Cayman Islands: Tech and gaming school tours and student workshop
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – This month, the Youth Services Unit (YSU) is partnering with Gamers Bay, a Cayman Islands-based eSports organisation, on a new initiative to host school tours on technology and video game play, as well as facilitate a…
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To better understand their Puerto Rican students, Philly teachers travel to Caribbean
By Jesenia De Moya Correa From The Inquirer It’s Tuesday morning math class for seventh graders at Julia de Burgos Elementary School in North Philadelphia. They’ve been working with scientific calculators. “We are working on Page 16 now. En la…
Cayman Islands: AEOI Portal update and FATCA/CRS error notifications
From KPMG Date: 18 September 2018 Alert Type: Announcement Country: Cayman Islands Regime: FATCA/CRS On 14 September 2018, the Department for International Tax (“DITC”) announced that the AEOI Portal is online and open for notifications and reporting for all years….
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Irma Diaries puts a face to the impacts of climate change
From OECS Thursday, September 20, 2018 — Brussels, Belgium — The Embassies of the Eastern Caribbean States in Brussels hosted the Author Angela Burnett in the presentation and reading of her book The Irma Diaries on Monday, 17th September 2018….
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Cayman Islands: CCMI offers internships for teenage ocean scientists
September 18, 2018 The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) has recently secured a three-year grant to support young local students who are interested in the ocean sciences. The new Ocean Science Scholars programme, funded by the Edmund F. and Virginia…
The healing powers of garlic
By Lisa Turner From ecomall In the ever-changing world of magic foods and miracle cures, garlic has maintained its status as a virtual panacea of the herbal kingdom. The so-called “stinking rose” has a history of more than 5,000 years…
Cayman Islands Insurance Managers award more scholarships
George Town, Grand Cayman, 18 September, 2018 The Insurance Managers Association Cayman (IMAC) continues to support Caymanian students with a highly successful scholarship fund that has assisted 48 students since its inception. The IMAC Educational Scholarship Fund was formed in…
Cayman Islands Career Fair connects students with Internships
CIFEC Career Fair Connects Students with Internships On the 21st September, the library of the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) will be buzzing with excitement as Year 12 students make connections with employers offering internship opportunities for this school…
Back to school?
By Tate Johnston, Freedom United For children, parents and teachers in many places in the world, August and September are a time for back to school, autumn leaves, fall festivities and first day of school photos. There may even be…
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Large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara would increase heat, rain, vegetation
BY DIANA YATES | LIFE SCIENCES EDITOR, U. OF I. NEWS BUREAU Using a new climate-modeling approach, U. of I. postdoctoral researcher Yan Li and his colleagues found that a massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert could have…
