Portia challenges CONCACAF to be heroic in pursuit of glory
By Sean A Williams Assistant Sport Editor Jamaica Observer Wednesday, October 23, 2013 | 8:08 AM FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller challenged CONCACAF to do everything in its power to lift the greatest football prize…
Caribbean medical school sues former student
From Jamaica Observer Accused of creating over 20 bogus university websites PASADENA, California (CMC) – One of the Caribbean’s leading medical schools has sued a former student for trademark violation and dilution, cyber-squatting and breach of contract. Ross University School…
Barbadian to take up post with World Boxing Federation
From Barbados Advocate Well-known boxing promoter Sam Layne has been appointed to the World Boxing Federation as one of the Directors over the Caribbean. This is the first time ever that a Barbadian has held any post in the WBF….
Eve and Rener visit Cayman’s Bootcamp
From Eve Torees Believe! Posted by Eve Torees Last week Rener and I had to go to the Cayman Islands for jiu-jitsu seminars. Ok… who am I fooling, it was the best possible “work” trip I could ever imagine! The…
Cayman has a new aviation company
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, BlueSky Aviation has taken off as Cayman’s newest aviation company. BlueSky is a company born from the need to efficiently connect people with the places they need to go, taking the most direct route possible, with…
Child safety during Halloween
From DEH As Halloween becomes more popular with children in Cayman, the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) aims to help parents keep their young ones safe while having fun. Officials advise parents to closely supervise children at this time of…
Over 10 million downloads of BBM for Android and iPhone in the first day
BBM achieves top ranking in the App Store in over 75 countries within the first 24 hours Waterloo, ON – In just 24 hours BBM™ has been downloaded over 10 million times by Android™ and iPhone® users, one of the…
Two rare giant squids found
Two local fishermen, Dennis Denton and Jonathan Arch are on their way to the Smithsonian Institution’s preserved cephalopod research collection in Washington D.C. The reason? They found two rare giant species of squid (Asperoteuthis xanthoderma) that were dead floating on…
What are these giant concrete arrows across the American Landscape?
Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe/from Core77 Backpacking through Europe in my 20s, my sense of direction served me well—until I hit the cities with the truly medieval street plans. So in Florence, after renting a motorcycle, I devised a…
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,…