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Cayman Islands Police Christmas Safety Campaign – Operation Dasher – 188 prosecutions Since Wednesday 10th December 2014 and start of Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Christmas Safety campaign, Operation Dasher, 188 persons have been prosecuted. From these figures 13 persons…
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Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) lessons for children with special needs or learning challenges
From Chatterbox Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) is a new and exciting way to get your kids active and outside! Learning the sport of SUP helps build confidence in and around the water and is a fantastic way to meet new…
Trauma kits for police could save lives says Cayman Commissioner
Cayman Islands Police Commissioner David Baines is also President of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police. At a recent meeting in Miami it was decided to try and equip every police officer in the Caribbean with trauma kits, This…
Read this before you join Weight Watchers
By Ashley Lutz From Business Insider Weight Watchers is in trouble. Sales have declined for seven quarters, with executives blaming the popularity of new apps from competitors. But a troubling statistic could show why Weight Watchers is struggling. “The program…
Fake bus stop posters in London attack Metropolitan Police
By Tim Chester LONDON — A series of posters attacking the Metropolitan Police have appeared around the capital this weekend. Adorning bus stops across London, they criticise the police force for their stance on drugs and the shooting of Mark…
Marijuana growers sprout on Wall Street as pot goes public
By Andy Fixmer From Mashable Derek Peterson may soon become the first CEO of a public company that cultivates, distributes and sells marijuana. Terra Tech Corp., based in Irvine, California, won approval last week from the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Number of babies born with HIV declined in Latin America and Caribbean
Number of babies born with HIV declined 78% in Latin America and the Caribbean, says new PAHO/WHO report In 2013, 2,300 babies were born with HIV in the region, down from 10,700 in 2001 Washington, D.C., 15 December 2014 (PAHO/WHO)…
Maryland nonprofits investing in offshore accounts [Cayman Islands]
By Doug Donovan, From The Baltimore Sun When the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Johns Hopkins University and other Maryland nonprofits want to maximize the money they can spend in pursuit of their missions, they do what many wealthy individuals and…
Is your horse ‘Long in the Tooth’? Equine specialist arriving in Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (the “CIEF”) is bringing an equine specialist to the island in January to ‘float’ or file the teeth of any horses requiring it. Whether your horse is a Cayman pony or an overseas sport horse,…
Chikungunya disease sweeps the Caribbean, moves into Florida
By Dr. J. E. Williams From Renegade Health Viral infections (like Chikungunya, caused by mosquito bites) are spreading around the world at an alarming rate. Expect more, not less, over the coming decades. A new virus—no, it’s not Ebola—has come…
