WSPA’s response to iNews Editorial
Rachel Alcock, Campaign Manager for World Society for the Protection of Animals (UK) (WSPA UK), has responded to Colin Wilson, iNews Cayman’s Editor-in-Chief’s Editorial re WSPA’s insistence to end Cayman’s sea turtle farming and his email to her on 26th…
BP faces temporary ban from new US contracts
BP has been temporarily suspended from new contracts with the US government, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said. While it is unclear how long the ban will last, it follows BP’s record fine earlier this month over the 2010…
Dolphin Cove meets resistance from TCI business group
Avia Collinder, Business Writer Jamaica Gleaner Stafford Burrowes, chairman and CEO of Dolphin Cove Limited, says he welcomes the public debate on his efforts to open a dolphinarium in Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), saying resistance to his type of…
CITA backs DoE campaign for more Marine Parks
The Cayman Islands Department of Environment (DoE) is campaigning for more marine parks in the Cayman Islands and Cayman’s Tourist Association has backed them. This seems to fly in the face of Cayman Islands premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, who is…
Family planning for mosquitoes: Genetically modified insects to fight dengue fever
From Wellcome Trust Blog We’re publishing the shortlisted entries to the 2012 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize. Here, Michael Conway writes about efforts to stop the spread of dengue fever by using genetically modified mosquitoes. It is 6am in the…
St Asaph: Woman’s body found inside flooded home
The body of an elderly woman has been found in a flooded home in St Asaph, north Wales, as heavy rain continues to cause problems in England and Wales. There are two severe flood warnings – indicating danger to life…
Cayman Islands encourages scuba divers to hunt lionfish for local restaurants
Further to iNews Cayman story on Monday (26) “Wanted Dead Lionfish!! Reward TBA” at http://www.ieyenews.com/2012/11/wanted-dead-lionfish-reward-tba/ the following story on Cayman’s lionfish was published by www.examiner.com. The Cayman Islands is engaging the dive tourism industry in an effort to combat the…
Letters to Scotland and Dart from BT Coalition
The following are open letters the Coalition to Keep BT Dump Free have sent to the Minister for the Environment, Mark Scotland, and to Jackie Doak and Mark VanDevelde of dart Realty (Cayman) Ltd Both letters were received by us…
VOTE for Mr Frankie Flowers
http://www.worldopenwaterswimmingassociation.com/2012/10/27/polls-are-open/ Mr Frankie Flowers is in second place, but is now about 500 votes BEHIND first place. Please go and vote. I think you can vote more than once, so if you have voted already … go back and vote…
Wanted Dead Lionfish!! Reward TBA
Lionfish may have a bounty placed on their head as members of the Legislative Assembly (LA) voted to accept a private members motion on exploring this possibility. North Side MLA, Ezzard Miller, put forward a private member’s motion last week…
