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Koala found more than 300 yards offshore rescued by coast guard

By JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable Koalas aren’t really that well known for their swimming abilities. Yet they sometimes find themselves off land, as the folks from the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard discovered. They found the marsupial on mooring 300 metres…

UNWTO disaster recovery program action plan for Caribbean to be crafted at SOTIC 2017

By Juergen T Steinmetz From eTurboNews Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett will travel to Grenada this week where he will meet with key members of the Jamaica-led ‘UNWTO Disaster Recovery Working Group for the Affected States in the Caribbean’…

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Japan scientists grow drugs in chicken eggs

AFP From Newsmax Japanese researchers have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases including cancer, in a bid to dramatically reduce the cost of treatment, a report said Monday. If the scientists are able to…

US: FDA may look into medical marijuana health claims

From Newsmax The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that marijuana has health benefits that haven’t been proven, the agency’s commissioner said Tuesday. “I see people who are developing products who are making claims that…

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Cayman Islands: FURTHER UPDATED – Motor vehicle collision on Town Hall Road, Mon 9 October

From RCIPS FURTHER UPDATED: Update: Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Dangerous Driving, Today [Wed] 11 October A 29-year-old-woman of George Town has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving following a motor vehicle collision on Monday morning 9 October. (see below…

9 Oct Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report – 1 TD (Atl )

Oct 9 Mon 2017 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Mon Oct 9 2017 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on…

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Cayman Islands: Five Continents adds experienced alternatives executive

Cayman based corporate governance firm, Five Continents Partners, has added a highly-experienced hedge fund Chief Operating Officer (COO) to its growing team. Richard Muckle has joined Five Continents Partners this month as a director. Although new to Five Continents, he…

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Cayman Islands Chamber wins International Marketing Award for the Growth Matters Campaign

The Internet Marketing Association (IMA) announced at its annual flagship IMPACT conference in Las Vegas on 29th September that the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce was the winner of their coveted ‘Social Media Campaign Integrated Strategy Award’ for its ‘Growth…

The Editor Speaks: Where the boys are outnumbered by the girls

Wikipedia states: “In anthropology and demography, the human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. More data are available for humans than for any other species, and the human sex ratio is more studied than…