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Month: April 2019

Study tracks ‘sky pirates’

Seabird study tracks ‘sky pirates’ through British Caribbean Overseas Territories An international effort aimed at tracking some of the Caribbean region’s most important avian predators is under way, thanks to a newly obtained U.K. Darwin grant provided by the Department…

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Health City Cayman Islands donates to NFL alumni

Health City Cayman Islands is supporting NFL Alumni’s (NFLA) charitable mission with a $20,000 donation to its “Caring for Kids” program. The world-class tertiary care medical facility, which was founded by renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty, presented the donation…

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Cayman Islands Crisis Centre partners with Mothers’ Union to host fundraising Tea Party

Fundraising efforts continue for a new shelter for victims of domestic violence. (George Town, Grand Cayman)  – The Cayman Islands Crisis Centre (CICC), which provides safe shelter and support for a victims of domestic violence and their children, announces its…

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Caribbean Women: Our health is our freedom

By Brenda Roach From Words in the Bucket Women in the Caribbean need more research and awareness on endometriosis. “Endo what?”, she said. This is a common response of those who have never encountered this disease.  Pronounced en-do-me-tri-osis, it is one…

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SOI urges Caribbean to chart course for people with intellectual disabilities

By Sanjay Myers From Jamaica Observer As Special Olympics International (SOI) moves to fuel the unified sports initiative, the gauntlet has been thrown down to Caribbean countries to play their part in charting a course for people with intellectual disabilities….

Cartoon of the week

“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, and seeing my work…

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Restricted income and food access as households enter the lean season

Central America and Caribbean From Fews Net Key Messages Poor households in Haiti and Central America who suffered crop losses during 2018 and are heavily market dependent will continue to engage in negative coping strategies to fill consumption gap will…

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Caribbean coral reefs critically endangered

By Marlene Augustine From Trinidad & Tobago NewsDay The reefs around TT, as well as throughout the Caribbean, are critically endangered said coral reef ecologist at the Institute of Marine Affairs and weekly columnist for Tobago Newsday Dr Anjani Ganase….

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State Dept. Blog: Enhancing U.S. cooperation with the Caribbean

By John J. Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State From Us Southern Command April 24, 2019 — On April 12, I had the honor of leading an interagency team of United States senior officials and experts to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)…

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12 simple hacks for an eco-friendly kitchen

By Mary Daly From Care2 Food waste. Energy-draining appliances. Toxic cleaning products. Your kitchen can be a very environmentally unfriendly room in your home — if you let it. Fortunately, it’s also a space in which it’s easy to go green. Here are…