RCIPS advise of repeated thefts of tools around Grand Cayman
Police have received reports of the thefts of tools around Grand Cayman, including two reports last weekend. Tools were discovered to have been stolen from five locked containers in the Industrial Park area (off Sparky’s Drive), as well as from…
Study: 77% of Trump Press Coverage Negative
By Greg Richter From Newsmax Negative media coverage of Donald Trump was 77 percent during the general election, according to a study released Wednesday by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Trump complained during…
Spelling Bee Champions
Cayman Islands Secondary School Spelling Bee Champions John Gray High School student Toni-Ann Daley is champion of the 33rd Annual Lion’s Club of Grand Cayman Secondary Spelling Bee Competition. Second place was secured by Jelani Hanson, also of John Gray…
Haiti: Police officers shot dead
From Caribbean News Service PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Two police officers were shot and killed in as many days, officials here have reported. Justice and Public Security Minister Camille Edouard Jr., has deplored the deaths of two members of…
The Arctic is now missing enough ice to cover 23 US states
By Rafi Letzte From Business Insider Look at the map above. Go to the upper right-hand corner, start with Maine, and start counting. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North…
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,…
Link between Caribbean heat and health problems
From Curacao Chronicle ST GEORGE’S – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) says there is no mistaking the link between the increase in temperatures and health problems in the region and it’s on a mission to find…
Agriculture & Craft Bazaar
Cayman Islands Agriculture & Craft Bazaar this Saturday at Town Market The first “Cayman Christmas Bazaar” takes place at the Market at the Cricket Grounds – this Saturday, 10 December, 2016. A celebration of all things local, from Cayman-style cooking…
AthenaHealth CEO: Here’s what everyone gets wrong in the debate over drug prices
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Drug companies are everyone’s favorite punching bag. Some of this — like when the price of a 60-year-old drug is hiked by 5,000% — is arguably deserved. Of course, drug makers are easier to blame for…
Trump rips Carrier Union President for attacking deal
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Donald Trump slammed the head of the Steelworkers Union at Carrier after he said the president-elect “lied his a– off” when he announced the air-conditioner maker would keep its plant and 1,100 jobs in Indiana….