Olwomen story of the week
15 Effective Home Remedies For Minor Burns ByJenny Smith From Olwomen Minor burns are although small but they can create a big problem and pain intensely. Minor burns happens mostly in the kitchen when someone unconsciously touch the metal rod…
Cayman Islands new Police Commissioner visits Little Cayman; holds community meeting
Last week, Thursday, 8 December, Commissioner of Police, Derek Byrne, made his first visit to Little Cayman, and met with police officers, the district administration, and the greater community. This visit followed an earlier trip to Cayman Brac in November…
US: WTF was this plane doing circling Manhattan?
BY NICOLE GALLUCCI From Mashable A large military-style plane, which looked remarkably like a C-130, circled Manhattan for at least 30 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, causing quite the commotion online. Despite the concern from New Yorkers, Eric Durr, Director of…
Human Rights Day marks launch of Caribbean alliance
By COLIN STEWART From Erasing 76Crimes A new coalition of human rights and LGBTQI organizations in the eastern Caribbean marked its official launch on Human Rights Day 2016. ECADE, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality, focuses on Grenada,…
Obama signs bill to fund ‘Moonshot’ research to cure cancer
By Nicole Lee from engadget Several months after President Obama laid out his plans to cure cancer in his last State of the Union address, he is signing legislation to do just that. Known as the 21st Century Cures Act,…
Rights experts want Caribbean to do more in supporting breastfeeding
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, CMC – United Nations human rights experts are urging Caribbean and other countries to do more to protect, promote and support breastfeeding as a human right. This includes ending the inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes and…
Wells Fargo fails US bankruptcy test for a second time
From BBC US bank Wells Fargo has been hit with restrictions after attempts to fix issues with its bankruptcy plan failed. Banks labelled “too big to fail” must have a so-called “living will” that would allow them to close down…
The Canadian porn king and the Caribbean paradise
By MARINA JIMENEZ From The Star Is a businessman taking advantage of lawlessness to scoop up land — or offering Honduras’s Garifuna a way out of poverty? Randy Jorgensen, a businessman from Saskatchewan who made his fortune in the adult…
Oscar completes whopping £52 million switch
From Wn.com Football has gone mad… Chelsea’s Oscar is set to join the Far East movement as Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG have reportedly agreed a staggering £52 million offer, according to the Daily Mail. The Chinese side recently…
Hope – A key message at Cayman Captive Forum
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman–(BUSINESS WIRE)–“Don’t give up hope” was the message by keynote speaker ultra-distance swimmer Diana Nyad that reverberated the halls of the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman at the 24th annual Cayman Captive Forum. Speaking to a packed room who…