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Day: August 17, 2017

Cayman Islands Under 15s win CONCACAF Under 15 Boys Championships group with third victory

CONCACAF Under 15 Boys Championships : IMG Academy, Bradenton, Florida August 13th – 19th, 2017 The Cayman Islands Under 15 Boys’ National Football secured top spot in Group G at the 2017 CONCACAF Under 15 Boys’ Championships with a convincing…

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Drunk people on planes are becoming more of a problem

By Jess McHugh, Travel + Leisure From Business Insider The INSIDER Summary: Arrests of drunk people on planes or in airports have spiked by 50 percent in the UK. Authorities arrested 387 disruptive, drunken passengers between February 2016 and February 2017….

Is Jamaica’s Health Ministry preparing to import medicinal marijuana from Cayman Islands? [UPDATE NO!]

UPDATE: Since this story was published see release from Jamaica Observer below By Chevon Campbel From Nation Wide Radio JM A Cayman news outlet is reporting that Jamaica’s Health Ministry is moving to import medicinal ganja products from the Cayman…

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Syrian rebels shot down a government fighter plane and captured its pilot alive

AFP From Business Insider Beirut (AFP) – A Syrian rebel group said it shot down a government warplane on Tuesday and captured its pilot alive near a ceasefire zone in the war-ravaged country’s south. The Ahmad al-Abdo Forces shot down…

Cayman’s Children’s Garden

Breaking Ground at the Children’s Garden on Grand Cayman At 10:00AM on Wednesday, August 16, at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park ground was broken on the Children’s Garden. It was a very special day for the organisers says Shayma…

Tropical cyclone expected Thursday from wave nearing Caribbean

UPDATE: Thu 17 Aug – Tropical Storm Harvey formed BY JENNY STALETOVICH From Miami Herald A tropical cyclone will likely develop from a wave of storms rolling toward the Caribbean later today, National Hurricane Center forecasters said early Thursday. Located…

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Alarming increase in crime and violence in the Caribbean to be addressed at upcoming regional meeting

By Congress of Community Practitioners (PRESS RELEASE) – Crime and violence are increasing in the Caribbean at alarming levels. Figures or murders for leading Caribbean nations are staggering and the many individuals who are injured tell a frightening tale of the…

Woman found naked after surviving in wilderness for a month

From WN Police in Bullock County, Alabama were working to piece together the last month for a woman who went missing in July but was found naked on a rural road this past weekend after surviving on berries and muddy…

A 93-year-old World War II veteran returned a fallen Japanese soldier’s flag to his family

By Sgt. Neysa Huertas Quinones, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni From Business Insider Deep within the mountains of Gifu Prefecture, in a small farming village hidden away from the fast-paced city life, the family of a fallen Japanese soldier eagerly…

Meet Royal Caribbean’s newest ship

BY RICHARD SIMMS From Cruise Radio While she won’t officially set sail until 2019, this week marked a major milestone for Royal Caribbean’s newest ship as the first steel was cut on Spectrum of the Seas. The ceremony took place…