St Vincent flood damage in the millions – Gonsalves
By Kenton Chance From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Friday December 27, 2013, CMC – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government said it would need “millions of dollars” to rebuild the country battered by a slow moving low level trough…
What the UK is doing with waste tyres
Further to Cayman’s dump fire on Friday (20) and my Editorial on Monday (23) the following is an article from the United Kingdom’s Environmental Agency on how they are dealing with waste tyres. Waste tyres Every year tens of…
Divetech celebrates with the guardian of the reef
Just about this time of year when you have to bundle up in layers of clothing and fight off the winter chill, a diving vacation sounds like the perfect medicine for the winter blues. One of the most warm and…
Heavy rain kills eight in St Vincent
From BBC PHOTO: People had to rescued from cars in Bexon on St Lucia At least eight people died and dozens were forced out of their homes by heavy rain in the Caribbean islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines….
Carnivorous fish attack bathers in Argentina
From BBC A school of carnivorous fish related to the piranha has attacked bathers in an Argentine river, injuring about 70. Thousands of bathers were cooling off in the Parana River in Rosario, 300km (186 miles) north of Buenos Aires,…
A second red algae Gloiotrichus species discovered in the Caribbean
From Plant Press Vol. 16 no. 4, October 2013 A most unusual genus of red algae, Gloiotrichus (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta),previously known only from Australia and later Hawaii, has been found for the first time in the Caribbean Sea. Katina Bucher, James…
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The Editor Speaks: Latest dump fire should be a wakeup call
The major fire at Cayman’s landfill (dump) known as Mount Trashmore on Friday (20) should be a wakeup call to the government on just how dangerous the situation is there. The obnoxious clouds of smoke dropped nasty black oily soot…
Marina for the Brac planned but faces problems
The Alexander Hotel management is proposing to build a multimillion-dollar marina in Cayman Brac. Grand Cayman Architect Burns Connolly who is acting for the owners of the hotel has submitted the plans for the first phase. They include excavating part…
Huge fire at GT Dump. Ministry issue statement
A major fire started at the George Town landfill [“dump] early Friday (20) morning. Crews from the Cayman Islands Fire Service are on the site known locally as Mount Trashmore. We received a report there was an explosion just before the…
