National Gallery/Seafarers Association event July 19th 2012
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands are presenting an “In conversation” evening with members of the Cayman islands Seafarers Association. The Seafarer’s will share their first-hand accounts of life at life and to celebrate our maritime heritage. The event…
Eliminating Dengue
From Eliminatedengue.com In August last year, leading scientific journal Nature published two papers by Eliminate Dengue Program members that described the results from our work in the lab and thefirst open field trials of the Wolbachia method conducted in far…
Aloe Vera the gem of the folk medicines
The Aloe vera plant is an African succulent that is popular in folk remedies. Today, you can find Aloe vera outside Africa since it is a popular garden plant, especially in dry areas where gardens must be created with the…
Cayman Islands hospital upgrades MRI service
As a result of a public private partnership, the George Town’s hospital’s MRI services have been temporarily upgraded with the installation of a 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This is only the first step however, of a two-step process…
Bully Breeds You Should Know
By Sarah Grace McCandless When someone says “pit bull,” you may picture a particular pooch — one with a stocky build, short coat and strong head, for example. But the breed is one of several dogs that fall under the…
Mystery illness in Cambodia solved, doctors say
The cause of a mysterious illness that has claimed the lives of more than 60 Cambodian children has been determined, medical doctors familiar with the investigation told CNN on Wednesday. A combination of pathogens, disease-causing micro-organisms, is to blame for…
Arizona pastor arrested, jailed for holding Bible Study in home; his wife says it ‘Defies Logic’
Bible study leader Michael Salman is sitting in jail today after his home was raided earlier this week by more than a dozen Phoenix, Ariz. police officers and city officials. His offense? The city says people aren’t allowed to hold…
China ‘detains’ Shanghai bishop who quit official post
A newly-ordained bishop is reportedly being held after announcing he was quitting the body that oversees China’s state-sanctioned Catholic Church. Thaddeus Ma Daqin, Shanghai’s auxiliary bishop, announced his resignation from China’s Patriotic Catholic Association at his ordination mass on Saturday….
4 Reasons why bananas kind of suck
Just a few days we published an article from Care2 under the title “15 Surprising Uses for Bananas by Katie Waldeck”. Again from Care2 we publish an article by Eric Steinman* that doesn’t exactly sing their praises: If there is…
