Swim programme teaches Caymanian children much more than water skills
Life Lessons and Possible Career Paths Mixed in with Fun in the Water Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, June 25, 2017 – A group of Caymanian children are learning to swim and snorkel through the West Bay ECO Warriors program hosted…
A Summer of Art at the Cayman Islands National Gallery
The National Gallery Launches, A Summer of Art – Free Art Education for Kids 6-12yrs The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) presents, A Summer of Art offering art education to children ages 6 to 12 years throughout the…
Cayman Islands Teen Summit Camp Spaces Left
This year’s Teen Summit camp (10-14 July) has just a few spaces left. The week-long camp for 13 to 17-year-olds has a packed schedule of special events and interactive competitions to explore the islands’ past, present and future. The camp…
CARICOM Heads of Govt. Conference: 10th Anniversary of NCD Declaration – Anything to celebrate?
2017 marks the 10th Anniversary of the signing of the landmark CARICOM Heads of Government Port of Spain Declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This year’s thirty-eighth CARICOM Conference of Heads (July 4-6) is expected to celebrate this momentous achievement. But how…
The Editor speaks: Corporal punishment
We have two extreme views on corporal punishment for children. Absolutely zero. Absolutely yes. The extreme YES is the case that was heard in the Cayman Islands Grand Court where a mother was found guilty Mon (26) of beating her…
‘Big reflection’ needed on opioid crisis
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage From Caribbean Life UNITED NATIONS, June 22, 2017 (IPS) – Opioids are among the most devastating drugs and are creating a crisis of epidemic proportions, said the UN drug agency. In its annual World Drug Report, the…
Cayman Islands UWC to host second summer camp for teens
The United World Colleges (UWC) Cayman Islands National Committee first launched a ‘short programme’ in August 2015, providing local teens the opportunity to engage with the global educational movement’s mission to make education a force for peace and a sustainable…
Dominic Dyer stars at Cayman Islands Invictus Reggae Classic Track & Field meet
The inaugural Invictus Reggae Classic Track & Field Meet, held this past Friday and Saturday at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, saw Dominic Dyer confirm his status as the region’s top junior middle distance runner. Having dominated the Under 20’s…
Leadership Cayman Islands class Sister Island Perspective
Last weekend the Leadership Cayman class made their annual trip to the Brac for the ‘Sister Islands Perspective’ seminar. The class arrived in Cayman Brac Friday morning and, after a tour of the Brac airport, embarked on a trip to…
Caribbean youth encouraged to step forward with their business ideas
24-year-old Adam Bradford, from the United Kingdom, has today launched his annual enterprise competition and is encouraging young people in the Caribbean to make their pitches. The #AdamStart Entrepreneurship Challenge is an annual global initiative run by the young businessman…







