The Editor Speaks: Old and discriminated against. If I can’t be the young and handsome St George – I’ll be the Dragon.
‘“ We are all familiar with racism and sexism – but what about “ageism?” ‘“Ageism” was first defined by Dr. Robert Butler in 1968 as “a systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because they are old.” “Social scientists agree…
Dr. Jim McNelly announced as new director of Cayman Islands MRCU
The Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has announced that Dr. James “Jim” McNelly has been appointed as its new director. Dr. McNelly will join MRCU next week from the Mosquito Control Division of Volusia County in Florida, where he…
Two-Day IDB Caribbean Governors Meeting
From Jamaica Information Service Photo: Contributed IDB Logo Story Highlights A two-day meeting of Caribbean governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) gets underway on Monday (Feb. 26), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. The meeting will include…
Unusual furniture
Unusual Furniture Design: These Super-Beds from China Come Loaded With Accessories BY RAIN NOE From Core77 Shockingly, most of them are less than USD $500 I think the hours we spend sleeping are enough time to spend in a single…
Cayman Islands DEH offers laboratory tours for high school students
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) invites Grade 11 students enrolled at all Cayman Islands high schools to tour its environmental health laboratory on Friday, 9 March 2018. The laboratory is located at the Cayman Islands Environmental Centre, 580 North…
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OPINION: Undemocratic Narcissistic Tyrannical Dynastical Dictatorship in Saint Vincent
By Jolly Green Every time the dynastical ULP government uses fear, it is to persuade the people into giving up their freedoms and liberties. The greatest fear the people should have today is from their own UPL government because it…
US: Bipartisan bill calls for study on economic impact of broadband access
By Mallory Locklear From engadget It’s a companion bill to a similar piece of proposed legislation in the Senate. Two Democratic and two Republican Representatives have introduced a bill that, if enacted, would require the Department of Commerce to research…
The extreme security measures taken at “America’s Safest School”
BY RAIN NOE From Core77 In the 1950s, American schoolchildren were shown a training film called “Duck and Cover.” Fear of a Soviet nuclear attack meant that students had to practice air raid drills. Times have changed and the air…
New agreement could help environmental defenders in Latin America, Caribbean
By Carole Excell and Alejandra Rodriguez If ratified, regional accord would require nations to promote the rights of environmental activists and prevent attacks against them This article originally appeared on the World Resources Institute website. In a colorful town nestled…
Bitcoin miners turn Quebec’s cheap energy into cold cash
By Steve Dent From engadget Bitcoin mining is a weird industry. Vast banks of dedicated computers solve complex equations to generate hashes worth a fraction of a coin, consuming huge amounts of power in the process. For such operations to…
