The ‘Butch’ Stewart legacy
BY DESMOND ALLEN From Jamaica Observer Peers hail ‘The Chairman’ for 50 years of building tourism, people’s lives MIAMI, United States — Of all those arts in which the wise excel, nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well… Only those who…
Swiss Machine’ Ueli Steck killed in Mt Everest accident
By RAJAN POKHREL From The Himalayan Times FIRST DEATH OF THE SEASON KATHMANDU: Ueli Steck (41), popularly known as ‘Swiss Machine’ in the mountaineering world, was killed in an accident near Camp II on Mt Everest on Sunday morning, multiple…
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Spectacular end is nigh for Cassini space probe
By Robin McKie From The Guardian UK Last week, the US space probe Cassini survived an encounter of the very closest – and riskiest – kind. In response to signals that had been transmitted to it across several hundred millions…
MIT fires a rocket motor made using 3D-printed plastic
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s not as ludicrous as it sounds. f you’re going to 3D-print rocket parts, you’d want to make them out of metal to handle the stress, right? Not necessarily. MIT has successfully test-fired what it…
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Hundreds tour Hurricane Hunter in Cayman Islands
A huge crowd of eager residents toured a Hurricane Hunter aircraft at the Owen Roberts International Airport’s General Aviation Terminal yesterday (Wednesday, 26 April 2017), during a one day trip to promote hurricane readiness. Around 1,000 school students and members…
Dart Real Estate’s Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa receives CHRIS Development of the Year Award
Innovative developer Dart Real Estate is recognised at the Caribbean’s most noteworthy hotel investment conference for Grand Cayman’s first new resort in 10 years Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – April 28, 2017 – After raising the stakes in luxury travel…
US: An Uber engineer’s suicide is yet another reminder of the company’s terrible culture
BY JACK MORSE From Mashable Uber is in the limelight again for another employee horror story after one of its engineers died by suicide. The employee’s family alleges that workplace stress and racism contributed to a decline in mental health…
US: At least 1 killed, 12 injured in a fiery crash on a Los Angeles highway
By Tracy Bloom and Ellina Abovian, Tribune Media From Business Insider One person has died and 12 others were injured following a fiery multivehicle collision on the 5 Freeway near Griffith Park that prompted the full closure of southbound lanes…
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Cayman [Islands] Registry listed as a top performing flag in USCG annual PSC Report
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) recently released its 2016 Annual Report on Port State Control in the United States. Cayman Registry is listed as a top performing flag in USCG annual PSC Report. Cayman Registry is listed as one…
A group of 4 drones grounded 60 flights in a day, leaving 10,000 passengers stranded
BY YVETTE TAN From Mashable An illegal flying stunt of a group of four drones caused more than 60 flights to get disrupted on Friday — the third such incident in a week. More than 10,000 passengers were left stranded,…
