Following the Law
This week, GIS Spotlight focuses on handicapped parking and empowering young job seekers, in addition to revisiting Miss Lassie’s house. Cayman Islands law requires drivers to respect certain parking areas which are designated for those vehicles with handicapped stickers. Unfortunately,…
Montserrat’s Forestry officials at Bird Conversation Conference in Grenada
BRADES, Montserrat (July 29, 2013) – Director of Environment Gerard Gray is presently attending the 19th regional meeting on bird conservation for the Caribbean in Grenada. Accompanying him are James “Scriber” Daley, a Forestry Officer in the Department of Environment…
Alba alliance ambitions lay bare Latin trade confusion
By Robert Plummer Business reporter, BBC News In the bewildering array of Latin American and Caribbean trade alliances, the left-of-centre Alba group is probably the one that attracts the least attention outside the region. A search for it on Google…
Allegedly gay prelate in Vatican scandal was once posted to Trinidad
From Caribbean360 The man appointed to clean up the Vatican bank was transferred to T&T from Uruguay after that country’s nuncio reportedly appealed for his removal. ROME, Italy, Wednesday July 24, 2013 – Italian weekly news magazine L’Espresso has suggested…
Jamaican Independence Day 51
Jamaicans in New York Celebrate Independence 51 By JIS Jamaica Independence activities in the United States have moved into high gear, with nationals in Rochester, New York staging a number of events over the weekend to mark the 51st anniversary…
Why a Caribbean bank decided to invest in Ghana
By Jaco Maritz From How We Made It In Africa Republic Bank (RepBank) – an independent Caribbean lender headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago, an island country off the coast of Venezuela – recently bought a significant stake in Ghana-based HFC…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Mother bear kills cub and self to escape life of bile “milking”
by Piper Hoffman from Care2 A mother killed her baby and herself to end the torture of life on a bear bile farm. She hugged her cub until it suffocated, then drove her own head into a wall. Bear bile…
School entry health screening continues
The Public Health Department is reminding parents that school entry screening continues and all students entering government or private schools for the first time are required to have health screenings. This includes students entering the reception programme. This must be…
If you are a Foodie (and you know you are!)
From Dody Denman If you are a Foodie (and you know you are!) you’ll love the Metro Cooking Houston Returning Sept. 14-15 Foodie weekend to include TV stars, restaurant tasting Pavilion, 100s of vendors The weekend of September 14 &…
