Boosting resilience in the Caribbean
By Jessica Faieta from Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States, Tuesday August 26, 2014, IPS – Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries, I have witnessed firsthand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely…
Rotherham child abuse scandal: 1,400 children exploited, report finds
From BBC At least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexual exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, a report has found. Children as young as 11 were raped by multiple perpetrators, abducted, trafficked to other cities in England, beaten…
Haiti recalcitrant senators pressured by colleagues to pass electoral law
By Joseph Guyler Delva From HCNN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — A growing number of Haitian senators have undertaken to pressure recalcitrant opposition colleagues who have been blocking the holding of a crucial legislative and local ballot, as a political tactic…
$20M waste to energy deal sealed on Caribbean’s Nevis Island
By Ben Messenger From Waste Management World The government of Nevis Island, a small island in the Caribbean Sea, has signed off a deal that will see a waste to energy facility constructed on the island in partnership with Baltimore,…
Poverty in Latin America and Caribbean reduced by half: Study
From RTT News Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean has been reduced by almost half in the last decade, and the middle class grew by 82 million people, from 21 percent of the population in 2000 to 34 percent…
How lizard tails could help scientists study human limb regeneration
By Adam Clark Estes From Gizmodo Prosthetic technology is getting insanely good. But what if we just didn’t need it any more? What if we could simply program our genes to regrow human limbs as easily as lizards regrow lost…
Aitheras Aviation Group, Cayman Islands begin operations on Grand Cayman
CLEVELAND – August 25, 2014 – Aitheras Aviation Group has established an air medical operation based at Island Air at the Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman. Aitheras, the country’s first air medical provider, will provide services to Health…
Cayman Islands: A lost Cat – Have you seen Jackson? A found Pup – do you know who her owner is?
From CARE – Cayman Animal Rescue Enthusiasts at [email protected] Jackson is Missing, have you seen him? Jackson is large grey tabby cat who is 14 years old and microchipped. He has been missing from his home since Saturday 23rd August…
Quotations: Back to School
From The Quote Garden If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. ~Edgar W. Howe Being a child at home alone in the summer…
Caribbean officials meet to improve food security and others
Caribbean Plant Health Officials Meet to Discuss Strategies to Improve Food Security, Expand Agricultural Trade, and Protect Plant Resources in the Region (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is viewing the Third International Meeting on Small…
