Radio Cayman puts Radio Turks & Caicos back on air
Radio Cayman recently stepped in to help the Turks & Caicos Islands, when the majority of the jurisdiction’s broadcast network was destroyed by Hurricane Irma. Following high-level talks between the Cabinet Office and the government-owned radio station Radio Turks &…
SpookFest
A Very Special Cayman Islands SpookFest 2017 From TAB We are looking forward to celebrating the second annual SpookFest event at Pedro Castle this year! We would like to raise an important issue that has been brought to our attention…
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Desperate quest for herpes cure launched rogue clinical trial in Caribbean
By Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News From Philly Inquirer As 20 Americans and Brits flew to a Caribbean island for a controversial herpes vaccine trial, many of them knew there were risks. The lead U.S. researcher, William Halford, openly acknowledged…
Beijing’s $12 billion airport
Beijing has unveiled a $12 billion airport set to be the biggest in the world — here’s the first look By Danielle Muoio From Business Insider Beijing is preparing to a new airport that’s set to become the world’s largest….
Quebec lawmakers pass law obliging citizens to uncover faces
From Newsmax Quebec legislators passed a religious neutrality bill Wednesday that will oblige citizens to uncover their faces while giving and receiving state services, triggering criticism that the law targets Muslim women. Quebec’s two main opposition parties opposed the bill…
CNN plans to fly drones over crowds to capture news from above
BY SASHA LEKACH From Mashable CNN will soon be the flying news network. The company announced Wednesday that it had received a waiver form the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly a drone over crowds of people. The Part 107…
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,…
A massive deal in the cannabis industry just imploded after a CEO was fired
By Jeremy Berke From Business Insider MassRoots was set to buy CannaRegs for a $12 million stock deal announced in August. The deal imploded after MassRoots’ CEO, Isaac Dietrich, was fired. CannaRegs’ CEO, Amanda Ostrowitz, said she pulled the plug…
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A Las Vegas hotel mogul plans to send an inflatable space hotel into orbit around the moon by 2022
By Hilary Brueck From Business Insider Bigelow Aerospace says its inflatable space hotel could be ready for lunar orbit by 2022. One of the company’s pods is already attached to the International Space Station. Bigelow is touting the future pod as a hub…
A cancer treatment that’s part of ‘a big new field of medicine’ just got approved
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider The FDA just approved another revolutionary cancer treatment. The treatment, called Yescarta, treats a type of blood cancer called aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The highly personalized cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy (CAR is short for chimeric…
