Fund raiser for 8-year-old leukemia-stricken girl
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The parents of an eight-year-old Vincentian girl, who is stricken with leukemia, have received much-needed financial boost to help defray exorbitant medical bills after her relative conducted a fund-raising prayer breakfast last Saturday…
Cable & Wireless seeks control of Trinidad’s state telecom firm
By Narayan Ammachchi From Nearshore Americas Cable & Wireless Seeks Control of Trinidad’s State Telecom Firm The chief executive of British telecom group Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has met Trinidad & Tobago’s Finance Minister Larry Howai to discuss obtaining…
Commentary: Our Caribbean: Middle class politics takes command
Commentary: Our Caribbean: Middle class politics takes command By Oliver Mills From Caribbean News Now The Caribbean middle class has taken control of, and directed politics in the Caribbean since the post-emancipation period. It was the inspiration behind the formation…
Cayman Islands Funerals April 2014
Oral Robert Ebanks-Powery 20 Aug 1956 – 1 Apr 2014 Boatswain Bay Emma Claire Hislop 5 Aug 1917 – 7 Apr 2014 Pease Bay Carville Martin Scott 8 Jun 1939 …
HSA celebrates International Day of the Midwife
On Monday 5th May the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) will be celebrating ‘International Day of the Midwife’ with a display in the atrium of the Cayman Islands Hospital from 10am – 4pm showcasing midwifery, one of the most…
Cayman Immigration introduces language testing
The Cayman Islands Department of Immigration (DOI) will introduce a requirement for overseas English language testing (ELT) for prospective employees whose first language is not English, on 1st July 2014. This testing requirement is envisioned to be more accommodating and…
REPORT: Nightmare bacteria have now spread to every region of the world
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider The era of modern medicine may be coming to an end. Common bacteria that cause life-threatening infections have become resistant to our strongest antibiotics in every region of the world. That’s just one finding…
Bold by nature
From Cayman Airways Magazine The BioMuseo in Central America’s Panama City reveals a revolutionary story that’s been ages in the making. With its bright hues and cascading shapes, the BioMuseo seems to have sprung right out of Panama’s fertile ground….
Drummond vessel shipwrecked near its port in Colombia
From Latino FoxNews The U.S. mining company Drummond reported last month the shipwreck of a boat that was helping with construction work at this multinational coal company’s port on the Colombian Caribbean, though nothing has been said about the possible…
Clinton Foundation to assist St Kitts-Nevis with renewable energy initiatives
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas says the twin-island Federation will receive assistance from the US-based Clinton Foundation to improve efforts in developing the renewable energy sector. He says he expects the collaboration will…
