Three Miss Scotts: Cayman Island triplets among today’s Elon’s graduates Triplets
By Steve Huffman / Times-News ELON — They were all born within six minutes, and Kristi, Staci and Suzanne Scott haven’t strayed far from one another in the years since. Today, the triplets — natives of the Cayman Islands —…
Hell is not heaven but Turtle Farm is
On a Disney Cruise Line (DCL) Discussion Board someone asked if anyone had gone to Hell on his or her own? These are some of the interesting replies: Question: From CamColt – Has anyone gone to Hell on their own,…
UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested
From Yahoo News Friday 24th May 2013 LONDON — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London…
UWC Cayman Islands sends students to Italy and Canada
The UWC Cayman Islands national committee is pleased to announce the selection of Simon Watson and Tyleisha Galbraith as our 2013 scholarship recipients. Mr. Watson, who is graduating from the Layman E. Scott Senior High School in Cayman Brac this…
The myth of foreign investment
By Shahid Shah From The News International KARACHI: While several market pundits predicted a pre-election rally, few expected the KSE-100 index to cross the 21,000-point mark. The fundamentals hadn’t changed, they argued, so hefty inflows were unlikely. But the ‘foreign…
I-5 bridge collapse survivor: ‘You hold on’
By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER, From Yahoo News MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a “big…
9 Pieces of Furniture Made from Shipping Pallets
By Chaya, selected from Networx, Care2 Shipping pallets are a plentiful source of wood to reclaim and build with. Since pallets are rough hewn, they lend themselves to rustic pieces of furniture, which happen to be in style right now….
Treasure islands in trouble
From The Economist Britain’s Caribbean dependencies have been hurt by economic stagnation, the war on tax havens and their own fiscal recklessness and corruption. Last month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest…
8 Things that wish they were turtles [on World Turtle Day]
From Mashable It was World Turtle Day, hooray! Today (Thursday May 23rd), we finally get to celebrate the awesomeness of the shelled reptiles of the planet. These chill dudes really don’t get the recognition they deserve, constantly being out-cuted by…
South Korean jumps off building and lands on and kills young girl walking below
By Sam Kim, From Business Insider SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building….
