Unwilling or unable to leave, some Floridians ride out Ian
From Newsmax Outside the window of Susan Flack’s darkened condominium in Naples, Florida, on Wednesday, trees bent in the wind and a portable toilet floated by on rising floodwaters. Flack, one of thousands who decided to flout official evacuation orders…
Cayman: FOI requests head back up after pandemic slump
International Right to Know Day: 28 September Well over 400 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests were made to the Cayman Islands Government during 2021, and average response times improved markedly, according to a statistical report released by the Ombudsman in…
CDS presents: Plays, Prods, Audits
Cayman Drama Society: Play with a Punch tickets, Production Pitch meeting invite, and AUDITIONS! PLAY WITH A PUNCH (AND A PATTY) – TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Sat 8th October 12.30pm: Play with a Punch (and a Patty) A Saturday lunchtime…
Cayman Islands Parliament held special meeting in honour of Queen Elizabeth II
The Cayman Islands Parliament held a special meeting to pay tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen at the House of Parliament, on 12 September 2022. Although the session is not a requirement of any Overseas Territories during the period…
Qatar punishes migrant workers
“Miriam Karmali, Freedom United” August 28, 2022 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Anti-slavery activistsQatar arrests and deports unpaid migrant workersAt least 60 migrant workers in Qatar have been arrested after demanding months of unpaid salaries from Al Bandary…
How the USDA fails to enforce the Animal Welfare Act
The agency has neglected its federally mandated responsibilities—even in the face of years of their own inspectors’ reports of abuse. By Nancy Blaney / Independent Media Institute For years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors dutifully documentedextensive animal suffering at Moulton…
UN confirms Uyghur forced labor
By Miriam Karmali, Freedom United” August 21, 2022 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced laborUN Rapporteur on slavery confirms Uyghur forced labor in ChinaThe UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, reported to the Human Rights…
Cayman: RCIPS Requests Public Assistance to Identify Suspect in Robbery
The RCIPS’ investigation continues into an armed robbery which occurred on Saturday, 6 August, on Maclendon Drive, George Town. Police are requesting public assistance in identifying a man who was captured on CCTV footage taken during the incident. The footage…
QUOTABLE CARIBBEAN – AUGUST 13, 2022
“We are excited and re-energized in terms of working very closely to see exactly what we (Cayman Islands and Jamaica) can do and how we can build mutual interest together.” – Christopher Saunders, Deputy Premier, Minister for Finance and Economic Development,…
Is the World Cup irredeemably tainted?
August 14, 2022 News Digest LISTEN NOW: NEW PODCAST EPISODE Trafficking Taking the trafficking out of sex workIn our latest podcast episode, we sit down with experts in the anti-trafficking and sex workers’ rights sector to explore how the decriminalization of sex…
