Tourism and civil aviation – a symbiotic relationship
From eTN Global Travel industry News The importance of “accessibility” particularly air access and its relationship to the viability of the Regional Tourism Industry cannot be over stated. The tourism industry is heavily reliant on air transport for tourists/visitors for…
Rescuing educational quality in Latin America & the Caribbean
By Jorge Familiar Calderón From DaVibes If it hadn’t been for my sixth grade teacher, I probably would have never spelled correctly in Spanish. But when I quietly confessed to her one afternoon that I had never learned the rules…
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,…
Jamaica has new guidelines for arresting persons with small quantities of marijuana
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday August 13, 2014, CMC – The Jamaica government has outlined new guidelines which are to be implemented immediately by police regarding how they treat persons who are charged with minor offences such as possession of…
Caribbean’s first ‘aviation university’ launched
Kimberley Hibbert from Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Caribbean’s first aviation industry oriented university was launched today at the Jampro boardroom in Kingston. The Aviation University of the Americas will be located at the Denbigh Agricultural grounds in Clarendon…
Glamour Enterprises launches event planning service in Cayman Brac
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (Friday, 8 August 2014) On Friday, 8 August 2014, Glamour Enterprises celebrated its grand opening as Cayman Brac’s newest business venture—an event planning company offering visitors and residents a full service suite for all occasions—with a…
Victorian Strangeness: The great balloon riot of 1864
From BBC News Europe’s largest balloon festival is staged this weekend in Bristol. We trust there’ll be no repeat of the scenes in Leicester in 1864. Author Jeremy Clay tells the little-known tale of Britain’s balloon riot. The distinguished gentleman…
UPDATE:Wounding in Bodden Town- domestic incident/ Further arrest robbery Cayman Brac/CUC apologises for latest power outages
UPDATE #2: Wounding in BT from domestic incident From RCIPS Thu Aug 14 2014 Police confirms that the female involved in the domestic assault has been air lifted off island yesterday for further medical treatment. The suspect remains in hospital…
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Cayman Islands HSA statement regarding dialysis unit issues Press Statement regarding independent dialysis unit review Honorable Osbourne Bodden, Minister for Health confirms that out of an abundance of caution, Professor Everard Barton, Professor of Medicine and Nephrology at the University…
