20 years of Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
From Reliefweb Located over the Pacific’s Nazca tectonic plate, the North American plate and the Caribbean plate which are constantly shifting, the region suffers frequent, powerful earthquakes that devastate the region; in April 2015, Ecuador was shaken by a magnitude…
Category 3 Hurricane Nicole Pounding Bermuda
By: Jeff Masters and Bob Henson , 2:03 PM GMT on October 13, 2016 From Weather Undeground Category 3 Hurricane Nicole is pounding Bermuda after putting on an impressive round of rapid intensification that saw the hurricane top out as…
Cayman Islands lawmakers unanimously pass proposal to legalize cannabis medicines
By Anthony Martinelli From The Joint Blog Legislation to legalize the medical use of cannabis-based medicines has been given unanimous approval through its second reading by the Cayman Island Parliament. In May, Premier Alden McLaughlin called the proposal “a matter…
Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference explores health and wellness in the later stages of life
The Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference always brings together some of the best and most well informed speakers from around the world to discuss issues and topics that are of importance to the community. This year’s theme, ‘The Chapters of a…
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…
Target Library: High Level concern about a Clinton Cayman Islands Corporation that was exposed
From Target Library From the WikiLeaks dump. Clinton Campaign chairman John Podesta sent this email to top Hillary Clinton aide. On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 11:56 AM, John Podesta <[email protected]> wrote: Are you looking at NYPost story on Berckle…
From Caribbean to Carolinas, Hurricane Matthew left devastation in wake
By Andrea Thompson FromWX shift A few miles made the difference between a storm that could have been so much worse and one that was already bad enough. With at least 30 people killed in the U.S., and more than…
Royal Caribbean selects 3 inspirational educators as finalists for Harmony of ihe Seas’ Godmother Search
Consumers Encouraged to Vote for Hometown Hero Most Deserving of Honor to Name World’s Largest Cruise Ship NEWS PROVIDED BY Royal Caribbean International Royal Caribbean International Oct 11, 2016, 18:20 ET MIAMI, Oct. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — After receiving nearly one…
Caribbean, EU deepening ties at energy conference
From CaribFlame [Monday’s (10)] start of the inaugural European Union-CARIFORUM Sustainable Energy Conference set the backdrop for a deepening of cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean region. Speaking at the commencement of the two-day conference taking place at…
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,…