Baptist Health International appoints new representative for the Cayman Islands
Rebekah Brooks to represent Baptist Health International in Cayman Islands, as Ana Bassil announces her plans to retire GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – May 23, 2014 – Baptist Health International continues to expand as Rebekah Brooks, RN is designated to…
Great Barrier Reef’s ‘unprecedented’ threat from dredging, dumping
By Oliver Milman The Guardian UK Conservation society says impact of previous sediment dumps far greater than claimed The impact of dredging and dumping sediment on the Great Barrier Reef has been far greater than the mining industry has claimed,…
Chamber Pension Plan’s new Board of Trustees voted in
The Chamber Pension Plan held a special member meeting Thursday May 15th at the Westin to vote in seven new Board of Trustee members. All of the new Board of Trustee members serve on a voluntary basis and represent their…
H1-B visas: Would lifting the cap really attract the ‘brightest and best’ to the US?
By Nick Heath From Tech Republic There needs to be a bigger discussion about whether H1-B visas are good for the tech industry and not just tech companies. Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is baffled: perplexed at why…
Tourism meets tsunami preparedness in the Caribbean
By SciDev.Net – Martín De Ambrosio From Thomson Reuters Foundation Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. [ST THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS] Scaring away tourists is perhaps not such a good…
Deadly bacteria can live on airplane seats for a week
By Katie Jennings From Business Insider Lost luggage and ever-shrinking leg room aren’t the only hazards of air travel. New research has found that deadly bacteria can hang around airplane cabins for up to a week. These aren’t your everyday…
Conservaeloso: The Campaign to Save the “Alcatraz of the Caribbean”
From Global Voices The Governor’s recent announcement stating that Puerto Rico’s infamous State Penitentiary called Oso Blanco (White Bear) would be finally demolished, years after the initial decision, has spurred massive campaigns calling for it’s preservation as an architectural and…
Royal Caribbean’s new super-ship
Royal Caribbean hopes its new super-ship will teach the Chinese to cruise By Max Nisen From Quartz Cruising is mostly an American phenomenon, with more than half of the world’s cruise ship passengers from the US. (The UK is a…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Caymanian students selected for UWC
Having been selected by the local national committee as its 2014 scholars, Sean Whewell and Giovanna Stafford are the latest Caymanians to join the United World Colleges (UWC) movement and will receive academic scholarships for the two-year pre-university programme. Beginning…
