Proposed date for Scottish independence named
From BBC PHOTO: British and Scottish flags The proposed date of independence is included in the White Paper Scotland could be independent on 24 March, 2016, if voters back leaving the UK in the independence referendum, the Deputy First Minister…
Reducing waste and cleaning it up
Holiday Tips: Reducing Waste Traditionally, holidays are a time for exchanging gifts. This year, let’s give more meaningful gifts and be more civil-minded, while wasting less and lightening the load for Santa’s clean-up crew. The Department of Environmental Health (DEH)…
‘Slave’ women rescued: Three held in ‘horrific conditions’
From BBC Aneeta Prem, Freedom Charity: “We’ve ensured they’re in a place of safety” Three women rescued from a house after allegedly being held as slaves for 30 years were kept in “horrific conditions”, a charity has said. Freedom Charity…
Trinidad police discover body of one-year-old in latrine
From Caribbean360 Police said a 26-year-old relative claimed gunmen snatched Jacob Monroe from his home in Maracas Valley in St. Joseph and fled the scene. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Police are investigating a case in which the body of a…
GIMISTORY
Since 1998, the Cayman Islands International Storytelling Festival, better known as GIMISTORY, has been bringing together storytellers from Cayman, the Caribbean, North America and beyond to entertain old and young alike. The Festival is acclaimed by those who have attended…
Google: Stop violating our privacy!
From Care2 Petition Site Most email providers filter through emails to remove SPAM and malware. But Google has gone too far by reading all emails in Gmail in order to target you for ads. Don’t we have any right to…
National Gallery News – Anne Goulden retires after 14 years
After 14 years of tireless commitment, National Gallery employee Anne Goulden has decided to retire. I’m sure you all agree that she will be irreplaceable. Fortunately she has promised to come back as a volunteer for NGCI events so she…
Cayman official disputes ECHN execs’ claim that Caribbean sojourn is mandatory
By Don Michak From Journal Inquirer Top officials at Eastern Connecticut Health Network [ECHN] and their spouses are again planning to make a yearly sojourn to a luxury resort in the Cayman Islands for what the regional nonprofit has described…
How Munich rejected Steve Ballmer and kicked Microsoft out of the city
By Nick Heath Tech Republic Breaking up with Microsoft is hard to do. Just ask Peter Hofmann, the man leading the City of Munich’s project to ditch Windows and Office in favour of open source alternatives. The project took close…
XL Group Files 8K – Entry Into Definitive Agreement >XL
XL Group PLC (XL) filed a Form 8K – Entry Into a Definitive Agreement – with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2013. On November 21, 2013, XLIT Ltd. (“XL-Cayman”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of XL Group plc…
