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Day: February 14, 2018

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Multimillion dollar sewage fix for Barbados

By Nya Phillips BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — It will cost the Barbados government $12.9 million to address the south coast sewage issues, minister with responsibility for water resource management, Dr David Estwick, said at a press conference last weekend. He…

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Portugal police ‘find cocaine in traveller’s padded pants’

From BBC Police in Portugal have detained a man at Lisbon’s international airport accused of carrying 1kg (2.2lb) of cocaine in fake buttocks. Local media said the Brazilian citizen had arrived on a flight from the city of Belém, in…

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Jamaican cleared in Bermuda court of drug charges

From The Jamaica Gleaner HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): Maurice Martin, a 34-year-old Jamaican national, who survived a 2010 shooting that killed his friend, has been cleared by a Supreme Court of a plot to import fentanyl into Bermuda with two Canadians….

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Cayman Islands to emerge as key strategic hub for subsea cable sector

By Chris Kelly, From Total Telecom OfReg is working with other government departments to open up the Cayman Island’s subsea sector to international investors The Cayman Islands could emerge as a key strategic hub, linking the US with developing markets…

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You Can’t Deport a Movement rally at Foley Square

BY TEQUILA MINSKY From Caribbean Life The tone, Saturday morning, Feb. 11, began a bit lighter than might have been as immigration rights activists filled Foley Square in the shadow of Manhattan courts at the “You Can’t Deport a Movement”…

Keys physicians petition, for bacterial safety cultures on Oxitec antibiotic dependent mosquito, 2016, was declined.

The following was a comment added to our story published February 12 2018 “US: Bug board convenes experts for advice”. We feel it should stand on its own as an article and therefore we have republished. The original is at:…

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The UK government has developed AI so powerful it can block 99.99% of ISIS propaganda videos before they reach the internet

By Kieran Corcoran From Business Insider The British government has developed AI technology which can scan videos and work out whether they contain extremist content. It gave £600,000 ($834,000) of public money to tech firm ASI Data Science to build…

Poundland removes Twinings tea from ‘Naughty Elf’ ad

By Jamie Robertson Business reporter, From BBC News Poundland has removed the image of a box of Twinings tea from a controversial social media advert after the company complained on Twitter. The campaign displayed a toy elf in a suggestive…

14 Feb Weather In Cayman

14 Feb Wed 2018 Weather In Cayman Synopsis   Moderate to fresh east to northeasterly winds along with rough seas will continue across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours in association with a high pressure system over the…