Cayman Islands Weather Service launches mobile weather app
Getting caught short in an unexpected shower of rain can be a thing of the past thanks to a newly launched Cayman Islands National weather service app. The free-to-download mobile app features a simple interface giving up-to-the-minute updates on weather…
Cayman Islands’ Folk Singers auditions
Seeking both male & female voices SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH 10:00AM HARQUAIL THEATRE CALL TO BOOK AN AUDITION SPOT Lorna Bush 949-5477 [email protected] Do you enjoy singing? Do you love traditional Caymanian Folk Music and music of the region? Would you…
JTC Group expand service offering by investing in Cayman
JTC Group has recently been granted a licence to provide their full suite of private client, corporate, fund and real estate services in the Cayman Islands. Since 2013 JTC Group has had a presence in the Cayman Islands through an…
Boosting resilience in the Caribbean
By Jessica Faieta from Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States, Tuesday August 26, 2014, IPS – Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries, I have witnessed firsthand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely…
Rotherham child abuse scandal: 1,400 children exploited, report finds
From BBC At least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexual exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, a report has found. Children as young as 11 were raped by multiple perpetrators, abducted, trafficked to other cities in England, beaten…
Haiti recalcitrant senators pressured by colleagues to pass electoral law
By Joseph Guyler Delva From HCNN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — A growing number of Haitian senators have undertaken to pressure recalcitrant opposition colleagues who have been blocking the holding of a crucial legislative and local ballot, as a political tactic…
Court: ‘Brutal’ cavity search violated arrestee’s rights
By Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal The “brutal and physically invasive” removal of a package containing cocaine during a body-cavity search of a suspected drug dealer without a warrant violated his Fourth Amendment rights, a federal appeals court has…
$20M waste to energy deal sealed on Caribbean’s Nevis Island
By Ben Messenger From Waste Management World The government of Nevis Island, a small island in the Caribbean Sea, has signed off a deal that will see a waste to energy facility constructed on the island in partnership with Baltimore,…
Poverty in Latin America and Caribbean reduced by half: Study
From RTT News Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean has been reduced by almost half in the last decade, and the middle class grew by 82 million people, from 21 percent of the population in 2000 to 34 percent…
Tomato Bounty Week: This tomato-bacon jam is delicious on everything
By Jennifer Olvera From Serious Eats Tangy and Sweet Tomato-Bacon Jam With Onions and Garlic Step aside, ketchup: this tomato-bacon jam is a versatile, flavor-packed condiment. [Photograph: Jennifer Olvera] We are officially in peak tomato season, and my god, it…