The end of the world: R.E.M. split up
NEW YORK (AP) — The alternative rock group that shook up the music world with its experimental, edgy sound and then earned multiplatinum success and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced on its website that…
Earth to satellite: When will you hit and where?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It’s just that if they’re off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting…
Cayman High School 49ers reunion
The “49ers” – a group of some of the first students who attended the Cayman Islands High School that first opened its doors in 1949 – got together to meet and exchange memories with one another. The first weekend meeting,…
Foster’s Food Fair IGA introduces another “green” initiative
Foster’s Food Fair IGA is pleased to announce the recent recycling initiative to send cardboard bales to a company in Miami called Miami Waste Paper. Every week a container of about 40 bales weighing anywhere from 600-1100 pounds is sent…
Baby Iguanas boom in San Diego Zoo
Over the past week there has been a baby boom for the highly endangered species of the blue iguana in the San Diego Zoo, Two breeding females and their mates remain in the zoo in case the population in Cayman…
Godspell brings the good news to Cayman
The Cayman Drama Society is performing a new version of the long-running Broadway musical, Godspell, at the Prospect Playhouse. The musical consists of a series of Jesus’ parables, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew plus three parables found in…
Amended Gender Equality Bill incorporates community feedback
Members of the Legislative Assembly last week passed a version of the Gender Equality Bill that incorporated feedback from community organisations and professional associations. The Ministry of Gender Affairs spent the month of August working with the Attorney General’s chambers…
Jamaica’s downtown land grab
KINGSTON (AP): Fraudsters in downtown Kingston are taking advantage of rising land values and increasing demand for property by capturing abandoned premises and registering them in their names. “We are seeing a new phenomenon where persons are capturing some of…
Lawyers want to show Jackson press conference
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death moved Tuesday to show jurors at the upcoming trial footage of a news conference in which the singer spoke of performing in only 10 shows during his…
Gunmen dump 35 bodies on avenue
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected drug traffickers drove two trucks to a main avenue in a Mexican Gulf coast city and dumped 35 bodies beneath an overpass during rush hour as gunmen stood guard and pointed their weapons at frightened…
