Cayman Islands Human Rights Commission: Statement on Banned Books Week and Freedom of Expression
HRC’s Statement on Banned Books Week and Freedom of Expression Each year the last week in September is recognised as World Banned Books Week by the American Libraries Association. The week recognises freedom of expression and celebrates reading by bringing…
Wristwatches invention
The incredible story of how one of the first modern wristwatches was invented By Cartier From Business Insider Landmark Innovation Nearly all great inventions come from the need to solve a problem. And the creation of one of the world’s…
PAHO says Caribbean, rest of Americas now measles-free
WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says the Americas, including the Caribbean, is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling…
Instagram icons
What the designer of the old Instagram icon thinks of the new one By Pete Pachal From Mashable Plenty of people are complaining about the new Instagram logo and want it changed back to the “original.” But wrap your mind…
One dead, as Tropical Storm Matthew passes through Windwards
By Kenton Chance From Wired Ja Online News KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Sept 28, CMC – A fourth form secondary school student died Wednesday night after he was crushed by a boulder as he tried to alleviate flooding in his home…
Jason Jeffers and Jonathan Ali, Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival
BY JEREMY KAY From Screen Daily The founder of the inaugural Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival and his friend, director of programming, preview this week’s event. Jason Jeffers and Jonathan Ali, Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival Jeffers, a Barbados native,…
Hurricane Hunters find hurricane-force winds in Matthew; wind shear attacking storm
By Jeff Masters From Weather Underground Tropical Storm Watches are posted for the ABC islands of the Netherlands Antilles—Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao—as Tropical Storm Matthew advances westwards at 16 mph across the eastern Caribbean. An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft…
There are distinct moral underpinnings to every action in Syria — including the chemical weapon attack
By Peter Lee, The Conversation From Business Insider Outrage. Again. In Syria. The latest cause of anti-Assad angst is an apparent chlorine gas attack against civilians in Aleppo. The only surprise is that anybody can still be surprised by such activity….
Cartoon of the week
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,…
Japan’s massacre of the disabled has gone completely unnoticed
By Rachel Adams, The Conversation From Business Insider On July 26, 2016 a man wielding a knife broke into Tsukui Yamayuriena, a home for the disabled outside of Tokyo and brutally murdered 19 people as they slept, while injuring another 26….
