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Day: July 9, 2022

WE DID IT! California repeals harmful loitering law

By Miriam Karmali, Freedom United We did it! California’s Governor Newsom signed the Safer Streets for All Act into law, meaning trafficking victims and sex workers in California will no longer face arrest and criminalization just for walking on the street, or for…

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Cayman: HMCIPS & UWI Open Campus Graduates 46 in 2022 Cohort

Grand Cayman 07 July 2022 — Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) in conjunction with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus hosted its Inaugural Awards Ceremony after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in August…

Vattenfall’s wind power reduces carbon footprint

The carbon footprint of Vattenfall’s wind power has now been reduced to 13 grammes per kilowatt hour generated, compared to 15 grammes in 2016, and the reduction trend only continues. The new Swedish wind farm Blakliden Fäbodberget landed at a…

Concacaf partners with She Wins Mexico and Dale Vuelta, to deliver grassroots football development ahead of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship

Monterrey, Mexico- – The athletes of the region’s eight best women’s national teams have taken Monterrey, Mexico by storm as they compete in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship from July 4-18th. The teams, including the #1 FIFA ranked USA and #6…

Cayman Islands Flags Flown at Half-Mast in Honor of former Governor, Mr Michael Edward John Gore, CVO, CBE

In honor of the life of former Cayman Islands Governor, Mr Michael Edward John Gore, CVO, CBE, the Cayman Islands flag and Union flag are flying half-mast throughout today, Friday 08 July 2022, and again on the day of or…

ONE | GT HOTEL AND RESIDENCES BREAKS GROUND IN GEORGE TOWN – Video release

Further to our original story re the groundbreaking of ONE | GT last  week please watch the video at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcF11_UCYXM  About ONE|GT ONE | GT is a boutique hotel and residence located in the heart of downtown George Town. ONE |…

Cayman: RCIPS arrest one man wanted for Murder in Jamaica

From RCIPS During an operation today, Friday 8 July, shortly before 12.30PM, police arrested Rudolph Almando Shaw, a 30 year old man who is wanted for murder in Jamaica, in the vicinity of Seymour Road, George Town. The authorities in…

Cayman: COVID-19 Update – 8 July

Public Health has released COVID-19 figures for 8 July. Positive cases reported to Public Health during this period are currently as follows:

Jamaican nurse receives US Presidential Medal of Freedom

By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life United States President Joseph Biden on Thursday bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom honor on a Jamaican-born nurse, the first in the United States to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus and a…

Cuba should be removed from the U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

By Roger Waters, Vijay Prashad and Manolo de los Santos / Globetrotter The United States maintains a list of countries that it considers as “state sponsors of terrorism.” There are currently four countries on that list: Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria….