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New nets make shrimp trawling more sustainable in Latin America and Caribbean
By Michelle Carrere Translated by Sarah Engel From Mongabay When fishers accidentally catch non-target species, they either sell the so-called bycatch or throw it back into the ocean, almost always dead. Newly invented nets have allowed shrimp trawlers to reduce…
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Setting standards
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio We all have a personal set of standards. These bar-setting rules determine just about everything in our lives from how we dress, eat, interact, advertise ourselves, choose our friends, and listen to music. Especially…
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OECS Commission to start using Facebook’s Disaster Maps ahead of the 2019 hurricane season
OECS and Facebook Joint Media Release Wednesday, June 5, 2019 — The OECS Commission signed an agreement with Facebook Caribbean today that will allow access to Facebook’s Disaster Maps, in an effort to improve emergency response for OECS Member States ahead…
5 Jun Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report
5 Jun Tue 2019 Tropical Report ATLANTIC Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during…
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Cayman Islands: Significant changes to Cayman Islands Trusts Law
by Carlos de Serpa Pimentel and Esmond Brown Appleby From Mondaq The well-established regime for trusts in the Cayman Islands has been improved by significant changes to the Trusts Law (2018 Revision) (Trusts Law) pursuant to The Trusts (Amendment) Law, 2019 (Amendment), gazetted…
Taiwan lands aircraft on highway as part of military drills
AP From Manila Bulletin CHANGHUA, Taiwan — Taiwan landed war planes on a normally busy highway Tuesday to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields, part of annual drills designed to showcase the island’s military capabilities and resolve…
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Conclusions of the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 — The annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting gathered officials from 53 countries in Geneva, Switzerland on 19 May 2019, to discuss the acceleration of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Four of the six independent Member States of the OECS were…
Adorable internet-connected bunny Nabaztag is being resurrected
By Rachel England From engadget Robot pets have come a long way since the heady days of Tamagotchi — we’ve got Sony’s adorable Aibo that requires training and Groove X’s fuzzy Lovot that follows you affectionately around the house. But none have quite captured the…
4 Jun Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 Dist.
4 Jun Tue 2019 Tropical Report ATLANTIC Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad…
He Jiankui: Baby gene experiment ‘foolish and dangerous’
By James Gallagher From BBC The first people to be gene-edited – a pair of baby twin girls – may have been mutated in a way that shortens life expectancy, research suggests. Prof He Jiankui shocked the world when he…
