Caribbean hoteliers, tourism officials seek Zika antidote
By BRIAN MAJOR From Travel Pulse With the 2016 summer travel season waning, Caribbean tourism officials hope for some moderation in the Zika virus’ increasingly apparent toll on visitor arrivals. But with infection numbers continuing to grow in regional destinations,…
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US Convicted Pa. AG says she’ll resign on Wednesday Pennsylvania’s embattled attorney general said she will step down from her post effective Wednesday afternoon following her conviction earlier this week on charges that she leaked confidential investigative material to a…
Cayman Islands health services honours staff for long service
Over 80 per cent of the Health Services Authority (HSA) staff, including Faith Hospital in Cayman Brac and all district health centres, were honoured in July for their years of service. The HSA celebrated all its staff members in its…
Cayman Islands Youth ACT to hold youth crime prevention workshops
Members of the Youth Anti-Crime Trust (ACT) will be hosting a series of workshops where they hope to get some much needed support for a programme they want to introduce in the Cayman Islands which has proven to be very…
Cayman Islands: Signing of Waste Tyre Shredding Contract
In an effort to dispose of the large amount of waste tyres that have accumulated at the George Town Landfill, the Ministry of Health and successful contractors met on Monday, 15 August 2016 to sign the official waste tyre shredding…
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3 Possible systems forming in Atlantic From Mike’s Weather Page It appears we are entering a busy couple weeks in the Tropics. Both the GFS/EURO show three possible systems in the Atlantic coming up. Invest 98 images and more…
Cayman Islands Health City completes 100 charitable pediatric surgeries
From South Florida Caribbean News Health City and “Have A Heart” successfully operated on 100 children CAYMAN ISLANDS – Health City Cayman Islands has achieved the initial target set by its founder, Dr. Devi Shetty, when it successfully completed 100…
Cayman Islands: Oxitec opinion survey results released [69% in favour]
A large majority of Grand Cayman residents support the public health programme known as the Friendly Aedes aegypti Project under way in West Bay. A recent opinion poll has revealed that 69 per cent of residents support this initiative, while…
PAHO and UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean
From Turks & Caicos Sun Ministers of Health from the U.K. Overseas Territories (UKOTs) in the Caribbean ended a two-day meeting at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) last week by agreeing on new priorities for technical cooperation to…
United States adds more Caribbean countries to Zika travel alert list [Cayman Islands makes list]
By Kevin G. Hall From The Virgin Islands Daily News ATLANTA (CMC) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added more Caribbean countries to its growing list of the Zika virus travel alert. The CDC added the Cayman…








