Visitor to Cayman rushed to hospital in Ebola scare
Health officials take precautions with visitor A female visitor to the Cayman Islands taken to Government Hospital this morning does not meet the criteria for the Ebola virus. Emergency Medical Services were called to a house in East End early…
Cayman Islands ‘Vintage’ Marathon Man
Cayman Islands ‘Vintage’ Marathon Man completes Dublin Marathon Cayman Islands veteran runner Derek Haines completed the 35th SSE Airtricity Marathon today (Mon 27) in a time of 4hrs 15 minutes. With a temperature of about 64 deg F taking into…
Caribbean governments missing the plot with Ebola travel bans
By Jovan Reid and Deborah Almond From AMG With New York recording its first Ebola case, Caribbean travel bans on West African states are failing logical scrutiny Several CARICOM governments have now individually imposed bans on travellers and nationals from…
CONCACAF hosts first Women’s Football development summit
PHILADELPHIA (Sunday, October 26, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) concluded today its “Let’s Develop Women’s Football” conference, a two-day gathering of prominent global leaders in women’s football. The event was highlighted by…
Newt Gingrich: Houston pastor subpoenas part of a ‘radical agenda’
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s decision to issue subpoenas for sermons from the city’s Christian pastors was for “much larger political and constitutional stakes” than just to coerce disclosure from the ministers, says Newt Gingrich in…
Quarterfinal match-ups determined for CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15
Eight teams through to knockout rounds as a new Confederation champion will be crowned in 2015 Miami (Thursday, October 23, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) this evening confirmed the matchups and dates…
IMF: Caribbean economies face difficult outlook
By Mbuyamu Matungulu and Marcio Ronci, IMF, Caribbean Corner From Breaking News T&T With the exception of commmodity exporters, most Caribbean countries have experienced low growth and low inflation (above) and large fiscal and external imbalances that brought about high…
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,…
The world’s largest underwater sculpture is also an artificial reef
From Repeating Islands This article by Claire Voon appeared in Forbes. Resting on the ocean floor, towering nearly 17-feet-tall, kneels a young Bahamian girl supporting the ceiling of the water on her shoulders. “Ocean Atlas” is the most recent work…
13 ferocious hybrid animals to creep you out
By Brian Koerber From Mashable The first scientist to examine the platypus believed it was a hoax, but the creepy animal was not a hybrid of a duck, beaver and otter — it turned out to be real. In addition…