When an athlete’s relationships are more important than success in her sport
BY REBECCA RUIZ From Mashable Gone are the days when female athletes were openly demeaned or ridiculed in sports coverage. The change is welcome, but it hasn’t exactly liberated women from stereotypes that acknowledge their gender first and their success…
Cayman Islands celebrates breast feeding month
From Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital The experience of breastfeeding is special for so many reasons: the joyful closeness and bonding with your baby, the cost savings, and the health benefits for both mother and baby. Every woman’s journey to motherhood…
The Editor Speaks: Child abuse goes mainly unpunished
Over twelve months ago an article appeared in the Cayman Compass saying there were no statistics available at that time (May 27 2015) on the number of police convictions for child abuse. The article went on to say: “Despite recent…
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World breastfeeding week in the Cayman Islands
Breastfeed for a more sustainable future. This year’s World Breastfeeding Week focuses on how mothers, by breastfeeding, can play a part in achieving the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a blueprint for global commitment and…
Women showcase the Caribbean experience in America in uptown art exhibit
By Carolina Pichardo From dna info WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Eleven women with Caribbean roots aim to explore the conflicts in their own identities in a mixed-media show opening Friday that features a painting of a lynching and a modern take…
Homegrown Zika raises more questions about the evolving risk
By The Associated Press From Caribbean Business WASHINGTON – Homegrown mosquitoes apparently have infected four people in the Miami area with Zika and now it’s up to tried-and-true public health measures to stamp out the birth defect-causing virus before it…
The Editor Speaks: When a mother and father kiss their child on the lips grows a mountain of complaints
I will finish the sentence. When a mother and father kiss their child on the lips grows a mountain of complaints, THE WORLD IS SICK! On Tuesday I saw a beautiful photograph of Victoria Beckham kissing her daughter Harper that…
Trinidad: Mom, baby found in death embrace: Cops suspect murder/suicide
From St Lucia News Online TRINIDAD GUARDIAN – The decomposing bodies of Anika Gabriel and her baby were found on a bed at their South Oropouche home by the baby’s father yesterday morning. Three and a half month old Sydney…
Jamaica: Body of Missing 3-y-o Girl found butchered in St Ann
From Inside Breaks Residents of Orange Hill, St Ann on Sunday morning, July 10 found the body of a three-year-old girl who went missing from her home in the area on Saturday night. The identity of the child has not…
Parts of old technology
These 15 pieces of old technology contain a mind-boggling number of parts By Chris Weller, Tech Insider From Business Insider Canadian photographer Todd McLellan says he grew up in a home where “something was always open.” His father was a…
