English Football: Southampton 2 Newcastle 0
Southampton climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone as they convincingly beat Newcastle. The livewire Gaston Ramirez squared the ball across for Adam Lallana to slot in the home side’s opener. Newcastle’s Vurnon Anita missed a gilt-edged chance before…
CDB to host procurement workshop in Guyana
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will be hosting a workshop to launch the Bank’s revised procurement guidelines for Consultants in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on November 26 – 27, 2012. Mr. Norman Cameron, Head of Procurement at CDB, will…
Treasury to crack down on UK’s offshore tax havens
Radical plans to force the UK’s tax havens to reveal the names behind hidden companies, account holders and trusts have been drawn up by the Treasury. The news has delighted tax justice campaigners, who predict that the move, which is…
Cayman Islands profile: A chronology of key events:
1503 – Navigator Christopher Columbus sights the islands. 1670 – Spain cedes the islands, along with Jamaica, to the English under the terms of the Treaty of Madrid. Early 1700s – First permanent settlers arrive. 1794 – Legendary “Wreck of…
Two killed in 100-vehicle pile-up in US
Two people have died and dozens were injured after a pile-up involving some 100 vehicles on a foggy motorway in the US state of Texas. More than 50 people were taken to hospital and at least eight were critically hurt,…
Boxer Hector Camacho ‘brain dead’ after shooting
Puerto Rican former boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho is clinically brain dead after being shot in the head on Tuesday, doctors say. He was in a deep coma and unresponsive, the director of the hospital treating him, Dr Ernesto Torres, told…
‘Ice cream’ murder woman gets life sentence in Austria
A court in Vienna has sentenced to life in prison a woman for murdering her ex-husband and her lover and hiding the bodies in her ice cream shop. Estibaliz Carranza, who has joint Spanish-Mexican citizenship, will now be put in…
Egypt’s President Mursi assumes sweeping powers
Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi has issued a declaration banning challenges to his decrees, laws and decisions. The declaration also says no court can dissolve the constituent assembly, which is drawing up a new constitution. President Mursi also sacked the chief…
South Pacific Sandy Island ‘proven not to exist’
A South Pacific island, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, Australian scientists say. The supposedly sizeable strip of land, named Sandy Island on Google maps, was positioned…
