The Editor Speaks: Finger printing and tourism
It is a common practice when one visits the USA, UK, Israel and other terrorism threatened countries to be fingerprinted before you are allowed entry. You can also be subject to an eye scan. Deputy Governor, Hon. Franz Manderson, revealed…
Live Studio Night fever
Members of the Cayman Islands National Gallery are welcome to “drop in” and paint a real live model on Thursday evenings during the new Live Studio Nights. The new sessions take place at the National Gallery Education Centre at their…
Annual economic surveys begins
Annual economic surveys that measure and record the pulse of economic activity of all businesses and other economic sectors in the Cayman Islands commence on Monday, 19 March and continue into May. The Balance of Payments (BOP) and System of…
US pastor runs anti-gay effort in Uganda
BOSTON (AP) — An East African gay advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a Massachusetts evangelist, alleging he has waged a decade-long campaign to persecute gays in Uganda. The suit was filed in federal court in Springfield against…
St Patrick’s Day treats and Emerald Ireland
The minute people hear of the words Irish and Ireland, they immediately think: St. Patrick’s Day, treats like green beer, tarts and cookies, four leaf clovers and Leprechauns. All of those are a rich part of the Irish Culture, but…
German court mulls restitution of Nazi-seized art
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top federal appeals court is set to rule Friday on whether a Berlin museum must return to a Jewish man from Florida thousands of rare posters that were seized from his father by the Nazis. Lower…
Ready for Race Cayman
Four young sailors from the Cayman Sailing Programme are ready to set sail and make waves in this year’s Race Cayman 2012, proving the success of the Ministry of Sports and the Cayman Islands Sailing Centre’s joint sailing development programme….
Beach replenishment a tough issue in Florida
PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (AP) — The St. Joseph Peninsula is picture-perfect Florida: 17 miles of sugar sand beach interrupted by a few clusters of homes, each with a million-dollar view of the Gulf of Mexico. But according to state…
Rotary reading fun at GTPS
Volunteers from the Rotary Sunrise Club have been reading with the children at George Town Primary School regularly once a week for a while now, but this week was Rotary’s designated reading week so the lucky kids got six volunteers…
Egypt charges 75 people in deadly soccer riot
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top prosecutor on Thursday charged 75 people in connection with a deadly soccer riot last month in the Mediterranean city of Port Said in which authorities said fans were thrown to their death off the stadium…
