(AFP) The Cayman Islands,
along with other islands in the Caribbean as well as cities on the East Coast of
the US, could be wrecked by a tsunami unleashed by the collapse of a volcanic
island in the eastern Atlantic, British scientists believe. A massive
chunk of La Palma, the most volcanically active island in the Canaries
archipelago, is unstable, says Simon Day, of the Benfield Grieg Hazard Research
Centre... read
more...
North Side's choir Christmas story
At North Side’s William Pouchie
Memorial United Church, the choir lifted hearts and voices on Boxing Day for
their annual Christmas Cantata, which this year was called, ‘His Name Is Jesus,’
and told the story of Christmas in song. The choir has been hard at work for six weeks, practicing between once and twice a week for the Cantata, under the guidance of organist and choirmaster Edwin Hulston... read
more...
Net News re-vamps Tourist Weekly
As
the number of tourists arriving in the Cayman Islands begins to increase
following the lifting of visitor restrictions, Cayman Net News has launched a
new tourist publication to meet the demand for up to date visitor information.
Cayman Tourist Today (formerly The Tourist Weekly) has the rights for
distribution at the port directly to cruise passengers as they disembark... read more...
Forged signature part of alleged Nigerian scam
Fake Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, (CIMA)
documents have been used to attempt to defraud a non-resident of US$
118,886.33, by forging the signature of Chief Secretary, Hon George A
McCarthy. The attempted fraud is believed to be part of an ongoing Nigerian
letter scam to swindle people out of their money. Generally, the
so-called ‘Nigerian Scam’ letters are sent to people living overseas... read more...
LONDON, (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II used her televised Christmas day speech to praise the virtues of religious and ethnic tolerance, telling her fellow Britons that diversity is "a strength and not a threat". And in a separate special message to her country's troops serving around the world, notably in Iraq, she also expressed pride in their work and support at the end of a "very demanding year."...
read more...
Person of the Day - Elaine Richardson
The kitchen roof blew off, the
electricity went out and the back -up generator was flooded, but Elaine
Richardson, a cook for 17 years, knew the patients and staff at the hospital
would not be fed unless they got a stove working. So Mrs Richardson
waded through water up to her hips to drag a portable gas stove and a propane
tank from her house back to the hospital... read
more...
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(AFP) The Cayman Islands,
along with other islands in the Caribbean as well as cities on the East Coast of
the US, could be wrecked by a tsunami unleashed by the collapse of a volcanic
island in the eastern Atlantic, British scientists believe. A massive
chunk of La Palma, the most volcanically active island in the Canaries
archipelago, is unstable, says Simon Day, of the Benfield Grieg Hazard Research
Centre...
At North Side’s William Pouchie
Memorial United Church, the choir lifted hearts and voices on Boxing Day for
their annual Christmas Cantata, which this year was called, ‘His Name Is Jesus,’
and told the story of Christmas in song. The choir has been hard at work for six weeks, practicing between once and twice a week for the Cantata, under the guidance of organist and choirmaster Edwin Hulston...
As
the number of tourists arriving in the Cayman Islands begins to increase
following the lifting of visitor restrictions, Cayman Net News has launched a
new tourist publication to meet the demand for up to date visitor information.
Cayman Tourist Today (formerly The Tourist Weekly) has the rights for
distribution at the port directly to cruise passengers as they disembark...
Fake Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, (CIMA)
documents have been used to attempt to defraud a non-resident of US$
118,886.33, by forging the signature of Chief Secretary, Hon George A
McCarthy. The attempted fraud is believed to be part of an ongoing Nigerian
letter scam to swindle people out of their money. Generally, the
so-called ‘Nigerian Scam’ letters are sent to people living overseas...
LONDON, (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II used her televised Christmas day speech to praise the virtues of religious and ethnic tolerance, telling her fellow Britons that diversity is "a strength and not a threat". And in a separate special message to her country's troops serving around the world, notably in Iraq, she also expressed pride in their work and support at the end of a "very demanding year."...
