Surrey (UK) woman left without care dies in hospital
A woman in her 80s left at home in Surrey without medication, food, or water for nine days after a care agency shut down has died in hospital. Gloria Foster was admitted to Epsom Hospital nearly two weeks ago after…
Dell computers to be bought back by founder Michael Dell
Michael Dell has said he will buy back the world’s number three PC-maker that he founded and that carries his name. Along with technology investor Silver Lake, and with financial backing from Microsoft, he will offer to buy the firm…
Gay marriage: MPs debate and vote
Same-sex marriage is “an important step forward” and will “make our society stronger”, David Cameron has said. The prime minister’s intervention came shortly before MPs were due to vote on plans to legalise gay marriage in England and Wales. A…
Banks respond to mortgage rate critics
By Marina Mell Royal Gazette Bermuda banks responded to residents’ concerns about mortgage rates being so high compared to other countries, pointing to such factors as higher costs and risks of lending on the Island. Butterfield Bank, providing a detailed…
CHTA President & CTO Chairman Support Abolishing UK Air Passenger Duty
by Theresa M. Oakes / [email protected] Richard J. Doumeng, president, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), and Beverly Nicholson-Doty, chairman, Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Council of Ministers and Commissioners of Tourism, are supporting a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) which…
Argentina ‘will control Falklands within 20 years’
The Falkland Islands will be back under Argentine control within “20 years”, the country’s foreign minister Hector Timerman has said. On a visit to London, he claimed “not one” other nation supported UK sovereignty of the Falklands. Speaking to the…
The Editor Speaks: Bush probe deepens and John Grisham has no part in it
Ex Cayman Islands premier McKeeva Bush was not unsurprisingly re-bailed yesterday (5) along with “another local man” as the police still refer to him. This, despite, being widely reported in the local press as being local businessman Suresh Prasad, but…
Cayman Heart Fund Red Dress Luncheon
The Cayman Heart Fund and Baptist Health International are presenting the 4th Annual RED DRESS Learn and Live Luncheon at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman on Friday March 15 2013. Tickets are only $55 per person and corporate tables of 10…
Real Border Control Has to Come First in Any Immigration Deal
A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports A bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators has proposed an immigration reform plan that appears to broadly reflect what voters would like to see. But there’s a catch. Most Americans (56 percent) want…
Gender gaps and income
Posted on Tue, 01/29/2013 – 08:12 in Viewpoint Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender & Housing In the Cayman Islands, between 1989 and 1999 females’ mean income almost doubled, compared with a 74.6% increase for males. However, the absolute value of…


















