Bars granted New Year extension
Bars and restaurants will be allowed to stay open into the early hours of New Year’s Day after a ruling from the Liquor Licensing Board. Last week, lawmakers cleared the way for the extended partying when Premier McKeeva Bush put…
CNN’s Piers Morgan rejects phone hacking claims
LONDON (AP) — A tense and sometimes hostile Piers Morgan refused to disclose details Tuesday about the most damning link between himself and Britain’s phone hacking scandal — his acknowledgment that he once listened to a phone message left by…
Congrats to DVITP Graduates
Sixteen individuals made up the graduating class of the Domestic Violence Intervention Training Programme (DVITP) this past Thursday (15 December). The trainees were recognised for demonstrating a high level of commitment, increased knowledge and success throughout the three full-day sessions….
Winter wonderland lights up Cayman
Winter wonderland in Cayman? Anyone who has ever visited, or just driven past Maureen and Maxine Bodden’s fantastic display of Christmas lights on South Church Street already know that anything is possible. There is everything from baby polar bears and…
Downey’s ‘Holmes’ wins weekend with $39.6M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There was no mystery at the weekend box office. Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” debuted as the clear favorite with $39.6 million. The family sequel “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” opened a…
Two Earth-size planets spotted around distant star
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have found two Earth-sized planets orbiting a star outside the solar system, an encouraging sign for prospects of finding life elsewhere. The discovery shows that such planets exist and that they can be detected by…
Larsson’s partner chides ‘Dragon Tattoo’ marketing
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The longtime partner of late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson says he wouldn’t have approved of merchandise being linked to this week’s release of a Hollywood adaptation of his bestselling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.”…
Kim Jong Il body displayed, NKorea media hail son
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The body of North Korea’s long-time ruler Kim Jong Il was laid out in a memorial palace Tuesday as weeping mourners filled public plazas and state media fed a budding personality cult around his third…
Volunteer legal advisor recognised
Sharla Barnes is the first recipient of the Legal Befrienders programme’s Lee A. Freeman Service Award for compassion and generosity to those in need. This is a Family Resource Centre (FRC) initiative created to honour Lee A. Freeman’s life. A…
New dictionary for Cayman, bobo
Tell me sump’m bobo: If somebody was ta tell you det Cayman nah gah no culture, would you agree, or would you stall um out wit all kine ah facts n’ figurations? Some ah dem people say we nah gah…
