Tasmania: The part of Australia everyone forgets
BY JENNI RYALL From Mashable SYDNEY — Poor Tasmania. It is the island that floats just off the bottom of mainland Australia, and no one can seem to remember it is there. Tasmanians have copped a lot of slack over…
Discussions underway to address nursing shortage in Caribbean
By Alphea Saunders From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Jamaica’s minister of health, Dr Fenton Ferguson, says that discussions are underway to facilitate the seamless movement of nurses throughout the Caribbean in order to address needs in various…
Pa. family holds Ritz-Carlton responsible for teen daughter’s sexual assault in Cayman Islands
By Jim Boyle July 24, 2014 From The Pennsylvania Record A Northampton County family has filed a lawsuit with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas against Ritz-Carlton Hotels, saying its poor security and negligent hiring practices were responsible for a…
Sunsail reveals premium line up as new fleet heads to Caribbean
By Marion Telsnig, Sunsail From Yachts and Yachting Sunsail is delighted to announce a number of premium additions to enhance its world-class fleet. From December 2014, Sunsail’s Caribbean-based charter fleet will offer customers a choice of three exciting new monohulls,…
Talking Caribbean—the rhetoric of Mas
By Simon Lee from Guardian Media Tropic Tendencies—Rhetoric, Popular Culture and the Anglophone Caribbean, a recent publication by Trinidadian assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at New York’s Syracuse University, Dr Kevin Browne, is a welcome and important addition to…
Having a whale of a time:
Having a whale of a time: Diver is photobombed by gigantic whale shark swimming just six feet from her By James Rush From Daily Mail UK Photographer Ellen Cuylaerts, 44, took the impressive images while on a trip to Isla…
74-year-old male charged with theft
From RCIPS Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 9:35 AM On 23rd July 2014, Detectives of the RCIPS Financial Crime Unit formally charged a 74-year-old male with the theft of $51,600 KYD, which was stolen during a real estate transaction. At the…
iNews Briefs
Only 6 persons attend Cayman police community meeting George Town Police Commander meets with community residents in Prospect The George Town Police Commander facilitated a community meeting on Monday night July 21st at 6pm at the Prospect Primary School Hall…
Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ (CPHD) Forum announced
Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure & Department of Agriculture has announced the opening ceremony for the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ (CPHD) Forum will take place at 9.00 am on Tuesday, 29 July…
