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Cayman Islands magistrate changes probation into jail after thief does it again Patrick Noel Watler (47) who was on probation pleaded guilty to theft of a bag from a stall at the Craft Market on North Church Street on December…
The Editor Speaks: Goats
Yesterday I wrote about turkeys. Today it’s goats. Our Jamaican friends won’t eat turkeys but eat goats – something some of our American and UK friends will not. The following is an article written by Dave Martins of the Tradewinds…
17 cruise ships to visit Cayman Islands between Dec 31 and Jan 2 ….
…. & RCIPS encouraged by safe festive season From RCIPS RCIPS encouraged by safe festive season IMAGE: au.news.yahoo.com The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is encouraged by the safe and peaceful festive season thus far. However as residents and visitors alike…
The eye-popping secrets of Branson’s Caribbean playground
By Chris Hastings for The Mail On Sunday Guests fire golf balls at human targets dressed as sumo wrestlers and eat sushi off a staff member’s stomach Staff on Richard Branson’s Caribbean island reveal bizarre goings-on One employee revealed she…
Cayman Islands Police Inspector detained at airport with undeclared firearm and ammunition
Following a Media Information request by Cayman lawyer Peter Polack, Marlon Bodden, Deputy Collector of H.M Customs Department, Cayman Islands confirmed that Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Inspector Burton, a Jamaican National, was detained at the Owen Roberts airport…
[St. Vincent] Health officials investigating two suspected Chikungunya deaths
From Caribbean360December 29, 2014 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Monday December 29, 2014, CMC – Health officials are investigating the deaths of two people to determine whether they were as a consequence of the mosquito-borne illness Chikungunya, which causes fever and severe…
Paying tribute to Calypso Rose
From Trinidad Express Though she was barely able to walk because of gout, Calypso Rose was still able to woo her audience, as Brooklyn paid tribute to the Tobago-born singer who “broke the glass ceiling” in the calypso genre. “This…
US-Cuba thaw may rock Caribbean tourism
By Andres Oppenheimer From Stabroek News One of the big questions following President Barack Obama’s decision to significantly expand US tourism to Cuba will be how much it will affect other Caribbean tourism destinations such as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica…
PAHO preps Caribbean for potential importation of Ebola/Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital
From GuyanaTimes Although the United States is the only country to date that has registered cases of Ebola imported from the current outbreak in West Africa, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are working with support from the Pan…
Martinique conference addresses challenges of “Open Access” to data in the Caribbean
From Repeating Islands CARBICA—an association that brings together archivists from the English-, French- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean (n close partnership with the departmental archives of Martinique)—held its tenth quadrennial conference from December 2 to 5, 2014, at the Departmental Archives of…





