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Man scooping up handfuls of mosquitoes is the stuff of nightmares BY BRIAN KOERBER From Mashable One mosquito inside your home is enough to drive anyone insane, never mind a handful. A clip filmed in the coastal town of Taganrog,…
31 Aug Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 TS, 1 dist Gulf
Aug 31 Thursday 2017 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Thu Aug 31 2017 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on…
Dramatic rescue: ‘Miracle Baby’ survived Harvey by clinging to dead mom
By David A. Patten From Newsmax A 3-year-old infant clinging to her dead mother’s body was plucked from flood waters just seconds before being swept under a flooded trestle as the rains of Harvey pummeled Southeast Texas. The toddler’s survival…
Cayman Islands Red Bay Primary Library gets a makeover
This past weekend, dedicated volunteers from Prospect Community Group (PCG) gave the school library a facelift, and had fun doing so. On Saturday 26 August, 2017, volunteers from the Prospect Community gave up theirSaturday to lend a hand at the…
Cronos Group begins exporting cannabis oil to the Cayman Islands
TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2017 /CNW/ – Cronos Group Inc. (TSXV:MJN) (OTC: PRMCF) (“Cronos” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that one of its wholly-owned licensed producers, Peace Naturals Project Inc. (“Peace”) has successfully completed the Company’s first shipment of medical…
The Editor Speaks: Can our National Gallery ever be profitable?
No. I don’t know of any National Gallery that doesn’t rely on a government/local authority/national funding agreement/etc for the bulk of its funds. In Scotland, the National Gallery there gets a National Lottery grant. It therefore comes as no surprise…
Nominations month opens for 2018 Cayman Islands National Heroes Day
Nominations month opens on 1 September 2017, for the 2018 National Heroes Day celebrations, which will focus on sports. Members of the public are invited to nominate people in the community who have made outstanding contributions to sports in the…
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Tropical Storm Irma to strengthen, track across Atlantic this week; Will it affect the US?
By Faith Eherts, From AccuWeather While the Gulf Coast continues to deal with the devastating impacts of Harvey, emergency managers in the United States have another tropical threat to monitor by the name of Irma. Far across the Atlantic, just…
Privy Council, last vestige of colonialism
From Guardian tt IMAGE: Justin Sibion Photo by:Allan Ganpat Every August 31, I pause to reflect on how my forefathers and foremothers fought for our nation’s independence. Black Stalin could not capture it in better words with his long time…
Supervisory Management Training for Cayman Islands Immigration staff
The Department of Immigration (DOI) recently partnered with The University of the West Indies (UWI) – Open Campus, Cayman Islands in a strategic talent management initiative. The goal was to ensure that DOI employees are equipped with the management skills…
