bog snorkelling in Wales
We tried bog snorkelling in Wales – this is what happened From Irish Examiner Forget the Great Barrier Reef. Forget the Caribbean. Forget the Maldives. Forget serene turquoise waters teeming with fish. If you want to go snorkelling, the hardcore…
a glimpse at star birth
A red cloud of space gas is giving astronomers a glimpse at star birth By Miriam Kramer from Mashable A telescope in Chile recently captured a beautiful image of a star-forming region of the universe, where a red cloud of…
Visitor numbers up for the Caribbean region
By Gay Nagle Myers From Travel Weekly Based on first-quarter air arrivals, the Caribbean region is in a good place right now. And tourism officials predict a 6% rise in overall arrival numbers this year compared with 2014, when 26.3…
Cayman Islands government statement regarding Lighthouse School complaints
Statement Re. Complaint against the Lighthouse School This release is a joint statement from the Ministry of Education and Department of Education Services. This statement is provided in relation to the enquiries that have been raised regarding complaints received about…
High Court sides with President in Jerusalem passport dispute
By Tony Mauro, From The National Law Journal Justices, divided, uphold block on identifying Israel as birthplace for Americans born in Jerusalem. A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the president has “exclusive power” to recognize foreign…
The doctor who got Ebola
By Helen Ouyang From New York Magazine Craig Spencer in May, seven months after contracting Ebola. Five months into West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, last September, a young New York emergency-room doctor named Craig Spencer headed to Guéckédou, Guinea, to volunteer…
Mauritius regains top slot as source of FDI in India
From The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Mauritius has regained the position as top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India by pushing Singapore to the second slot in 2014-15. Mauritius accounted for about 29 per cent of the country’s…
Olwomen story of the week
Home remedies for obesity & weight loss By Jenny Smith From Olwomen Losing weight is probably one of the most difficult goals to achieve. It is an uphill battle for people who love food and lack an active lifestyle. But,…
