I CAN’T FORGIVE: Two months on and Medsadie still recovering
She’s depressed, but has family and friends. She’s still angry, but is no longer overwhelmed. She does physiotherapy at George Town Hospital and cannot walk, but can feel the healing from the bullets. Medsadie Connor, 57, suffered other bullets as…
Yes, a very sad day
I have to agree with RCIPS Commissioner David Baines when he said recently after the verdict of the Devon Anglin murder trial that: “It was a sad day…”. It was a very sad day, indeed. The saddest thing about it…
Criminals in for a shock
Police in Cayman could soon be armed with Taser guns to fight crime. The powerful electric shock weapons send 35,000 volts pulsating through the body of suspects. As part of a shake-up of the RCIPS Police Commission David Baines has…
Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future
The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) is collaborating with the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI) to present an international conference, dubbed “50-50, Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future.”…
Parents have a right to be nosey, says visiting pastor
“A child’s right to privacy should not be allowed to interfere with the duty of parenting,” says visiting pastor from the United States, Pastor Ralph Wheeler Jr. “Whatever happens to the child you are going to blame the parent, then…
Rotary celebrates literacy
To celebrate International Literacy Day, observed globally on 8 September, the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise donated some 700 illustrated dictionaries to all first-year students attending government high schools. The first presentation was made to a group of enthusiastic…
Call for cancer patients to register
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is calling for patients to join their register so they can learn more about the deadly disease. The organisation wants to gather accurate statistics to allow them to assess the need for local specialists and…
James Murdoch faces second grilling in Parliament
LONDON (AP) — James Murdoch will be recalled for a second grilling before Britain’s Parliament, a senior lawmaker investigating the tabloid phone hacking scandal said yesterday. The announcement from John Whittingdale, the chairman of Parliament’s media committee, comes after former…
I’m mad ‘cause I’m one. I’m sane ‘cause I‘m one (but only when playing the game).
I’m alone. I’m standing on a soapbox in the middle of George Town. I’m shouting, “I, Georgina Wilcox, should be the Premier of the Cayman Islands.” If a psychiatrist passed by he would diagnose me as suffering from this or…
Nintendo seeks to rev up 3DS with holiday games
TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is readying an array of video games for the holidays in an aggressive attempt at catch-up for lost time from the sales delay of the 3DS portable machine last year. Nintendo Co., which makes the Wii…
