Designer sunglasses needn’t be expensive
Buying cheap sunglasses doesn’t necessarily mean you are just getting poor quality sunglasses. You can easily get cheap sunglasses on line from all the popular designers and, in these hard times, it makes sense. However, you do need to look…
Cancer Awareness Weekend
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is organizing Conquering Cancer II – Let’s Fight Cancer Together – a series of cancer awareness activities for both health professionals and the general public on 9th and 10th of September. Every two years the…
Nobel winner urges Japan to abandon nuclear power
TOKYO (AP) — Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe urged Japan’s new prime minister on Tuesday to halt plans to restart nuclear power plants and instead abandon nuclear energy. Oe cautioned Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda against prioritizing the economy over safety. Noda…
Embroidery Part 2: Education is the Key
I had to leave the Cayman Islands to do some research on a story I wanted to write and was staying near Edinburg, Scotland. Before I departed I found that there were embroidery classes to be had in the area…
Australian standoff ends with one in custody, girl safe
SYDNEY (AP) — A man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and said he had a bomb in his backpack was taken into custody Tuesday after a tense, 12-hour standoff with police. The man’s 12-year-old daughter…
Gala Dinner Tickets on sale now
The National Trust’s Annual Gala Dinner and Auction is back and will be held on October 1. Tickets are $125 per person including three-course-dinner with wine, live entertainment, cocktail reception and the chance to win many auction prizes. Prizes consist…
Wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Calmer winds Tuesday should help firefighters battling a wildfire that has destroyed nearly 500 homes in Central Texas and forced thousands of residents to evacuate to shelters to avoid the blaze, officials said. Texas Forest Service…
Casting a line for direction
Fishing for Purpose is a new programme for boys from John Gray High School, aimed at finding purpose on life’s journey from older male role models – while having fun fishing. The idea came to Christopher Murray, School Counsellor at…
NASA launching twin moon probes to measure gravity
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth’s orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles. By…
Road to Brazil will get tougher
Cayman Islands National Football team were facing a tough World Cup qualifying match last night with Technical Director Carl Brown admitting things were going to get much tougher. The home nation went down 1-0 away at Suriname making last night’s…

















