just off the coast of France that belongs to the British Crown and is best…
Libya attack: Obama vows justice for killed US envoy
US President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to justice those who killed the US ambassador to Libya during protests against a film that mocks Islam. But he told reporters that the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi would…
Asian hedge funds need to rise to corporate governance challenge
By Christopher Day – independent director at financial advisory firm Carne Group The topic of fund governance is moving quickly to the top of the agenda for investors in hedge funds. Institutional investors, now representing over 60% of the global…
