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Chikungunya in Latin Caribbean goes over 700,000 as the Dominican Republic nears a half million cases By Robert Herriman From Outbreak News Today The number of autochthonous chikungunya cases in the Latin Caribbean, which includes the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti,…
The Editor Speaks: Data protection – a lot to read and digest
The Cayman public has two months to digest the Data Protection Bill 2014. It seems a long time but with the draft bill being over 50 pages with legalistic writing you will need all that time. And you need to…
DEH training courses for the Sister Islands
Certification courses in basic food hygiene and cosmetology are being offered by the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) to workers in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. “Operators of Food & Cosmetology Businesses are reminded that DEH requires all personnel be…
[Guyana] Speaker Trotman accused of sexually molesting 13-year-old boy
By Bhisham Mohamed From GuyanaTimes … accuser claims he was pampered In one of the most shocking scandals here in recent times, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman was on Friday accused of sexually molesting a little boy when…
Cayman Islands police seeks public feedback
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) has invited the public to provide feedback on its services as part of its strategic planning process. Chief Superintendent, Kurt Walton explains that the RCIPS have developed an online survey that will allow…
Chinese workers make $17 a day building the iPhone 6, but it’ll cost them $4,000 to buy one
By Chris Smith From BGR There’s no doubt about it, the iPhone 6 launch is the biggest handset launch of the year. Apple had sold well over 4 million iPhone 6 units during preorder availability, but that didn’t stop thousands…
More celebrities exposed as nude photo hacker strikes again
From Caribbean360 CALIFORNIA, United States, Tuesday September 23, 2014 – Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna and American actress Amber Heard are among the latest victims of the photo hacking scandal that has embarrassed and outraged celebrities with its public display of…
Arab Bank Found Liable for Terror Support
By Andrew Keshner, From New York Law Journal Arab Bank is civilly liable for the material support of 24 Hamas terror attacks during several years of unrest in Israel, a federal jury decided Monday. After almost two days of deliberations,…
New MOU being developed between Cayman and Cuba over Cuban migrants
A new memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Cayman Islands and Cuba is imminent, following high-level talks in Havana last week. The meetings took place over Thursday, 18 and Friday, 19 September 2014 at the Hotel Nacionale de Cuba. Headed…
LinkedIn defends use of member photos in marketing emails
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers for LinkedIn Corp. have renewed their effort to knock out a lawsuit claiming the company pestered users’ contacts with spam-like invitations to join the professional networking site. The lawsuit, originally…