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Cayman Islands Rotaract Blue Fred Speirs 5k Walk Run A great big THANK-YOU to everyone for coming out and supporting the Rotaract Blue Fred Speirs 5k Walk Run on Saturday. Those who were unable to make it can still make…
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Rugby: Bahamas falls to Cayman Islands 20-8 By RENALDO DORSETT From Tribune 242 National Rugby Team Falls To Cayman 20-8 THE Bahamas Rugby Football Union’s national team suffered yet another loss in the Americas North zone of the Rugby…
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Caribbean hotel occupancy falls again, but decline slows From Caribbean Journal Caribbean hotel occupancy fell in April for the sixth consecutive month, according to the latest report from hotel analytics firm STR. The region’s hotel occupancy dropped by 2.2 percent…
May 17th was International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
Joint United Nations Latin America and Caribbean Statement on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia The International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, observed each year on May 17, aims to draw attention to the violence and discrimination lesbian, gay,…
The struggle for transgender rights in today’s Caribbean
By Louise Tillotson From Huffington Post Today, 17 May in 1990 the World Health Organization decided homosexuality was not a mental disorder. Since 2004 the day has been celebrated to draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…
Validation Status Towards Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis – Cayman Islands
The Regional Validation Committee (RVC) has agreed to conduct the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis (EMTCT) validation exercise for the United Kingdom Overseas Territories and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) of which…
Prisoners endure health crisis inside Colombian jails
From telesur Inmates who suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes are going untreated due to a lack of medicine. Colombian Justice Minister Jorge Londoño had no choice but to declare Thursday an emergency inside the country’s jails…
Nothing to hide?
From New Scientist If Google has nothing to hide about NHS data, why so secretive? Google’s subsidiary DeepMind could use our health data to diagnose disease sooner. If it was more open, we might be happier to let it go…
UN special envoy on AIDS and UNAIDS regional director visit to Jamaica
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United Nations secretary general’s special envoy for AIDS in the Caribbean, Dr John Edward Greene, and Latin America and Caribbean director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr César…
PANCAP commits to sustaining regional response to HIV
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) partners have ended a meeting here committing to implementing high-impact cost-effective interventions to sustain national and regional responses. A statement issued at…
