8 Reasons why the Caribbean should legalize medical marijuana
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Sept. 9, 2016: Advocates for the legalization of medical marijuana in the Caribbean are growing daily with many pointing to the major economic benefits to the region, including Invest Caribbean Now CEO…
This is the future of art and home decor
By Maren Estrada From BGR At some point in the not so distant future, we’ll all look back and laugh at people who used to spend hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars on a single painting. Instead, we’ll…
New level of learning at St. Ninian’s Primary School, Guyana
It’s a humid June afternoon in Region One, Guyana and it’s lunch time for students at St. Ninian’s Primary School. Atop a hill of clayey soil, boys and girls clad in blue uniforms make play against the backdrop of a…
Cayman Islands: Literacy Month book donation
By Alison Hay From Camana Bay Literacy Day falls on Thursday, 8 September and we are excited to share details on a book donation that happened today to all 15 public primary and secondary schools in Cayman at a ceremony…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Cayman Islands police anti-burglary initiative From RCIPS The RCIPS has commenced an anti-burglary initiative along the Seven Mile Beach corridor since yesterday Tuesday 6 September 2016, with a view to reducing trespass, thefts, burglaries and other such crimes. Police have been…
6 Week Coral Conservation Program in Cayman Islands
From Cayman Eco Divers Coral Conservation Divemaster program (6 weeks) If diving is something that calls to a part of your soul you never realized was there, then we have a great option for you. available as an individual program…
US: Exhibit explores slavery’s ties to middletown commerce in 1700s, 1800s
By Shawn R. Beals From hartford Courant Connecticut’s complicated history as a Northern state that advocated freedom yet made excessive profits off slave labor is the subject of a new exhibit at the Middlesex County Historical Society. “A Vanished Port: Middletown…
Cayman Islands: DART announces 2016 Minds Inspired high school scolars
Minds Inspired, Dart’s education initiative, has selected its 2016 high school recipients Ethan Slocock of Cayman Prep and High School and Cristin Jackson of Grace Christian Academy. Ethan is a top student at Cayman Prep and High School and excels…
Fear of tweaks
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Change can be tough for me, especially when the means to an end make no sense. Like green pens on CD edges, demagnetizers, magic stones, voodoo dots, resonators aligning the earth to my stereo…
Time to improve governance in labour migration in Latin America and Caribbean – UN
With migrant workers representing 64 per cent of the 232 million migrants in the world in 2015, it is urgent to deal “correctly” with labour migration by implementing good governance mechanisms, a United Nations report on these movements in Latin…