‘Walking fish with feet, toes and human nose’ found in Caribbean leaves experts baffled
By Jim Hardy From Daily Mirror UK ‘Walking fish with feet, toes and human nose’ found in Caribbean leaves experts baffled The alien-looking creature has been compared to “something out of a sci-fi horror film” by islanders A weird-looking creature…
Cayman Islands approve use of tyres on proposed Arnold Palmer Golf Course
Developers of Ironwood, the $1.1 billion community lined up for East End and North Side, have received approval from Department of Environment (DOE) to take recycled shredded tyre material for use in the development of the Arnold Palmer designed championship…
The Cayman Islands’ BEAST is back
DEH Recycles Christmas Trees The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) on Saturday 23 January turned hundreds of used Christmas trees into reusable mulch. Angello Roye, the DEH’s Recycling Foreman of Solid Waste says more than 1,800 trees were donated to…
Cayman Islands fourth Grouper Education Programme
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) and the Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (DOE) announces the fourth year of the successful Grouper Educational Program (GEP), a marine sciences curriculum for Caymanian intermediate elementary, middle, and high school students. Launched in…
300 turtles found dead on Puri beach
From Times of India Bhubaneswar: As many as 300 Olive Ridley turtles and a dolphin were found dead along the Puri beach on Wednesday. Though carcasses of turtles are usually washed ashore on the Puri beach during winter, this was…
US adds more Caribbean countries to Zika travel advisory by STAFF WRITER
From Antigua Observer ATLANTA, Jan. 24, CMC – The United States healthcare agency, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has added more Caribbean countries to the list of places to be avoided by Americans because of the outbreak…
iNews Briefs & Community Events (From BIG FISH 95.5)
Billionaire Paul Allen’s boat destroys Cayman Islands reef The Cayman Islands Department of Environment has confirmed an anchor chain on the billionaire Paul Allen’s 300-foot mega-yacht, the MV Tatoosh, has destroyed approx. 14,000 sq.ft of reef in the West Bay…
New specifications on energy supplier’s obligation to take energy efficiency measures
By Bernd Rajal and Mark Tuttinger Contributed by Schoenherr Rechtsanwälte From International Law Office ILO Introduction Under Section 10 of the Federal Energy Efficiency Act,(1) certain energy utilities which commercially supply end consumers with energy in Austria must, as of…
Caribbean Islands protect the sea turtle
By Andrea Pole From Huffington Post The small island of Nevis has one of the Caribbean’s most important sea turtle protection programs thanks to its dedicated army of volunteers. While visiting Nevis recently, my nine-year-old daughter and I tracked endangered…
Caribbean biodiversity overheated by climate change
By Ivet González From Inter Press Agency SANTO DOMINGO , Jan 20 2016 (IPS) – The nearly 7,000 islands and the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea are home to thousands of endemic species and are on the migration…





