Trinidad: Regional scientists to present 1.5 report at Caribbean Climate Change Conference
Port-of-Spain: October 8, 2017: When scientists and researchers meet in Trinidad at the International Climate Change Conference for the Caribbean this week, it will be in the aftermath of the devastation wrought in the region by successive monster storms in the…
The Editor Speaks: Hurricane season officially over and Cayman Thanksgiving Day
It is very appropriate to have Cayman Islands Thanksgiving Day on the first Sunday in December. It follows the end of the Hurricane Season and this year we have a LOT of thanksgiving. This is the third Cayman Thanksgiving (although…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Cayman Islands’ Free Actor’s Workshop to Take Place Local actors can participate in a free workshop taking place on Saturday 21 May at 2 p.m., at the Harquail Studio Theatre, as part of CayFilm. Participants ages 16 and up, will…
First look at 2016 Hurricane Season: unusually big question marks
By Bob Henson From Weather Underground Even more than one might expect, the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up with both high- and low-end possibilities, based on preliminary thoughts released Thursday by a team at Colorado State University. The…
Cayman Islands: Cayman Thanksgiving
From Cayman Connection UK Cayman Thanksgiving is a weekend-long celebration that honours Cayman’s culture, heritage and togetherness. Unlike American or Canadian Thanksgiving, Cayman Thanksgiving is celebrated during the first weekend of December to mark the end of Hurricane Season and…
Editorial: Memories of Ivan
By Joan Wilson Now we are at that horrible time again – Hurricane Season – and this is the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan that hit us on September 11th 2004. The day after my 70th birthday. Yes I am…
June 1 is start of Hurricane Season
From Hazard Management The Cayman Islands are vulnerable to a number of different hazards including hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis and floods, but with the beginning of the hurricane season right around the corner (June 1st), it is especially important that residents…