GM mosquito release commences in Grand Cayman
The Cayman Islands Government has strengthened its efforts to protect residents and visitors from Zika, dengue and chikungunya with the launch of additional mosquito controls today (28 July 2016). The public health programme was delayed by two weeks due to…
Cayman Islands National Gallery Watercolour Exhibition
Early watercolours from the National Collection Early Watercolours Rarely displayed watercolour paintings from the early collections of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) and the Cayman Islands National Museum (CINM) will be on show at the National…
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Cayman Islands: CNCF Presents ISABEL – music, song and dance Early watercolours from the National Collection Early Watercolours Rarely displayed watercolour paintings from the early collections of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) and the Cayman…
CaribConnect
From Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce CaribConnect is an EU funded programme which seeks to strengthen business organisations throughout British, French and Dutch overseas territories (OCTs) within the Caribbean. CaribConnect also seeks to empower the micro, small and medium enterprises…
The Editor Speaks: Very worrying legislation
I received the Letter to the Editor “Cybercrime Bill in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines” from one of our prolific writers Peter Binose under a heading “THIS IS ALREADY VIRUS WORLD WIDE”. He has asked me to give the letter…
Cayman introduces new copyright law
From Higgs & Johnson Until recently, copyright protection in the Cayman Islands was based on the UK Copyright Act 1956 (the “1956 Act”), notwithstanding that the UK had long replaced the 1956 Act with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act…
Afghan man mutilated pregnant wife
By Inayatulhaq Yasini From BBC A woman is critically ill in northern Afghanistan after her husband nearly beat her to death, and cut part of her genitals, family members say. The incident happened in the Ashkamish district of Takhar province….
Peter Binose: PM Ralph Gonsalves slapped down twice in one week
By Peter Binose The RSF wrote a letter to PM Dr Ralph E Gonsalves and also to MP and Minister for Information [his eldest son] Camillio Gonsalves. The contents of that damning letter cloaked in niceties was made public by…
Further Updated: Twin Invests 96L and 97L Worth Watching in the Atlantic
By: Jeff Masters , 2:41 PM GMT on July 29, 2016 There’s a new threat area to discuss today in the Atlantic: a tropical wave midway between the Lesser Antilles Islands and the Cabo Verde Islands that is headed west…
US: Police get dead man’s finger 3D-printed to unlock his phone
By David Lumb From engadget Michigan State University professor Anil Jain’s work focuses on how to make biometric signifiers like facial recognition as difficult to hack into as possible. But when police approached him to break into someone’s phone, they…
