Puerto Rico reports first case of Zika virus, spread by mosquitoes
From Reuters Puerto Rico has reported its first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading across South America and the Caribbean and has been linked by Brazilian authorities to a serious birth defect, a U.S. Congressman said…
Assessment of damages In Lasco-Pfizer Suit pushed back to July
By Barbara Gayle From Jamaica Gleaner Lasco Distributors Limited has claimed that it suffered US$300 million in damages when it was barred by a court order from distributing the drug Amlodipine (Norvase) which is used to treat high blood pressure. Last…
Belize: First Caribbean Bank closing its doors! Employees still have no exit package
By Benjamin Flowers From The Reporter Newspaper First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB) has officially announced the date it will cease its operations in Belize. FCIB issued a statement saying it had received formal approval from the Central Bank of Belize to…
Fighting climate change in Cayman Islands
By Bennie Mills from Waltonian As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated: “We have entered a new era of global cooperation on one of the most complex issues ever to confront humanity”. Following the conference closure there was a short…
Kids’ Fun Day
Cayman Islands Lions Diabetes Fun Day for Children: A resounding success Grand Cayman, December 20, 2015: Over 40 persons, including children, their parents and volunteers, turned out on Sunday 20th December for the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens (LCTG) Fun…
Panamanian lawyer linked to $450m Cayman Islands fraud
By Kenneth Rijock From Caribbean News Now MIAMI, USA — Ismael Gerli, a Panamanian attorney who has been identified as a participant in a number of money laundering and fraudulent schemes, has been linked to a $450 million trading scam…
Cayman Islands: Store window damaged by bullet
From RCIPS Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 1:09 PM Grand Cayman – The George Town CID is investigating a report that about 4:30pm on Saturday 2 Jan 2016, a GT business owner was removing Christmas decorations from the front of his store,…
This tree in the Americas is so toxic, you can’t stand under it when it rains
By Signe Dean From Science Alert The tree of death In 1999, radiologist Nicola Strickland went on a holiday to the Caribbean island of Tobago, a tropical paradise complete with idyllic, deserted beaches. On her first morning there, she went…
Cayman Islands Bodden Town MLA leaves ruling PPM Party
The following is a statement from MLA Alva Suckoo I have tendered my letter of resignation from the Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM) to the General Secretary of the party. I have not arrived at this decision easily and I have…
Cayman Islands: MVA – Pedestrian knocked unconscious in WB/Man arrested on suspicion of theft at Smith Cove
MVA – Pedestrian Knocked Unconscious in West Bay From RCIPS: Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 9:47 AM Police responded to a report of an MVA about 1:20 am 01/01/2016 on Watercourse Rd, West Bay, where a female pedestrian was knocked down…
