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Cayman Islands Departments of Tourism and Environment (DOT) and (DOE) invite everyone to the Living Green Fair on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 10:00am – 4:00pm at the Lions Centre and the admission is Free!!
The Cayman Islands Environmental Programme for the Tourism Sector (CEPTS) is a program initiated to encourage the implementation of environmental best practices [...]
Caymanian business conglomerate DMS would like to respond to allegations, speculation and public discussion on the topic of the DMS Roundabout. The DMS Roundabout was conceived as a gift to our community, an important collaboration between the public and the private sector providing vital means of communication during special community events, emergencies or natural disasters. [...]
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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 30 people and injured 850 in south-west Iran, officials say.
Rescue teams have been sent to the affected area, but darkness is hampering rescue operations.
The quake struck 90km (60 miles) south of the country’s only nuclear power station in Bushehr, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says.
However, the nuclear [...]
Following public pressure from nearly 180,000 individuals across 150 countries (WSPA, 2012), WSPA was encouraged to see that the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) responded to our animal welfare concerns by commissioning an independent inspection to establish whether its operation was conducted in âa humane manner i.e. non-cruel mannerâ (Balazs et al, 2013). However, following a [...]
Written by Rick Stratton from divenewsnetwork
Located on a plateau in the middle of the western Caribbean Sea, Grand Cayman Island is literally sticking up like a mountain off the surrounding sea floor. Bounded by steep shear walls sliding into the abyss 6,000 feet below, divers revel in the feeling of seeming to soar out over [...]
We are weak in all four categories of âSpecies, Sitesâ, Development controlâ and âAccountabilityâ in the first-ever analysis of environmental laws across all of the UKâs 14 Overseas Territories.
The report, âEnvironmental Governance in the UKâs Overseas Territoriesâ, was published and presented to the UK Government last month by the Royal Society for the Protection of [...]
With the news that H.E. Cayman Islands Governor Duncan Taylor has installed a bat house on the grounds of Government House along Seven Mile Beach, the National Trust for the Cayman Islands has warned about the dwindling numbers of bats.
Bat houses help to replace some of the homes they have lost due to deforestation and [...]
You have three weeks to comment on the Draft Environment Statement (ES) on the proposal by the Dart Group to relocate Grand Caymanâs landfill to Bodden Town, up to 29th April.
Comments must be in writing either during the two open house sessions later this month, electronically via e-mail to doe@gov.ky, mailed to Department of Environment, [...]
âOur future in the Caribbean lies in our ability to develop and use the knowledge, mental capacity, and skills of our people to make the most of our limited resources and negotiate our way in an increasingly complex and competitive global economic environment.â
Global warming and sea level rise, fishing pressure and other human activities are [...]
On Friday 5 April 2013 about 10:56 pm a pedal cyclist was injured along the West Bay Road* in the vicinity of Mandalay Condominiums. His condition is considered serious but stable.
The cyclist was apparently riding home towards WB after work when he was struck by a truck.
The driver of the truck was arrested for DUI.
Anyone [...]
