Cayman Islands Cadet Corps’ HQ officially opens for business
The official opening of the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps’ forever home took place at its new headquarters on Middle Road, George Town on Thursday, 6 April 2017. Sited near the CTMH Doctors Hospital, the facility was funded by the Ministry…
Cayman Brac PSPB Pensioners’ Appreciation Event Programme confirmed
The Public Service Pensions Board (PSPB) has finalised the programme for its Pensioners’ Appreciation event at the Aston Rutty Centre on Monday, 24 April 2017. The Cayman Brac celebration, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., is being held in partnership…
Prices for collector cars are plummeting
By Wolf Richter, Wolf Street From Business Insider Prices of collector cars fell again, according to the April report byHagerty, which specializes in insuring vintage automobiles. After a tremendous price surge that peaked in 2015, they’ve been ratcheting their way…
Facebook busts up international spam operation
By David Lumb, From engadget While Facebook has spent significant time fighting fake news on its network, it continues to battle another plague to its social platform: Fake accounts. These are often used to spread low-quality content, so the internet…
Lorde speaks about how synesthesia helped her write ‘Melodrama’
BY JERICO MANDYBUR From Mashable Who knew “Green Light” was so literal? Unless you’re a loyal fan, you might not realise that New Zealand musician and young genius Lorde has synesthesia. But she does. And it informs her songwriting more…
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Congress is trying to fight a $289 billion preventable epidemic that’s killing Americans
By Robert Donachie, Daily Caller News Foundation From Business Insider Non-adherence to prescription drugs poses a greater and more costly threat to our health than any of the most common diseases currently plaguing millions of Americans. The phenomenon currently takes…
Losing our religion: Your guide to a godless future
By Graham Lawton From New Scientist The human mind is primed to believe in god, so why are so many people abandoning religion – and should we be worried about living in an atheist world? ON AN unseasonably warm Sunday…
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Haitians make pilgrimage, pray for a better future
From Caribbean News Service GANTHIER, Haiti, Apr 19 2017 — Arms raised to the heavens, tens of thousands of Haitians flocked to a craggy hillside to pray and seek renewal in one of the spiritually steeped country’s biggest annual pilgrimages…
Crime ‘threatens nearly half the world’s natural heritage sites’
By Matt McGrath From BBC News Poaching, illegal logging and fishing are threatening endangered species in some of the world’s most iconic natural sites, according to a report. Conservation charity WWF says almost half of the world’s 200 designated natural…
19 Apr 2017 Weather in Cayman
Apr 19 Wednesday 2017 Synopsis Satellite pictures indicate that the extensive coverage of high level clouds over the Cayman Islands is associated with a broad upper level trough over the Gulf of Mexico which is expected to continue to spread…
