Cayman Islands: Youth Flex 39th Season Comes to a Close
The Youth Flex radio show will sign off on its 39th season on Wednesday, 27 April with a focus on the upcoming elections. Representatives from the Elections Office will join the panel to encourage young voters to register for the…
Cayman Islands Mosquito unit receives upgrade to fogging fleet
The Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has recently upgraded its fleet of foggers with two new 2016 Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks, as part of their ongoing preventative mosquito control measures against the threat of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, vector…
Can ‘sweaty billboard’ help fight Zika virus?
From BBC A billboard that attracts and kills mosquitoes has been designed by marketing agencies in Brazil. The board releases a mixture of a lactic acid solution that mimics the smell of human sweat and carbon dioxide, which is in…
Could ‘actual innocence’ save the broken US justice system?
By Jessica Lussenhop From BBC News Magazine In St Clair County, Illinois, the local prosecutor is trying a radical new experiment: admitting his office has charged innocent people with crimes and clearing their names before they spend a day in prison….
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News analysis: FIFA blasts the Caribbean Mockingbird with its heavy artillery
By James Dostoyevksy From Inside World Football April 21 – Double jeopardy, denial of the most basic due process and defamation of character seems to be the latest modus operandi of a FIFA compliance outfit that makes statements about the…
Canada to push for making sale marijuana legal
From BBC The Canadian government will introduce legislation next year that would make the sale of marijuana legal, its health minister has said. If enacted, the move would make Canada one of the largest Western countries to allow widespread use…
Cayman Islands: Firearm Incident Early Sunday morning (17) – Police request public assistance to locate suspect JONATHAN WELCOME
From Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 2:39 PM Police Ask Witnesses of Firearm Incident to Come Forward Police are renewing their appeal to the public today regarding the incident that took place between two officers and Jonathan Welcome near McField…
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Cayman Islands: NIKO’S FOSTER APPEAL From CARE – Cayman Animal Rescue Enthusiasts Niko is a sweet guy, who is in a tremendous amount of pain right now and desperately needs our help. This handsome chap has sustained an awful injury…
Viv Richards and other Caribbean legends call for dissolution of ‘Obsolete’ WICB
By PYI from The New Indian Express GRENADA: West Indian cricket legends, including Garry Sobers and Vivian Richards have demanded the “dissolution” of WICB and a formation of an interim board in place of the “obsolete” body. On April 14,…
Cayman Islands Cultural Foundation has successful grants programme
The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) is pleased to announce the recipients of grants for the arts, following the Grant Committee’s March 2016 Review. These include the local movie cast of “Tripping Through”; Caribbean Haven’s Music Therapy Programme; the “Singrays”…
