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U.S. hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to Mexico and Caribbean
From NOAA Public invited to tour U.S. Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunter’ aircraft April 10, 2018 With the 2018 hurricane season fast approaching, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series of events, including tours aboard a…
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Regional Action Plan: Strengthening the regional response to large-scale migration of Venezuelan migrants in South America, North America, Central America and the Caribbean
REPORT from International Organization for Migration UN Migration Agency Launches Regional Action Plan to Strengthen Response to Venezuelan Outflows Buenos Aires – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, today (10/04) launches a Regional Action Plan, detailing its support to Governments hosting…
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Cruise lines increase automatic ‘gratuities’ and call them something else now
By ROSEMARY MCCLURE From LA Times To tip or not to tip, that is the question. Actually, it’s not really a question. Many large cruise lines, including Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, add gratuities to passengers’ bills, saying the money…
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Jamaica: Local authorities challenged to become more self-sufficient
By Chris Patterson From JIS Story Highlights Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is calling on local authorities to become more self-sufficient, in order to reduce their dependency on central government. “If we speak about the…
Latin America’s 1st ever black female VP — A Jamaican?
BY VINETTE K. PRYCE From Caribbean Life On April 1, when jokesters, pranksters and April foolers of the day tricked family and friends with carefully constructed misdeeds, in the Central American nation of Costa Rica, Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr was…
Cayman Islands: Robbery on Mary Street, George Town, 8 April/Man Arrested for Indecent Assault on a Juvenile at Smith Barcadere, 9 April
From RCIPS Robbery on Mary Street, George Town, 8 April Shortly after 12:00AM on Sunday, 8 April, officers responded to a report of a robbery on Mary Street, George Town, in the vicinity of Rock Hole Road. A man was…
Cayman Islands: Motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian, 9 April
From RCIPS Motor Vehicle Collision Involving a Pedestrian, 9 April Just after 11:30AM yesterday, Monday 9 April, police and other emergency services were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communication Centre to a motor vehicle collision involving two (2) vehicles and a…
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Acupuncture gone wrong – Jamaican doctors save life of Caymanian woman whose lungs collapsed after botched treatment
By Nadine Wilson-Harris From Jamaica Gleaner The collapse of her lungs following acupuncture treatment could have been fatal for one Caymanian woman, had it not been for the quick intervention of two Jamaican doctors who treated her when she was…
UK’s Larry Covington fights testimony application by Cayman politician McKeeva Bush
By David Marchant from Offshore Alert Florida-based United Kingdom government employee Larry Covington is fighting an attempt by Cayman Islands politician McKeeva Bush to compel his evidence for a ‘malicious prosecution’ lawsuit that Bush is pursuing in Cayman against that…
Cayman Islands Ministry Statement on the Passing of Derrington ‘Bo’ Miller
From Cayman Islands MINISTRY OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, TOURISM AND TRANSPORT It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of the legendary and beloved Derrington “Bo’ Miller, who was a pioneer and advocate of the tourism industry. Bo’s association…
