Boozy plane passenger drops his trousers and URINATES in aisle in midair during flight to UK
BY ROSS MCCARTHY From Daily Mirror UK Jinu Abraham had to be restrained until the plane had landed after being aggressive to cabin crew Incident: Jinu Abraham admitted being drunk on board an aircraft A drunken plane passenger on a…
Exclusion rates for black Caribbean students remain disproportionately high, says leading academic
By Jon Severs From tes Black Caribbean pupils are still much more likely to be excluded than other students in mainstream English schools, according to new research, despite an overall reduction in exclusion rates since the 1990s Professor David Gillborn and…
Fuel surcharge, what fuel surcharge?
By Jamie Robertson From BBC Remember the fuel surcharge imposed by the airlines when oil prices started to rise? Now with oil at a 12 year low, below $30 a barrel, how can airlines possibly be hitting passengers with a…
Best pic in world
Stunning image of a sunken ship named as one of the best in the world BY JANE LAVENDER , PAUL HOOPER From Daily Mirror UK The image of an underwater wreck impressed judges in an international photography competition This amazing…
‘We won’t fund them’- Cayman minister of sports repeats call for tarnished CIFA executive to step down
From Sportsmax Cayman minister of sport Osbourne Bodden has held firm to the stance that the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) will not receive another cent of funding from the government until financial regularities are accounted for. The CIFA was…
GM mosquito expansion announced
From BBC A company producing GM mosquitoes says it is to open a new factory in Brazil as it expand its operations. Small-scale studies in parts of Brazil, Panama and the Cayman Islands suggest engineered sterile mosquitoes can reduce wild…
The Caribbean Voice backs call for integrated health care to tackle mental health
From Guyana Times The Draft Mental Health Strategy of Guyana 2015-2020 has confirmed that there are minimal numbers of general health human resources with the necessary mental health competencies to provide mental health services at any level of general healthcare…
Mutation of Zombies
Pride, Prejudice and the Mutation of Zombies from Caribbean Slaves to Flesh-Eaters By Victoria Anderson in Blast from the Past, Book Culture From The Digital Reader When George Romero created what is now recognized as the first modern zombie flick in…
Veteran loses custody of children for using medical marijuana
By Cody Fenwick From Care 2 Petitions Tens of thousands of Care2 petitioners have signed a petition asking Kansas officials to return a veteran’s children who were taken away by Child Protective Service. This case is particularly heartbreaking, and reveals…
Slave traders carried deadly blood parasite from Africa to New World, study finds
By Tyler MacDonald The Schistosoma mansoni parasite made its way to the New World through the slave trade, according to a new study. The team used genome analysis to pinpoint when two of the Schistosoma parasite’s species split from each…
