Plan won’t save Great Barrier Reef: Australian scientists
From Business Insider Sydney (AFP) – Australian government plans to protect the Great Barrier Reef are inadequate, short-sighted and will not prevent its decline, the country’s pre-eminent grouping of natural scientists said Tuesday. The draft plan, released for consultation last…
Caribbean dream is a true born survivor
By Richard Wright GARDENING I’m grateful to Don Prescott for highlighting a star of a plant, which does especially well down his southern Wight neck of the woods but will survive almost anywhere. It is one of the vast agave…
Overlooked among 50 million displaced worldwide, women and girls lose out
By Andrea Ó Súilleabháin From IPI Mass displacement has become a significant feature of recent conflicts, as the number of people forced to flee their homes has passed 50 million worldwide, a level not seen since World War II. This…
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Cayman Islands minister raises $3000 for Breast Cancer Awareness From Loop News Service The Health Minister Osbourne Bodden raised $3000 in just 1 week for Lions Club of Tropical Gardens breast cancer awareness effort. The event was held at Eclipze…
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Haunted Caribbean: Go if you dare
By Mark Rogers, From USA TODAY According to legend, a woman named Annie Palmer murdered three husbands and slaves that she took as lovers at Jamaica’s Rose Hall Great House. (Photo Credit: JAMAICAGETAWAYTRAVELS.COM) The Caribbean is fertile ground for restless…
The United Nations will fail Haiti once again
By Kevin Edmonds & Ajamu Nangwaya From Counterpunch On October 15, the United Nations Security Council met to “debate” the extension of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) which has acted as an occupying force in the country…
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‘Smith wins first ever Cayman Islands WJC
There is no doubt that the Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (“CIEF”) is experiencing unprecedented development in equestrian sports here in the Cayman Islands. This month, the CIEF passed another milestone in its development as a Federation and achieved one of…
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The world’s largest underwater sculpture is also an artificial reef
From Repeating Islands This article by Claire Voon appeared in Forbes. Resting on the ocean floor, towering nearly 17-feet-tall, kneels a young Bahamian girl supporting the ceiling of the water on her shoulders. “Ocean Atlas” is the most recent work…
Another Trinidadian discovered fighting in Syria for ISIS
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) — Another Trinidadian has been unmasked fighting in Syria for the militant movement Islamic State (ISIS). The man, according to well-placed sources, has been identified as Ashmead Mohammed, who had sworn…
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Dart plans another hotel on Cayman Islands 7-Mile-Beach It has been confirmed that the Dart Group are in the “early planning” stages of their second hotel on Grand Cayman’s 7-Mile-Beach. This second hotel would be constructed a few miles up the…
