Cayman Islands Fashion Week and Athaliah Samuel
Athaliah Samuel is a Trinidadian designer who returned to the Cayman Islands for the fifth anniversary fashion show at Cayman Islands Fashion Week (CIFW) 2015. The fashion show was staged at the Lions Centre on Saturday, April 25th and Samuel…
Catholic newspaper weighs in on Supreme Court lethal injection case
By Tony Mauro, From Supreme Court Brief For more than 50 years, the National Catholic Reporter has covered issues of interest to American Catholics from the sidelines. But the newspaper has stepped into the legal debate over capital punishment by…
HBO premieres exclusive movies for Caribbean
HBO premieres in May: The HBO original film “Bessie” with Queen Latifah, plus “Sex Tape” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” Enjoy exclusive movie premieres for the Caribbean each Saturday in May Miami, FL – April 29, 2015 – HBO…
High prevalence of violence against women, girls cited in English speaking Caribbean
By RJR News A recent international review has found that violence against women and girls in several English speaking Caribbean countries is normalized, widespread and of pandemic proportions, and underreported. Rashida Manjoo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women,…
CARPHA urges Caribbean countries to ensure vaccination of their citizens
From CARICOM TODAY PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging regional countries to increase their efforts to keep children and other at-risk groups healthy by getting them vaccinated. “Recent outbreaks of measles…
UN Women launches flagship report
UN Women launched its flagship report “Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights” which highlights how economies have failed to guarantee women’s empowerment and the full exercise of their economic and social rights, in rich countries and…
Key stakeholders agree on action plan to improve OECS Intra-Regional Travel
From Curacao Chronicle CASTRIES, St Lucia — Tourism and civil aviation officials, airline representatives and regulators, as well as regional and international organisations, assembled in Antigua and Barbuda on April 22 to discuss and validate the findings emerging from a…
Girl, 11, not harmed by Pink concert, judge says
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal A mother did not show poor judgment by taking her 11-year-old daughter to a concert by the singer Pink, and the decision can’t be used as fodder in an ongoing custody dispute…
Laptops donated to Cayman Islands primary school
Edna M. Moyle Primary School Receives Laptop Donation Recently, Edna M. Moyle Primary School (EMPS) received a generous donation of ten (10) laptops, to further assist with teaching and learning at the school. The Acer Aspire Switch 10 laptops are…
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Cayman Islands Olympic Committee to close Sports Star Exhibition
The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC) would like to announce the closing of the Sporting Stars Exhibition, currently at the Cayman Islands National Museum, on Thursday, April 30th. The exhibition, which opened in May of last year, was in part…
