iNews Briefs & Community Events (From BIG FISH 95.5)
No vote for long-term overseas residents By Simon Jones From The Royal Gazette The Bermuda Government has no plans to extend voting rights to Bermudians living permanently abroad. At the end of last year, absentee ballots allowing students to vote…
Chef Eric Ripert smooches the same stingray every year at the Cayman Cookout Festival
By Joanna Fantozzi From The Daily Meal Chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin talks about cooking in the Caribbean and getting up close and personal with the local wildlife Eric Ripert is not shy about his friendship with a certain…
The Editor speaks: Stay put
I am dismayed that Bodden Town MLA Alva Suckoo has followed Anthony Eden in resigning from the Progressives – the party that took him under their wings and promoted him to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly. I doubt…
Zika virus may be transmitted through sex
By lisaparavisini From Repeating Islands A virologist at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, has suggested that Zika virus infection is the only vector-borne disease that may be transmitted by sexual intercourse, St Lucia Online reports. The first…
Pacific Andes fails to dismiss KPMG in Cayman Islands hearing
From Undercurrent News The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) from KPMG will continue in place at China Fishery Group in the Cayman Islands, after a hearing took place on Jan. 8. Pacific Andes International Holdings (PAIH) was successful in having the…
Opinion: Human Rights in SVG
By Peter Binose The ‘United Nations Charter of Human Rights’ as Ignored and Abused by the ‘Unity Labour Party SVG’. Preamble [applicable almost everywhere but not in SVG] Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable…
Illumina is teaming up with Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos to develop a new kind of cancer test
By Kevin Loria, Tech Insider From Business Insider Catching cancer early is an incredible challenge, but a new way to detect it in the blood may totally revolutionize cancer treatment in just a few years. Illumina, the $25 billion maker of…
Tourism Matters: Unjustified fuel surcharges
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now According to a statement issued recently, the 200-plus airline members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are poised to deliver a higher than forecast record profit in 2015 and should see a…
Enhance Group announce new NED appointment
Enhance Group Limited is delighted to welcome Chairman of Guernsey Finance, Lyndon Trott, to the company as Non-Executive Director. Lyndon has vast knowledge and experience of finance, having worked in the industry for over 30 years. He has been a…
Gone for good? Not this Royal Caribbean ship
By Gene Sloan, From USA TODAY Just when you think it’s gone for good, they pull it back in. With apologies to The Godfather’s Michael Corleone (yeah, we know the quote isn’t quite right), that’s the story for a beloved Royal…