Has Caribbean Tourism Taken a Hit Since Zika?
By Neil Gladstone From Oyster In December 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that cases of the Zika virus had been confirmed in Puerto Rico. In February 2016, President Obama requested nearly two billion dollars in emergency funding…
Donald Trump: Mexico will pay for wall, ‘100%’
From BBC US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has insisted Mexico will pay for a border wall “100%”, in a major immigration speech. He told a cheering crowd in Arizona that he would secure the border, and left open the…
BM’s Watson sorted through over 100 film clips to create an algorithmically perfect movie trailer
By Clinton Nguyen Movie trailers are often a bit formulaic. In fact, since many of them are edited so predictably, it seems even a computer can put one together. For the film “Morgan,” which is due out in theaters on September…
A spacecraft got smacked by a bit of space debris, but it’s fine
BY MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable An Earth-gazing satellite keeping an eye on our planet from above appears to have been whacked by a little piece of natural or human-made space debris. Engineers working with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Copernicus…
Jamaican national appointed to head World Bank Group operations in the Caribbean
From Wired Ja Online News KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 31, CMC – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Jamaican Judith Green as the head of its operations in the English-speaking Caribbean. Her appointment makes…
Nassau Grouper Rules Put in Place by Cayman Islands
From The Fishing Wire On Monday, August 15, 2016, the Cayman Islands government enacted a comprehensive set of regulations aimed at recovering Nassau Grouper, an endangered Caribbean reef fish. The new regulations are based on more than a decade of…
QC Ward (from Cayman Islands) sworn in as St. Kitts’ new resident High Court Judge
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 30, 2016 (SKNIS): The newly appointed resident High Court Judge, Trevor M. Ward Q.C. was sworn in on Tuesday, August 30, at a small but significant ceremony at Government House. Governor General, His Excellency Sir Tapley…
Cayman Islands National Heroes Day tourism nominations needed
Leaders from the Ministries of Culture and Tourism officially launched the nomination period for pioneering and long service individuals to be recognise at the National Heroes Day 2017 during a press conference on Wednesday (31 August 2016). Next year’s annual…
SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch
From BBC A rocket operated by the aerospace company SpaceX has exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral where it was being test-fired ahead of a launch. The force of the blast shook buildings several miles away and sent…
