Cayman Islands: YMCA Camp offers Summer Choices
Registration for the annual YMCA Summer Day Camp programme is now open. Camps will take place from Tuesday, 2 July to Friday, 23 August, making it one of the only camps on island running the entire eight weeks of summer…
Darwin shooting: Four killed in northern Australia
From BBC A gunman shot dead four people and injured another at five different locations in the northern Australian city of Darwin, officials said. The 45-year-old suspect, who was known to the police, was arrested an hour after the first…
Taiwan lands aircraft on highway as part of military drills
AP From Manila Bulletin CHANGHUA, Taiwan — Taiwan landed war planes on a normally busy highway Tuesday to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields, part of annual drills designed to showcase the island’s military capabilities and resolve…
North Koreans paying bribes to survive – U.N.
From The Star GENEVA (Reuters) – North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country where corruption is “endemic” and repression rife, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday in a report that…
OPINION: Dirty politicians and ALBA leaders (2)
By Jolly Green Part Two [2] It was most unfortunate for Venezuela and the world that Chavez’s chosen successor was also trained in Cuba, a Venezuelan union official working for a bus company. Sent home from political college by Cuba’s…
Trump praises ‘extraordinary’ US-UK alliance on state visit
From BBC US President Donald Trump has said the US and UK have the “greatest alliance the world has ever known”. In a news conference with Theresa May, he promised a “phenomenal” trade deal after the UK leaves the European…
Florida school shooting: Parkland officer arrested over inaction
From BBC An armed officer who stood outside a Florida school as a gunman killed 17 people has been arrested and faces multiple charges, including child neglect and perjury. Scot Peterson, a security guard at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
Conclusions of the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 — The annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting gathered officials from 53 countries in Geneva, Switzerland on 19 May 2019, to discuss the acceleration of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Four of the six independent Member States of the OECS were…
James Holzhauer’s historic ‘Jeopardy!’ winning streak is over
By AJ Willingham From CNN (CNN)James Holzhauer’s historic “Jeopardy!” winning streak came to an end Monday night — and it wasn’t even a wrong answer that undid him. Holzahauer was this close to breaking the all-time “Jeopardy!” earnings record, but he fell short in…
The Natural Disaster Risk Management Program participates in Barbados regional risk management conference
The event takes place in the Central American country until 1st June and is attended by 350 scientists, politicians, designers, engineers and researchers from more than 35 countries · The Understanding Risk Caribbean Conference arises from the regional need to develop…