Cuba and US skirt obstacles to normalization of ties
By Patricia Grogg and Ivet Gonzalez, Inter Press Service From Truthout Havana – The biggest discrepancies in the first meeting to normalise relations between Cuba and the United States, after more than half a century, were over the issue of…
Sam Smith’s amazing night at the Grammy Awards, full event recap
From All Access Music Group Smith Wins Record, Song Of The Year, Best New Artist; Beck Grabs Album Of The Year Sam Smith was denied a slice of history at the 57th annual GRAMMY AWARDS last night at L.A.’s STAPLES…
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Accessory to murder gets Cayman man additional 20 years in jail Leonard Antonio Ebanks was handed a twenty-year consecutive prison term on top of his existing life sentence on Tuesday (3) after his conviction of being an accessory to the…
Law and Politics: Forty-one years of independence, what now?
By Lloyd Noel From Caribbean News Now We in the tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique – are coming up to 41 years on 7th February since achieving that position of an independent state in the British Commonwealth…
New UN study finds one in seven men say: It’s okay to beat your wife
By Kalifa Clyne From T&T Guardian One of every seven men in T&T say it is acceptable to beat their wives if they are unfaithful. This was revealed by a 2013 public opinion survey commissioned by the joint United Nations…
Taste of Cayman THIS SATURDAY (7)!
Saturday, 7 February 2015 | Festival Green, Camana Bay | 5:00pm to 11:45pm The ultimate food and wine experience in Cayman is HERE! This SATURDAY all roads lead to the Festival Green, Camana Bay! We hope you’ll be joining us…
Cayman Islands Extended After School Programme
The Ministry of Education, Training & Employment piloted the Extended After School Program (EASP) for students in the secondary schools in April 2011, between the hours of 3:30pm to 5:30. Which was a need for students that were out of…
Artists get microscopic in new exhibition
From NGCI The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands’ (NGCI) new exhibition bridges the gap between art and science by illuminating miniscule organic forms called foraminifera that can be found in the sand beneath our feet. Luminescent Forms: Art Under…
Henry Fraser Superstar
By Patrick Hoyos From The Broad Street Journal What happens when you bring four or five articulate, knowledgeable, passionate, dedicated architectural heritage advocates together to discuss the restoration of Barbados’ built heritage? A sixth arrives. A meeting of like minds…
How Sundance exposes Hollywood’s white-guy problem
By Kyle Buchanan From Vulture If you watched the Super Bowl this past weekend, you no doubt caught the ad for one of this year’s biggest movies: Jurassic World, the megabudget franchise restart directed by Colin Trevorrow. What film did…