Mental health treatment in A&B placed under microscope
By Christopher Cameron From Antigua Observer The mother of burn victim Miss Teen Xplosion Shaveesa Gasper would have likely remained untreated and unstable, even if she had been diagnosed with a mental condition before the attack, Dominican psychiatrist Dr Griffin Benjamin…
Environment Agency Philip Dilley quits as [UK] floods chief moaning it’s ‘inappropriate’ to ask him to work at short notice
BY MIKEY SMITH From The Mirror UK Sir Philip, who chose to stay on holiday in Barbados as floods ravaged Britain, released an astonishing statement, saying he didn’t expect to have to work at short notice all year round Welly…
Evidence of election fraud destroyed, says St Vincent opposition leader
By Ken Richards West Indies News Network From Caribbean news Now KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (WINN) — Vincentian opposition leader Arnhim Eustace says that documents destroyed in last Thursday’s fire at a government public works facility were records of local residents…
Cayman Islands: Robbery – Rum Point – North Side/Statement from Mrs. Rosa Harris, Director Cayman Islands Department of Tourism
Statement from Mrs. Rosa Harris, Director Cayman Islands Department of Tourism Regarding Incident in North Side on 11 January 2016 (Tuesday, 12 January 2016) The Department of Tourism (DOT) is aware of the investigation into the assault on guests in…
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No vote for long-term overseas residents By Simon Jones From The Royal Gazette The Bermuda Government has no plans to extend voting rights to Bermudians living permanently abroad. At the end of last year, absentee ballots allowing students to vote…
Chef Eric Ripert smooches the same stingray every year at the Cayman Cookout Festival
By Joanna Fantozzi From The Daily Meal Chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin talks about cooking in the Caribbean and getting up close and personal with the local wildlife Eric Ripert is not shy about his friendship with a certain…
The Editor speaks: Stay put
I am dismayed that Bodden Town MLA Alva Suckoo has followed Anthony Eden in resigning from the Progressives – the party that took him under their wings and promoted him to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly. I doubt…
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Zika virus may be transmitted through sex
By lisaparavisini From Repeating Islands A virologist at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, has suggested that Zika virus infection is the only vector-borne disease that may be transmitted by sexual intercourse, St Lucia Online reports. The first…
Pacific Andes fails to dismiss KPMG in Cayman Islands hearing
From Undercurrent News The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) from KPMG will continue in place at China Fishery Group in the Cayman Islands, after a hearing took place on Jan. 8. Pacific Andes International Holdings (PAIH) was successful in having the…
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Opinion: Human Rights in SVG
By Peter Binose The ‘United Nations Charter of Human Rights’ as Ignored and Abused by the ‘Unity Labour Party SVG’. Preamble [applicable almost everywhere but not in SVG] Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable…
