Gender reassignment surgery OK’d over parents’ objection
By Lizzy McLellan, From The Legal Intelligencer A Bucks County judge has denied two parents’ emergency petition for limited guardianship of a transgender woman, allowing her to proceed with a scheduled gender reassignment surgery. In their petition, Klaus and Ingrid…
Cruise ship fire leaves guests stranded on Caribbean island
By Greg Roumeliotis – Reuters From Trade Arabia The Carnival Liberty leaving Miami in 2013. An engine fire on board the ship has left passengers stranded on a Caribbean island. An engine fire on board a cruise ship operated by…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Finally, Rowley as T&T prime minister
By Rickey Singh From Barbados Nation News THE 65-year-old volcanologist,Dr Keith Rowley, who is now the new Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, succeeded in upstaging all the professional pollsters and organisations at Monday’s general elections when he accurately forecast…
Missouri man sentenced to life in prison over marijuana is set free
By Matt Ferner National Reporter, From The Huffington Post “The Jeff Mizanskey case simply shows that the war on drugs has reached the pinnacle of absurdity.” Jeff Mizanskey, a 61-year-old man who was serving life in prison for nonviolent marijuana…
Texas Abortion Clinics ask Supreme Court to review restrictions
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal Raising the stakes that abortion will be on the decision docket in the new U.S. Supreme Court term, a Texas coalition of reproductive health clinics and physicians asked the justices on Wednesday…
British Airways plane catches fire on Las Vegas runway
From Richmond Times Dispatch LAS VEGAS (AP) — An engine on a London-bound British Airways jet caught fire Tuesday while the plane was preparing to take off from Las Vegas, shooting flames from the side of the jet and forcing…
Olwomen story of the week
10 health benefits of laughing By Jenny Smith From Olwomen Do you ever think that laughter has also health benefits? For some people it is really surprising to know that laughing or smiling is not just an emotion it is…
Sourcing at Magic with Haiti’s textile and apparel sector
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, September 7, 2015: Visitors of SOURCING at MAGIC 2015 were introduced to the unique and creative forms of garments available to them from the Haitian textile and apparel industry when the Center for Facilitation of Investments (CFI) of…
Proactive Cayman Islands police patrol yields arrest for drug possession/Public tipoff leads to arrest
Tip from member of the public leads to quick Arrest From RCIPS Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:13 PM Around 10:15AM on Monday, 7 September, plain clothes officers responded to a call from the member of the public regarding a burglary…
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Community Events IMPORTANT NOTICE: CIFEC School Closed this Wednesday Students attending Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) are informed that, due to technical difficulties with the timetable, there will be no school Wednesday, 9th September 2015. School is expected to…
