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Month: February 2017

HSM IP introduces legal career options to Cayman Islands’ JGHS students

HSM IP was given the opportunity to discuss the firm’s internship possibilities with John Gray High School Students on Friday, February 24, 2017. The IP team consisting of Ms. Lisa Chin-Forde, Ms. Kenyah Pinnock and Ms. Sophie Davies were on…

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Cracking the RaceCation Code: The Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon

From The Active Times This article was originally posted on Swim Bike Mom.  In the last decade, I can count (on one hand) the number of times I have been on a real vacation—a true, sit-in-the-sand, read-your-cares-away, eat until someone…

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Barbadians donate to East End residential home in Cayman Islands

Barbadians in the Cayman Islands, represented by the Honorary Consul Mrs Juliette Gooding-Michelin, GCM, recently donated a medical bed to the East End Residential Home.  The Residential Home falls under the management of the Department of Children and Family Services…

Dramatic drop in burglaries according to Cayman Islands 2016 crime statistics

2016 Crime Statistics Release – 24 February 2017 The 2016 Crime Statistics provide an overview of the number of incidents recorded in several categories of crime on the islands throughout the year, and indicate both the positive and negative developments…

Cost of fishing study concluded for Caribbean states

Belize City, Friday, 24 February 2017 (CRFM)—A landmark study to look at the impacts of rising cost factors on fishing operations in the Caribbean has been concluded, and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), in collaboration with FAO, will convene…

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Caribbean warned to prepare for more severe storms

From Caribbean360 ROSEAU, Dominica, Friday February 24, 2017 – Organization of Eastern Caribbean (OECS) member states have been urged to prepare for more extreme weather conditions and natural disasters as a result of climate change. The warning came from Crispin d’Auvergne,…

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Finland is having so few kids, deaths just outnumbered births for the first time in 77 years

By Chris Weller From Business Insider For an innovative country like Finland, firsts are usually a sign of good things to come. But according to new data from the federal statistics bureau Statistics Finland, the small Nordic country saw its…

ICAO North American, Central American and Caribbean regional office commemorates 60 years of assisting states

By Tatiana Rokou / 24 Feb 2017 09:10 1217 The event was attended by Ministers, Ambassadors, and Directors General of Civil Aviation representing many of the 21 States and 19 Territories to which the NACC Regional Office is accredited. Dr….

Shetland whale confirmed to be on holiday from Caribbean

by KIERAN BEATTIE From The Press and Journal A humpback whale from a breeding population in the eastern Caribbean sea has been recorded for the very first time in British waters. The enormous creature was captured displaying its tail flukes…

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Caribbean bat species need 8 million years to recover from recent extinction waves

From SAT Press Releases: Bats include the fishing bat, vampire bats and many fig-eating species How long does it take a community of mammals to recover after a wave of species loss? Bats in the Caribbean Islands may hold new…