Caribbean chikungunya outbreak grows, poses threat to US
Via CIDRAP, Lisa Schnirring writes From croftsblogs Health officials are reporting a sharp rise in the number of patients sickened in a chikungunya fever outbreak centered on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, which may signal an increasing risk to…
Vincentian diplomats in US appeal for urgent aid/Canadian (2 yr old) among dead
Police in St. Vincent identify Canadian girl among dead following storm A Canadian Maple Leaf flag flies near the Peace tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb.15, 2012. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld) KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — Police in the…
The starfish are dying, and no one knows why [could it happen in Cayman?]
By Elizabeth Weise, USATODAY A mysterious illness is killing starfish up and down the West Coast Scientists have dubbed it “sea star wasting syndrome” The starfish literally melt and turn into goo as they die Something is killing starfish up…
OPINION
Why climate change hysteria is mostly bogus and wrong By KEVIN CONBOY, IrishCentral Contributing Writer We have more than enough time to deal with this issue There are many sides to the debate about climate change. Photo by Google Images…
Do you remember Hurricane Gilbert?
On September 13th 1988 Hurricane Gilbert brushed the Cayman Islands after the day before making landfall on the eastern coast of Jamaica with sustained winds of 125 mph (200 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure 960 mbar (hPa; 28.35 inHg)….
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,…
