Historical surgical milestone achieved in the Cayman Islands
A key milestone in the history of medicine in the Cayman Islands was achieved last week with the country’s first ever coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) performed. The patient, a 65 year old woman with diabetes and high blood…
Great Wall of debt: China set to overtake US
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard From The Canberra Times A new report from Stephen Green at Standard Chartered argues that China’s aggregate debt level has reached 251 per cent of GDP. The China-US sorpasso is looming. I do not mean the much-exaggerated…
UPDATED: 3rd Airline crash in 1 week:
3rd Airline crash in 1 week: Algeria airliner feared crashed on flight from Burkina Faso/ Taiwan plane crash toll reaches 48 UPDATE: Air Algerie AH5017: ‘No survivors’ from crash in Mali From BBC There are no survivors from the Air Algerie…
How Caribbean media content is being disrupted by digital
By Marcia Forbes, PhD From Caribbean Journal What is Content? The much maligned but highly useful Wikipedia defines content creation as: “the contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience….” Today, content comes…
RBC donates $10,000 to Cayman charities
RBC employees from across the Cayman Islands recently volunteered their time for 10 projects at six local organisations in support of RBC’s Day of Service Grants Programme. The Day of Service Grants Programme is a global initiative undertaken by RBC…
Teenage pilot dies in plane crash during around-the-world flight attempt
By Brian Ries from Mashable Indiana teenager Haris Suleman died on Wednesday (23) when his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The 17-year-old was attempting to fly around the world in 30 days and set a record as the youngest…
Introducing Caribbean Curry
With Stephanie Bullen From Savoury Spice Shop Curry is one of the oldest foods known to man, with roots dating to pre-historic times. The practice of using spices to prepare meats has long been common throughout the Indian subcontinent but…
Arizona execution takes two hours
From BBC US death row inmate Joseph Wood has died after an execution in Arizona took nearly two hours to kill him. Wood, a double murderer, was executed by lethal injection. His lawyers filed an appeal for an emergency stay…
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,…
Bratton’s ‘troubling’ statement
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams says while he applauds Police Commissioner William Bratton’s plans to retrain all police officers on the use of force in light of the ongoing investigation in the Eric Garner…
