Cynical story on Webb on website: …ology.com under the subtitle Soccer Scoops
Cayman Islands Banker Jeffrey Webb “Elected” CONCACAF President By Anthony Schneck (“I’m hangry all the time”) FIFA has done an excellent job cleaning up in the wake of massive corruption scandals. Some measures taken include… wait, no, FIFA’s still really,…
UK probe of slain spy said hampered by delay
(AP) — A delay in reporting as missing a British spy whose naked and decomposing body was later found locked inside a sports bag frustrated police inquiries into his mysterious death, witnesses told an inquest hearing Thursday. Gareth Williams, 31,…
Lesbian Scout leader ousted in Ohio; parents upset
The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109’s Tiger Scouts didn’t know or care their den mother was a lesbian – at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organisation’s ban on gays. Now, parents who…
Nigeria: 7 killed in newspaper office bombings
AP) — A suicide bomber and a man armed with explosives attacked two Nigerian newspaper offices on Thursday, killing seven people and wounding at least 26. The radical Islamic sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility. Boko Haram said it coordinated the…
Cayman Island’s Green Anole
Jonathan Losos reporting for “Anole Annals” This fella (see pics) was caught a week and a half ago near North Side fire station, Grand Cayman. It’s the first green anole found outside the capital, George Town. The question: what is…
Premier Leads Delegation to Caribbean Overseas Countries & Territories Meeting
Even with all the fireworks and explosions going off around Premier McKeeva Bush at home he led a Cayman Islands delegation for Curacao on Wednesday (25) morning to attend the First High-level Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories (COCT) Council Meeting….
Colonialism and the Caribbean
Lizzie Phelan ([email protected]) The contemporary Caribbean remains the most politically diverse region of the world in such a small geographic space. By the end of the 19th century, much of the region was comprised of colonial dependencies controlled by various European…
Well loved Insurance “Hall of Fame” founder laid to rest
by Colin Wilson (from the Eulogy by J. Lemuel Hurlstone, CVO, MBE, JP) It was with much sadness I witnessed the Mass of Christian Burial for Rupert Lloyd Anderson Christie at St. George’s Anglican Church last Tuesday (24). Lloyd was…
“Grease” was a well-oiled production
Last week I wanted to see the Cayman Prep and High School’s latest stage production, Jan Jacobs and Warren Casey’s musical “Grease”. I managed to view it, but not until after two attempts because every ticket had been pre-sold the…
Murdoch: Hacking scandal changed my entire company
AP) — Rupert Murdoch used his testimony before a U.K. inquiry on Thursday to portray himself as the victim, not perpetrator, of a cover-up over phone hacking – a bold claim unlikely to be accepted by those suing his company…
