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Year: 2026

How Queer Ecology Reveals the Diversity of Nature and Human Experience

The emerging field of queer ecology shows how animal behaviors and LGBTQ+ experiences illuminate the ways humans interact with the environment and confront environmental injustice.

FDA Approves New Motion Sickness Drug

IMAGE: Dreamstime Vanda Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday its drug for the prevention of motion-induced vomiting was approved ‍by the U.S. ‍health regulator, becoming the first treatment for the condition ⁠to receive the nod in more than 40 years. The drug,…

Passengers’ Brain Signals May Direct Self-Driving Cars

IMAGE: Dreamstime From Newsmax Cars from companies like Tesla already promise hands-free driving, but recent crashes show that today’s self-driving systems can still struggle in risky, fast-changing situations. Now, researchers say the next safety upgrade may come from an unexpected…

Polack Post: Jamaicans And The Cayman Assets

By Peter Polack Peter Polack For decades, well to do Jamaicans have been hiding their assets in land, apartments, bank accounts, trusts and company shares in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens. They know who they are and with…

The progress at risk

By Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United  January 4th, 2026News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Law & policy25 years on: reflecting on the TVPA and Palermo Protocol—and the progress at riskAs the new year begins, we reflect on the 25th…

4  Jan Weather in Cayman

Sun 4 January 2026 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Mainly fair conditions with a slight chance for a brief and isolated shower are possible through Monday as a surface trough lingers across Jamaica. Gradually increasing winds and seas will accompany an…

Kia America posts highest ever Annual Sales in Company History

Sets All-Time Annual Sales Record for Third Consecutive Year Kia America posted total sales of 852,155 units in 2025, surpassing the 800,000 mark for the first time in company history and representing a 7 percent increase over 2024. This is the third…

Polack Post: Cayman Islands Becoming Unsafe

By Peter Polack Peter Polack The Cayman Islands has been the subject of two mass shooting events in 2021 and 2024.  In the first, one person was killed and five injured. In the last multi shooting, seven people were shot…

Cayman: Legislation passed to increase stamp duty on properties worth $2M and over

Image: Minister for Finance and Economic Development Hon. Rolston Anglin in Parliament on 12 December, 2025. Grand Cayman, 2 January 2026 – In Parliament on Friday, 12 December 2025, Minister for Finance and Economic Development Hon. Rolston Anglin steered through legislation…

Cayman: Police Seek Public Assistance to Locate Stolen Jewellery

From RCIPS Just after 10:30 AM on Sunday, 28 December, police responded to a residence in North Side where it was reported that a burglary had occurred. It appeared that a man entered the residence during the night and stole…