Women’s World Cup
U.S. tops China, advances to FWWC semifinals NEWS World Cup – Women IMAGE: Carli Lloyd (#10) and Hope Solo celebrate after the USA defeated China in FIFA Women’s World Cup semifinals on June 26, 2015, in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo: FIFA…
Anna Ramirez, fisher lady of Punta Gorda, recognized as Fisher of the Year
Belize City, 29 June 2015–Since she was 7 years old, Anna Ramirez, now 63, has been fishing with her family off the coast of Belize’s southernmost district – Toledo, but her gender has not stopped her from working just as…
Director of Cayman Islands Children & Family Services retires
After 33 years of service to the Cayman Islands Government, Director of Children and Family Services Alicia E. (Jen) Dixon, MBE, will be retiring with effect from 1 September 2015. With a lifetime dedicated to service, Ms Dixon has unwaveringly…
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Cayman Islands cultural summer arts camp 2015
FROM CNCF LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!! PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION The summer arts camp programme is an annual summer activity of the CNCF, engaging youth 6* – 16 years of age in the visual, traditional and performing arts, in addition to offering…
In the future, employees won’t exist
By Tad Milbourn From Techcrunch Tad Milbourn is CEO and co-founder of Tiempo. Contract work is becoming the new normal. Consider Uber: The ride-sharing startup has 160,000 contractors, but just 2,000 employees. That’s an astonishing ratio of 80 to 1….
MATT wants swift probe on attacks against journalists
From The Guardian T&T The Media Association of T&T (MATT) has called on the T&T Police Service to swiftly investigate threats of murder, physical assault, nuisance legal action and cyber bullying against journalists. The association also called on State-owned media…
Law Schools: Give migrant children legal representation
By Karen Sloan, From The National Law Journal The U.S. government should guarantee legal representation to unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, end expedited processing of those children and families, and begin recognizing gang violence as a basis for asylum claims. Those…
History of Dutch Jews role in slavery is bluntly depicted
By Menachem Wecker From Forward ‘The word ‘slave’ is used in this exhibition,” notes a wall text at “ Jews in the Caribbean: Four Centuries of History in Suriname and Curacao ” at Amsterdam’s Jewish Historical Museum. “The museum is…
NSA failures expose yet more secrets, endanger millions
By Patrick Watson From Newsmax Not even halfway through the Year of the Hack, the U.S. government looks every bit as vulnerable as the private sector it wants to “help.” The latest news: As many as 14 million current and…
