Qatar’s purchase of billions of US weaponry — and support for Hamas — shows how awkward foreign policy can be
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider Qatar recently cemented an enormous weapons deal with the United States. But this week, the tiny, resource-rich Gulf kingdom with outsized geopolitical ambitions — and a seemingly bottomless pocketbook — might be setting itself…
The Editor speaks: I heard music through the voices of anger and eyes full of tears
I have been angry this week. I have not been able to find one good thing to give me a sense of peace and to feel love. I was angry with our premier, Alden McLaughlin, not so much with his…
Israel intensifies hunt for missing teenagers
From Aljazeera Army says it has searched 1,350 West Bank sites and arrested more than 330 Palestinians in search for missing teens. Israel has sent more troops to the occupied West Bank to search for three missing teenagers it says…
HR from around the world represented (including Cayman islands)
By Roy Maurer More than 1,000 attendees from more than 80 countries and territories are in Orlando, Fla., for the 2014 SHRM [Human Resources] Annual Conference & Exposition. Canada, as in recent years, accounts for the largest number of international…
Ocean swim in Cayman Islands earns Zakala trip to junior worlds
By Warren Henderson From Kelowna Capital News Josh Zakala wasn’t sure what to expect from his first open water swims in the ocean. As it turns out, the 16-year-old from Kelowna is equally proficient in salt water as he is…
Pope says he supports ‘State of Palestine’
By Brian Ries From Mashable Pope Francis called for peace in the “increasingly unacceptable” Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Sunday in a speech at the palace of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. In his speech, which came hours before the Pope…
iNews Briefs
Cayman EIA contract with Baird signed The Cayman Islands Government has signed a $2.5m agreement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the planned cruise port for George Town with W.F. Baird Coastal Engineers Limited. Cayman company, Bolas Engineering, will…
Fed Nominee Stanley Fischer’s Cayman Islands problem
By Pam Martens From Wall Street On Parade Senator Elizabeth Warren Questioning Fed Nominee Stanley Fischer on March 13, 2014 Stanley Fischer did not get a proper vetting at his Senate Banking confirmation hearing last Thursday to serve as Vice…
Detained, deported, but not deterred: Egypt stops International Women’s Day Delegation to Gaza
By Cayman Kai From opednews On International Women’s Day, although I woke up in America, my heart was in Gaza. After having been detained for over 22 hours in the Cairo airport without explanation, I had been deported to London…
‘King of Israel,’ Ariel Sharon, Dead at 85
Saturday, 11 Jan 2014 08:17 AM By Jim Meyers and Martin Gould From Newsmax Ariel Sharon — the military hero and prime minister who was among the most controversial figures in the history of Israel — has died, eight…
