Cayman Islands makes Guardian’s Top 10 swimming holidays
Long-distance outdoor swimming was once the preserve of elite athletes or eccentrics such as ‘Big River Man’ Martin Strel, but a growing number of us are making swimming the focus of a holiday, be it by joining a boat-supported tour…
Syrian leader says terrorists are behind unrest
AP) — In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. The interview with…
Anglican Bishop balks at three-man contract panel just before his enthronement
Lord Bishop-elect of the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Rt. Rev. Dr. Howard Kingsley Ainsworth Gregory has called on the People’s National Party Administration to rethink its decision to appoint an Independent Oversight Panel to expedite negotiation…
Column: Olympic first, a home from home in London
AP) — Excited, likely jet-lagged, bursting with ambition and surely a little nervous, too, the thousands of Olympians speaking a multitude of tongues will find and settle into their rooms at London’s new, purpose-built Olympic Village this July. And, in…
Greek coalition talks fail
Greece is set to go to the polls again after days of coalition talks failed to produce agreement on a new government, says the leader of the Socialist Pasok party, Evangelos Venizelos. A final round of talks on Tuesday morning…
Antivirus software pioneer arrested by Belize police
This story appeared in Caribbean News Now (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) (Caribbean News Now (Grand Cayman) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 05— BELMOPAN, Belize — Software pioneer John McAfee, whose name is virtually synonymous with computer antivirus software, is…
Florida mom killed 4 kids, then herself
(AP) A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbour back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said. Thirty-three-year-old Tonya Thomas…
Ex-tabloid boss Brooks faces phone hacking charges
(AP) — One of Rupert Murdoch’s most trusted lieutenants and five people close to her were charged Tuesday with conspiring to hide evidence of phone hacking, bringing the scandal that has raged across Britain’s media and political elite uncomfortably close…
Former Bahamas PM leads party back to power
AP) — Former Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie led the main opposition party to victory on Monday, ousting the ruling party in elections dominated by unhappiness over rising crime and joblessness. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who was seeking a second…
Dimon survives votes on pay, chairmanship
(AP) — The CEO of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the bank. CEO Jamie Dimon also…
