BUSH IN LOAN FIGHT: Cohen loan scrutinised by LA unit
The Auditor General will appear this morning before the watchdog Public Accounts Committee, hearing from Premier McKeeva Bush, United Democratic Party Treasurer Peter Young and Chairman of the Central Tenders Committee Ronnie Dunn. The five-member committee, meeting in public session…
Violent protesters attack peaceful ones in Athens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Violent rioters attacked peaceful demonstrators with firebombs and stones Thursday as tens of thousands turned out in Athens to decry unpopular new austerity measures demanded by creditors to keep Greece afloat. As the second day of…
Gadhafi dead: With warped vision, Gadhafi maddened Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — During nearly 42 years in power in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi was one of the world’s most eccentric dictators, so mercurial that he was both condemned and courted by the West, while he brutally warped his country…
Australians cheer Queen Elizabeth during boat trip
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Thousands of people cheered and waved from the banks of the Australian capital’s central lake as Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, took a motor boat to a flower show Thursday in their first…
Anglin at schools frontline
Minister of Education, Training and Employment, the Hon. Rolston Anglin, JP, has begun his third round of school visits, which will take him to all schools falling within his ministry’s responsibility. Explaining his objectives he said, “Visiting schools at the…
Deputy DPP Appointed
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is pleased to announce the appointment of experienced criminal prosecutor Trevor Ward to the post of Deputy DPP. This is a new post following the establishment of the Office in May of…
Proud papa Sarkozy says wife, baby ‘very well’
PARIS (AP) — Proud papa Nicolas Sarkozy, the first French president to have a baby while in office, said Thursday he and wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy feel “a very profound happiness” over the birth of their first child and added that…
Marching to their own beat
The Cayman Islands Marching Band (CIMB) is a unique group of musicians who play all genres of music while executing precision manoeuvers that are intertwined with an extraordinary style of marching. The band was formed in 2008 by the band’s conductor…
Small bear makes mess in Alaska grocery store
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — A small black bear cub walked in the front door of Tatsuda’s IGA. The scared animal found its way to a produce cooler, where it made a mess. Meat department manager Joe Stollar responded to the…
Prime Minister Bruce Golding To Resign Sunday
KINGSTON, (AP): Prime Minister Bruce Golding is expected to formally tender his resignation to the Governor General on Sunday while a new prime minister is sworn in. This will take place at a special ceremony at King’s House, commencing at…
