Students from Northern Caribbean University are internationally recognized for creation of a natural mosquito repellant
By Nigel Coke From Adventist News Network The entrepreneurs from Jamaica placed sixth in the annual International Business Model Competition. Inspired by the need to have individuals protected after the 2014 outbreak of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus (Chik-V) in Jamaica that…
Tourism Matters: Landmark UK court ruling
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now For as long as I can remember it has been one of the most contentious laws in the United Kingdom for many years. Until a landmark court ruling last week, local education authorities…
Performing Arts Centre for Cayman Islands Government Primary School
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – A new children’s performing arts centre is to be built at George Town Primary School in a public-private partnership. The facility, known as “black box theatre”, will be the first dedicated space of its kind…
Health screening required for new students at ALL Cayman Islands’ schools
All students entering government or private schools in the Cayman Islands for the first time are required to have health screenings. Noting that this includes students entering reception programmes, School Health Coordinator Nurse Carvell Bailey adds: “The Education Department mandates…
Cayman Islands: RCIPS Football Tournament & Family Fun Day
The RCIPS Football Tournament concluded last Monday (16), and coincided with a Family Fun Day organized by the Police Welfare Committee. There were triumphant champions, disappointed runners’-up, a thrilled crowd, but above all, a great competition. A total of 5…
Coding and creativity could conquer the digital divide
BY MATT PETRONZIO From Mashable LONDON — Technology has an image problem. That’s what Belinda Parmar, CEO and founder of Little Miss Geek and Lady Geek, said in a panel at the +SocialGood UK conference in London on Friday. In conversation…
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Caribbean hotel occupancy falls again, but decline slows From Caribbean Journal Caribbean hotel occupancy fell in April for the sixth consecutive month, according to the latest report from hotel analytics firm STR. The region’s hotel occupancy dropped by 2.2 percent…
Cayman Airways title sponsor of Invitational U14 Youth Cup 2016
Cayman Airways is delighted to announce its continued support of local football talent as title sponsor of the third Cayman Airways Invitational U14 Youth Cup. Players from local clubs Academy Sports Club and Sunset FC will be pitting their talent…
Cayman Islands Kerri Kanuga is back on the fundraising trail
Kerri Kanuga is back on the fundraising trail this Summer on behalf of the St Baldrick’s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. Kerri kicks off her efforts on May 21 with the Key100 ultra-marathon, a 100 mile race starting in Key…
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Cayman Islands: Mother to Child HIV Transmission and Congenital Syphilis Educational sessions with Dr. Karina Palmer to discuss the elimination of mother to child HIV transmission and congenital syphilis in the Cayman Islands will be held on Wednesday, 25 May…