UNAIDS and UNFPA launch road map to stop new HIV infections
Global HIV Prevention Coalition holds first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to find ways to strengthen and sustain political commitment for HIV prevention GENEVA, 10 October 2017—As part of global efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat, UNAIDS, the…
Corruption on the rise in Latin America and the Caribbean
From Allard Prize Corruption is a scourge that hurts ordinary people every day across the Americas. And when they speak out about it, far too often they face retaliation. Almost two thirds of people that we surveyed for the latest Global…
Caribbean Indigenous peoples to form regional body
By: Natasha Smith From DPI Guyana At the close of the three-day Justice IMPACT seminar, the decision was made to establish a regional mechanism to address issues affecting Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean. The discussions had centered around what type…
Update on the new Cayman Islands John Gray High School
The Ministry of Education is pleased to provide an update on the positive progress that has been made toward the completion of the new John Gray High School (JGHS) project. A contract with KPMG was signed this month to undertake…
Dubai airport will scan your face as you walk through a video tunnel
By Mallory Locklear From engadget It wants to replace security counters with facial recognition technology. A lot of passengers come and go through Dubai airports and by 2020, they’re expected to play host to some 124 million people. So in…
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Unmasking Columbus!
By Earl Bousquet From Caribbean News Now The path opened by Columbus to the ‘The Americas’ led to territories being conquered and claimed, stolen and shared by the Europeans and left a long history of native genocide and slavery and…
Uptick in gun crime
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life Of the 15 nations in the Caribbean trade bloc, Barbados is certainly not the richest or most prosperous but has for decades widely held the title of being one of the most peaceful, tranquil…
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Cayman Islands Customs Registration of Importers Begins Monday (16) To help importers start using a system for entry declaration, the Customs Department will start registering importers. The registration takes place from Monday, 16 October 2017 until 27 October 2017, from…
Cayman Islands: Robbery at Grand Harbour early Thursday Morning 12 October
From RCIPS UPDATE: Update on Robbery at Grand Harbour Early This Morning, Thursday, 12 October As the investigation into this incident progresses this morning, it remains unclear whether any shots were fired during the robbery at Grand Harbour early this…
