Cayman: Update to eligibility criteria for assistance from the Needs Assesment Unit
The Needs Assessment Unit (NAU) has updated its eligibility criteria as of 20 July, 2022, to better serve older persons and persons with disabilities which are permanent in nature. Going forward, after having previously qualified for NAU assistance, these individuals…
Cayman: Ministry of Education continues its roll out of Public School Meals Programme
From the Cayman Islands Ministry of Education Cayman Islands, 22 July 2022 – A team of Cayman Islands Government and Education officials led by the Minister for Education, the Honourable Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, toured the canteen facility at the University College…
Team Cayman meet Minister, Premier before Commonwealth Games
Grand Cayman, 22 July 2022 – One of the Cayman Islands youngest-ever Commonwealth Games delegates met with Minister for Youth & Sports, Hon. Bernie Bush earlier today (Friday, 22 July 2022). Twelve of the 22-strong squad and their respective coaches, lined…
Jamaican-American heads Metropolitan Black Bar Association
By Nelson A. KingFrom Caribbean Life The Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA) has announced the commencement of the term of its Jamaican-American President Carl Forbes, Jr. and its 2022-2023 officers and directors. Officers: President – Carl Forbes Jr., Esq.; President-Elect…
The U.S. is a world outlier on abortion restrictions
The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a pattern of American exceptionalism that harms people in both the U.S. and the rest of the world. By Evelyn Leopold / Globetrotter We know the United States is an outlier in…
FROM THE HEART BY BEVAN SPRINGER – JULY 22, 2022
JULY 22, 2022 LEVERAGING CARIBBEAN DIVERSITY FOR STRENGTH Calls for Caribbean cooperation and collaboration were amplified throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and with good reason. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s ever-visible Minister of Tourism has long been vocal about the importance of “coopetition”…
The UWI celebrates Prime Ministers Gonsalves and Mottley on their recent international accolades
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. Friday, July 22, 2022. The University of the West Indies (The UWI) proudly celebrates Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves and Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Mia…
Tokyo 2020 one year on: A show of hope, solidarity and peace, as world battled fear and disruption
As the first postponed Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 faced unprecedented challenges. But the Games will be remembered for overcoming fear and disruption by promoting hope, solidarity and peace. An event organised today by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) at the…
Cayman: Webster wins – young sailor takes top honour
Grand Cayman, 23 July 2022 – Caymanian sailor, Charlotte Webster has won a gold medal in the U19 Female International Laser Class Association 6 (ILCA 6) at the UK ILCA Open & National Championships. Racing in an Olympic-class single-handed dingy, Ms…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, HR-40 Strategy Group call on Biden to keep commitment to issue HR-40 executive order
July 21, 2022, Washington, DC – Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and the HR-40 Strategy Group today held a news conference calling on President Joe Biden to issue an Executive Order creating the HR-40 Commission. The Commission would be responsible for examining…
