EU approves naval operation targeting human smugglers in Mediterranean
By Megan Specia EU officials approved plans for a naval operation targeting human smuggling networks that bring thousands of migrants from northern Africa into Europe across the Mediterranean during a meeting of foreign and defense ministers on Monday. The operation…
UPDATE: Re-floated: Norwegian cruise ship runs aground near Bermuda
Norwegian Dawn re-floated off Channel reef By Simon Jones From The Royal Gazette A cruise liner carrying more than 3,500 passengers and crew ran aground in the North Channel off Bermuda. The Norwegian Dawn had just left Dockyard when she…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Community Events MAY 20 Grand Court Jurors Notice Grand Court jurors in the current session must report on Wednesday (20 May) at 9:45am. Public Meeting West Bay Leader of the Opposition, McKeeva Bush will host a public meeting on Wednesday,…
Help ReefCI Save The Caribbean!
From INDIEGOGO Choose Life. Save the Caribbean with Reef Conservation International! I’m Polly Alford, CEO and Founder of ReefCI. After years of grinding it out with a large, multinational corporation, I followed my heart and relocated to Belize to open…
We’ve had more Category 5 storms in under 5 months than in a typical year
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable It’s only May, which means the tropical cyclone season in the Northern Hemisphere is still in its infancy. The Atlantic season doesn’t officially start until June 1, after all. Yet already, in just the first…
Caribbean Fisheries Ministers ink regional Spiny Lobster Declaration
St. George’s, Grenada, 18 May 2015 (CRFM)–In a milestone development for the region, Fisheries Ministers recently endorsed a new Declaration on Spiny Lobster—a highly traded marine species in the Caribbean—at the 9th Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Community Events MAY 19 Cayman Islands Seafarers Association General Meeting The Cayman Islands Seafarers Association wishes to inform all Members that there will be a General Meeting, on Tuesday May 19, 2015 at 7:30 PM. in the Seafarer’s Hall, 11…
Cayman Islands Governor delivers 2015 Throne Speech
Cayman Islands 2015 Throne Speech– In Full Delivered by Her Excellency the Governor, Mrs Helen Kilpatrick, CB Friday, 15 May 2015 / Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly Building Good morning, Honourable Speaker, Honourable Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly, ladies and…
Safety training for Cayman Islands fire recruits
Twelve Cayman Islands Fire Services recruits learned how occupational safety and health (OSH) apply to their new jobs at a two day workshop (Wednesday and Thursday, 6-7 May 2015). Organised by the Department of Labour and Pensions, the training was…
Ocean Action: Dive on the EDGE to save corals in Little Cayman
By Ashley Annin From Scuba Diving Little Cayman Coral Conservation MISSION: Engage recreational divers in marine research on endangered corals HQ: Little Cayman, Cayman Islands YEAR FOUNDED: 2015 CONTACT: [email protected] PROJECT: “By living and working at the Little Cayman Research…





