Barbuda sets a new standard for marine protection in the Caribbean
From Huffington Post Imagine an aqua-blue ocean vista and a salty breeze blowing as you arrive in Barbuda. Barbuda is an incredible island, strung in a larger chain of the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean. Although it may be…
Speaking out against the stigma of mental illness in the Caribbean
By Matthew Hunte From Global Voices A depiction of how depression feels, taken from the Depression/The Blues flickr page; used under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. A depiction of how depression feels, taken from the Depression/The Blues flickr page; used…
Wounding in Cayman Brac
From RCIPS Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:57 AM Brac police arrested a 38 year old male yesterday morning on suspicion of Wounding/Aggravated Burglary and Damage to Property. The circumstances are the suspect forcebly entered a residential house on the Bluff…
Small Caribbean island of Barbuda rattled by two earthquakes within a week
From Caribbean360 AUGUST 16, 2014 1611011 draw of seismometer in earthquake move of earth CODRINGTON, Barbuda, Saturday August 16, 2014, CMC – Barbuda was rattled by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake late on Friday night, the second earth tremor to hit the…
Jeffers found guilty of manslaughter in shooting death – gets 20 years
Raziel Omar Jeffers (31) was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Marcos Duran in March 2010. The jury was unanimous in their verdict on Thursday (14) but found Jeffers not guilty of the more serious charge of…
iNews Briefs
Search continues for two missing after Suriname-owned vessel capsizes From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Friday August 15, 2014, CMC – Rescue teams are expected to continue the search on Friday for two men still missing after their vessel capsized off the…
Cayman Islands Governor swears in new Court of Appeal Judge
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Sir George Newman was sworn in on Monday (11) by Governor Helen Kilpatrick as a Justice of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. He assumes the seat vacated in May by retiring appeals court judge,…
Cayman Islands hospital to partner with Digicel
Digicel Business announced as proud communications partner of Health City Cayman Islands George Town, Cayman Islands — Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) is the first Caribbean venture of the Narayana Health Group, a network of 26 hospitals across India overseen…
Cayman Islands introduces new property valuation programme
By Alex Summers From NuWire Investor A new compulsory valuer registration programme for real estate in the Cayman Islands has been introduced with the aim of providing more confidence in the property market. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)…
Arr Matey! Pirates take on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
From Westin Grand Cayman Yo ho ho! Here on Grand Cayman, we love celebrating our early history with pirates. Life as we know it on this paradisiacal island began over five centuries ago when Christopher Columbus discovered two islands covered…
