Drones help write new history of Caribbean
From Universiteit Leiden Drones are proving to be a good means of mapping man-made changes in the landscape. Geophysicist Till Sonneman and his colleagues (archaeology) are experimenting with drones in inaccessible areas of the Caribbean. Columbus as turning point In the…
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Google opens computer science lab in Oakland for young people of color
By Megan Rose Dickey From TechCrunch Google is officially unveiling Code Next, its computer science lab for youth, today in Oakland. The program, which USA Today’s Jessica Guynn got wind of last month, is designed to offer young black and…
A New Manners To Go Etiquette Consultant in the Cayman Islands!
by LISA From Manners To Go Cynthia West is now teaching the Manners To Go program in the Cayman Islands and we are thrilled to have her on the team. So that you can learn more about Cynthia, we asked…
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Demonstration of Distress Flare Off Seven Mile Beach Thursday, 13 October, at 7:30PM Thursday evening, 13 October, at 7:30PM, the Joint Marine Unit will fire two distress flares off Seven Mile Beach for the purposes of demonstrating for the public…
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Tara Rivers: Extension of the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women to the Cayman Islands
Statement to the Legislative Assembly Second Meeting of 2016/2017 Session By the Honourable Tara Rivers, JP, MLA Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs Extension of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to the…
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Guyana Foundation Sunrise Center pilot phase successfully completed
From Demerara Waves Hague Back, Guyana – (October 11, 2016) The Guyana Foundation recently announced that the pilot phase of its Sunrise Center on the Essequibo Coast was successfully completed. This announcement was made last week at the Westin Hotel,…
Cayman Islands Information Commissioner completes own-motion investigation into the FOI tracking system
Use of the central tracking system for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has improved significantly since 2014, but the system is still not being used by all public authorities. In its latest own-motion compliance investigation, the Information Commissioner’s Office…
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Cayman Drama Society offers a ‘special offer’ on acting classes and workshops
Hello Thespians! For those of you interested in the new training department CDS now has to offer, this email is here to tell you more. We are now offering classes for children, teenagers and adults along with corporate training services…
Call for action as Europe debates Bahamas Leaks
By Will Fitzgibbon October 7, 2016, 1:00 pm BRUSSELS, Belgium — The Bahamas launched reviews of its tax policies and data security and members of the European Parliament called for sanctions and scrutiny of tax havens and of the politicians…
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Ancient caves are offering clues to help scientists predict earthquakes
By Deanna Conners, EarthSky From Business Insider Knowledge of the timing of past earthquakes is important for understanding when a dangerous earthquake might strike again. Scientists are currently able to date ancient earthquakes — known as paleoearthquakes — fairly…
