Drugs trafficking in the Caribbean Radar Detector
By Street Hype Report From Street Hype On May 9th American customs and border-protection officials launched an aerostat—a fat, tethered balloon—above the coast of Puerto Rico. Its job is to use radar to detect low-flying aircraft, ships and smaller vessels…
WHO report finds traffic-related injuries deadliest for adolescents
By Ryan Parrish From Vaccine News A recent study conducted by the WHO examined the top causes of death and illness among adolescents worldwide. The “Health for the world’s adolescents” report, the first extensive WHO effort to measure the health…
Immune children aid malaria vaccine hunt
By Rebecca Morelle, Science correspondent, BBC News The antibody trapped the malaria parasites inside of red blood cells A group of children in Tanzania who are naturally immune to malaria are helping scientists to develop a new vaccine. US researchers…
Shingles vaccination poses threat to patients with high shingles risk
By Emma Rogers From Vaccine News New research published in the BMJ on Wednesday revealed that those with the highest risk of shingles are not entitled to vaccination, due to safety concerns. Shingles causes an acute painful rash and can…
Mosquito-borne illness Chikungunya spreads across Caribbean infecting over 55,000
By Rebekah Marcarelli From HNGN A painful mosquito-borne illness is sweeping the Caribbean. Chikungunya is more commonly seen in Africa and Asia, but five months ago it was detected in the Caribbean, Reuters reported. The illness, which causes symptoms such…
Brenda Quin’s “Seasons on the Edge of Memory” are her reflections, wishes and questions
M/s Quin’s latest collection of poems and reflections are a history of life she lived, life she lives now and life of the future she worries about. “Seasons on the Edge of Memory” is an apt title for a book…
DMS/Grand Cayman Ups Blake Rogers to Operations Manager
DMS BROADCASTING/GRAND CAYMAN has promoted Top 40 ZFKX (X107.1) and AC ZFKK (106.1 KISS-FM) PD BLAKE ROGERS to OM of the cluster, which also includes Rock ZFKS (96.5 CAYROCK), and Caribbean ZFKH (HOT 104.1). ROGERS will continue to co-host the…
Another Bermuda “Jetgate” casualty as AG quits post
By Ivan Clifford From Caribbean360 HAMILTON, Bermuda, Friday May 22, 2014, CMC – Mark Pettingill resigned as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs on Thursday as the fall-out over the so-called Jetgate affair that had already resulted in the…
Rihanna ditches Instagram over nudity issue
From Caribbean360 CALIFORNIA, United States, Friday May 23, 2014 – Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna has given the photo sharing site Instagram the boot, and for the time being is confining her social media life to her Twitter and Facebook accounts….
Permaculture poised to conquer the Caribbean
By Mark Olalde From IPS “You can start in your backyard, so there’s no cost. You can implement certain parts of it in your apartment…If you have a porch with some sunlight, you can plant something there and start thinking…
