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Cayman Islands: September Events at Camana Bay
Camana Bay, Grand Cayman (Tuesday 26 August 2014): From a cooking class series to turn you into a kitchen master to an international festival celebrating local art, music and film to an opportunity to wordsmith your way for a good…
Cayman Attractive to Canadian Captives
The Canadian and Cayman Islands insurance markets are made for each other August 26, 2014 – GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman–(BUSINESS WIRE)–So says representatives from the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman, who have been going regularly to Canada to discuss the…
1 killed, 2 missing as Cristobal barrels through Caribbean
From Jamaica Observer SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Cristobal lashed parts of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands with heavy rainfall yesterday. One man died and two other people were earlier left missing when…
Convicted hijacker can appeal 83-year jail term for attempted hijacking of Canadian airline
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sunday August 23, 2014, CMC – The London-based Privy Council has granted leave to convicted hijacker Stephen Fray, to appeal his 83-year jail term for the attempted hijacking of a Canadian aircraft in the western city…
Jim Foley got this letter to his family past his ISIS captors
By Paul Szoldra From Business Insider Before freelance reporter James Foley was brutally murdered by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL or ISIS) in a video released last week, he was forced to read a propaganda…
Robo Brain teaches robots how to understand the world
By Mariella Moon From engadget For a robot to be able to wash clothes, vacuum carpets or serve you cocktails on a Friday night, it needs to be loaded with the appropriate software and data. In the future, though, a…
Caribbean officials meet to improve food security and others
Caribbean Plant Health Officials Meet to Discuss Strategies to Improve Food Security, Expand Agricultural Trade, and Protect Plant Resources in the Region (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is viewing the Third International Meeting on Small…
It looks like Scotland will have to risk defaulting on its debt to get independence
By Jim Edwards From Business Insider Monday night’s Scottish independence referendum debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling raised the scariest question for voters leaning toward a Yes vote: Does Scotland have the courage to face down the Bank of…
Royal Navy seizes £21m of cocaine in the Caribbean
From ITV UK The Royal Navy has seized cocaine worth £21 million after a 12-hour pursuit to apprehend drug runners in the Caribbean, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Argyll, currently stationed on anti-drugs operations in the region, gave…
Major environmental stories of June 2014
By Ann Egerton From Examiner May 2014 was the hottest May ever recorded and scientists believe that we will continue breaking records as the Earth warms. Play The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a report saying that the…
