The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2015: Junior Runner-Up – Caymanian Martina Watler (13) story
Junior Runner-Up – Martina Watler, age 13, Cayman Islands Mom said “baby, do you have free time?” Yeah, sure mom. Yes it’s true, I get a lot of free time; Yes mom it’s true, I worry a lot; yes it’s…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Community Events NWDA Community Outreach The National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA), in an effort to provide improved customer service to its clients in their job seeking efforts, will have a representative at the district libraries to provide: Opportunities to…
Jamaican student excels in regional science programme
By Denise Dennis October From Jamaican Information Service Upper sixth form student at the American International School of Kingston (AISK), Brandon Chin Loy (left), assists Jodi Porter, fellow participant in the Student Programme for Innovation in Science and Engineering (SPISE),…
Nelson King: Caribbean Life freelancer since 1990
By Alley Olivier From Caribbean Life Nelson King began putting pen to paper for Caribbean Life newspaper while wrapping his senior year at Brooklyn College, pursuing a dual degree in Political Science and Journalism, back in 1990. King’s affinity for…
Cayman Islands Minister’s Message for World Teachers’ Day
MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND GENDER AFFAIRS ON WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY 5th October, 2015 The theme for the 2015 World Teachers’ Day is “Empowering Teachers, Building Sustainable Societies”. This is an important theme to consider as we…
October Events at Cayman Islands Camana Bay
For the full list of event details and weekly rituals, click here: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e115bf195080b94faeb461096/files/October_Events_Press_Release.pdf The start of the fall season sees super savings blowing in at the annual Shoppers’ Night Out event, which is followed up with more enriching activities in…
Cayman Islands East End Primary launches home reading programme
Monday 21st September marked a major milestone for East End Primary School as they officially launched their Home Reading Programme, a first for East End Primary School. Minister of Education, Honourable Tara Rivers, joined the students, staff, members of the…
Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean most vibrant: Sushma Swaraj in a book
By IANS From The New Indian Express PORT-OF-SPAIN: The Indian diaspora in the Caribbean is one of the most vibrant across the globe, says India’s Minister for External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, in a just published book…
Writing rites of reclamation: Blackness and Caribbean remembering
By Melanie Manuel-Webb From The Postcolonialist September 14, 2015 “EXCITABLE SPEECH? RADICAL DISCOURSE AND THE LIMITS OF FREEDOM” (SUMMER 2015) · ACADEMIC DISPATCHES · CIVIL DISCOURSE · FEATURED · GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES · MAGAZINE In his Nobel Prize speech Derek Walcott…
The Caribbean Writer to launch vol. 29 with premiere of award winning film
From The Virgin Islands Consortium “The Caribbean Writer – Where the Caribbean Imagination embraces the World,” has launched Volume 29 of the University of the Virgin Islands’ international, revered, literary journal with a Caribbean focus. The 2015 theme of the…





