7 Cases of Chikungunya confirmed in Cayman Islands
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya Update in Cayman Islands as of 22 September 2014 The total number of confirmed cases of chikungunya has reached seven as at 22 September 2014. Since the last update on 15 September 2014,…
Right to Know Week 2014
Joint Statement of the Deputy Governor Mr. Franz Manderson, and Acting Information Commissioner, Mr. Jan Liebaers. We are pleased to jointly launch the 2014 Right to Know Week celebrations. This is the sixth year that the right to access government…
Gutiérrez Lee to Serve as Area Director for Iberoamerica and the Caribbean
From ABCUSA VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/23/14)—Rev. Adalia Gutiérrez Lee has accepted the invitation to serve as the International Ministries (IM) area director for Iberoamerica and the Caribbean. Gutiérrez Lee, current IM missionary in Mexico, will be succeeding José Norat-Rodriguez…
CDB publishes TCI Country Poverty Assessment Report
From Caribbean Development The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has published its Country Poverty Assessment Report for the Turks and Caicos Islands for the period 1999 -2012. The comprehensive study which may be accessed via the Bank’s website assesses the social…
Six reefs in disputed Spratlys turned into islets by China
From Want China Times China’s proactive campaign to assert its territorial claims over most of the South China Sea has taken another step after satellite images revealed that six reefs in the disputed Spratly Islands have been effectively turned into…
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Beauty, brains and business
By Michelle Martin From The Voice One woman’s dream to reinvent the beauty pageant to include all ages, shapes and sizes IN AMERICA, the pageant industry is big business. Actresses like Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams and media mogul Oprah Winfrey…
NASA has determined where the mysterious jelly-doughnut rock on Mars came from
By Dina Spector NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ./Business Insider Attached image shows Pinnacle Island in the lower left corner and where the piece of rock had been before it appeared in front of the rover. Scientists have confirmed that a strange-looking…
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Chikungunya in Latin Caribbean goes over 700,000 as the Dominican Republic nears a half million cases By Robert Herriman From Outbreak News Today The number of autochthonous chikungunya cases in the Latin Caribbean, which includes the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti,…
DEH training courses for the Sister Islands
Certification courses in basic food hygiene and cosmetology are being offered by the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) to workers in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. “Operators of Food & Cosmetology Businesses are reminded that DEH requires all personnel be…
Cayman Islands police seeks public feedback
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) has invited the public to provide feedback on its services as part of its strategic planning process. Chief Superintendent, Kurt Walton explains that the RCIPS have developed an online survey that will allow…
