The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
The Award arrived in the Cayman Islands in 1968, when a pilot programme was launched in the Girls’ Brigade. The Award programme grew out of the efforts of three men – HRH Prince Philip, Kurt Hahn, a German educationalist, and Lord Hunt,…
Kate Prank Call Nurse ‘Commits Suicide’
From Sky News UK A nurse working at the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, who was duped by a prank phone call, has died in a suspected suicide. Jacintha Saldanha, who has worked at the hospital for four…
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Secretariat announces Jamaican workshops
Belize City, Belize, Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Small-scale fisheries, although they do not land as much produce as commercial or large-scale fisheries, bear far more socioeconomic importance. They produce more fish for domestic human consumption, employ over 90% of the…
Suomi satellite pictures Earth in black
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco This spectacular night-time view of Earth is called Black Marble. It has been assembled from a series of cloud-free images acquired by one of the most capable satellites in the sky…
Ghana solar energy plant set to be Africa’s largest
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News A UK firm has announced plans to build what it claims is the biggest photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Africa. The Nzema project, based in Ghana, will be able to provide electricity…
















