Cayman: “Botanic Park Fun Day a delight for families”
[Funds raised benefit completion of new Children’s Garden] [North Side, Grand Cayman, – The Garden Club of Grand Cayman and the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park hosted more than eleven hundred visitors at the annual Family Fun Day on Sunday…
New technologies bring governments closer to the people
The use of innovative use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools is facilitating access to central government resources for people living in remote locations across the Caribbean. Roughly one third of Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) and territories…
Cayman: The Department of Public Health issues a Travel Advisory on the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Public health officials are reminding residents to be on continued alert because of the rapidly increasing numbers of people affected by the novel coronavirus both within China and internationally. The potential for international dissemination of the virus via air travel…
31 Jan 2020 Weather in Cayman
31 Jan Fri 2020 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Light easterly winds and smooth seas will continue across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours in association with a slack pressure gradient over the Northwest Caribbean. Radar images show no…
Earthquakes in the Caribbean
Scientists in Colorado monitor earthquakes in the Caribbean By Cory Reppenhagen From 9News.Com GOLDEN, Colo. — The Caribbean area has seen an unusually high amount of seismic activity since late December. After a magnitude 7.7 off the coast of Jamaica…
Coronavirus now global health emergency
Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO From BBC The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. “The main reason for this declaration is not what…
Cayman: Statement re-earthquake by Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA 30 Jan 2020 Legislative Assembly
Mr. Speaker, as everyone is very much aware on January 28th, at 2:10pm, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica at a depth of 10km. Strong earth tremors were felt across the Cayman Islands and…
Blood pressure dips upon standing might not be as dangerous as thought
From Newsmax A common condition called “orthostatic hypotension” — a sudden drop in blood pressure when standing up — has long been tied to the potential for dangerous falls in older people. But a new study suggests that doctors who…
New imaging technique helps find hidden cancer
From Newsmax Combining an imaging technology with a new drug that “lights up” lung cancer cells may help surgeons spot hidden bits of cancer, a new study suggests. The small, preliminary study found that the new combo — dubbed intraoperative…
The joy of the unexpected
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Before astronomer Edwin Hubble’s 1929 bombshell proof that the universe was expanding, its fixed relationships were unquestioned. Even Einstein resisted the notion of an expanding universe despite the fact his equations clearly predicted it….






