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CTO statement on Hurricane Irma
As Hurricane Irma churns its way towards the northern Leeward Islands and the northern Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Cuba and Haiti as a dangerous category 5 storm, the Caribbean Tourism Organization expresses concern for residents and visitors in the countries…
Hurricane Irma so strong it’s registering on seismic instruments
By Greg Richter From Newsmax Hurricane Irma, currently barrelling through the Caribbean toward Florida as a strong Category 5 storm, is showing up on instruments used to measure earthquakes. “What we’re seeing in the seismogram are low-pitched hums that gradually…
YCLA Finalists 2017
2017 YCLA finalists - Brief Bios Faith Gealey is an community builder. Whether at home or at work, she brings people together. Faith works as a speech language pathologist at the Health Services Authority where she also serves…
Message from Cayman Islands Minister Rivers regarding disaster preparedness
As Hurricane Irma continues to develop in our region I would like to take this opportunity to emphasise the importance of preparedness on a national as well as personal level. First, my thoughts and prayers go out to our Caribbean…
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TURKS AND CAICOS – Tourism officials urging visitors to leave
From Caribbean News Service As Hurricane Irma takes aim at the Turks and Caicos Islands, tourism officials here are urging visitors to leave is they have the means to do so safely. “Visitors unable to leave or opting to remain…
Cruise stocks plunge as hurricane Irma threatens Caribbean
By Christopher Palmeri From Bloomberg Category 5 storm may make weekend landfall in Florida Operators cancel voyages, reroute ships to avoid affected area Irma Threat Sends Cruise Line Stocks Lower Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Norwegian Cruise Line…
Here’s how the market responds when the US goes to war
By Mark Armbruster, CFA Institute From Business Insider The stock market hates uncertainty, and there is plenty of uncertainty with respect to the tensions over the latest round of North Korean missile tests. This post, originally published 13 September 2013, focused…
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Florida Gov. Scott warns: Irma is ‘Bigger than Andrew’
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax Florida Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday urged residents of his state to “be as aggressive as we are” in planning for the approach of monster storm Hurricane Irma. “We’re going to have wind, rain, and storm surge,”…
Star Trek’s Shatner Space Message: ‘You Are Not Alone’
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Legendary Star Trek adventurer William Shatner sent a special message to NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe Tuesday, declaring: “You are not alone.” During a news conference from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington,…
Mercedes teases hybrid supercar with Formula 1 tech
By Jon Fingas From engadget You’ve seen hybrid supercars before, but likely nothing quite so exotic as this. Mercedes-Benz is teasing the debut of the Mercedes-AMG Project One, a hybrid “supersports showcar,” at the Frankfurt International Motor Show beginning September…
