Hilton announces 2017 Development Award Winners in the Caribbean and Latin America
From Hilton MCLEAN, Va. – Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today recognized some of its top owners/developers in the Caribbean and Latin America. The Development Awards recognize the passion, creativity and innovative spirit of Hilton developers that are committed to quality projects,…
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,…
Commercial whaling denied
Japan’s proposal to resume commercial whaling denied From Sea Shepherd During the 67th International Whaling Comission (IWC), held in Florianopolis, Japan lost the vote on their proposal for the return of commercial whaling. Florianopolis, BRAZIL – Sep 14th, 2018 –…
Irma Diaries puts a face to the impacts of climate change
From OECS Thursday, September 20, 2018 — Brussels, Belgium — The Embassies of the Eastern Caribbean States in Brussels hosted the Author Angela Burnett in the presentation and reading of her book The Irma Diaries on Monday, 17th September 2018….
Inside Planet Labs’ new satellite manufacturing site
By Anna Escher From techCrunch Satellite imaging and analytics company Planet is taking the wraps off its new manufacturing space in San Francisco. Founded by ex-NASA employees, Planet is leveraging some of the $183 million in funding it’s amassed to…
Why we need to protect turtles
Courtesy Richard Branson, Virgin Airlines From OECS Incredible to see these cute leatherback turtle hatchlings flip flopping over each other on Necker’s Turtle Beach as they make their way down to the ocean for the first time. One of my…
NASA’s climate-monitoring space laser is the last to ride to space on a Delta II rocket
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch Update: ICESat-2 launch nominal and signal has been picked up! That’s 100 in a row for the Delta II. This weekend, NASA is launching a new high-tech satellite to monitor the planet’s glacier and sea…
Here’s what lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan look like – just don’t try to swim in them
By Mike Wehner From BGR Nothing’s better on a warm summer day than taking a nice jump into a calm lake. You just feel at one with nature when you’re swimming in a natural body of water. Sure, there’s fish…
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Cayman Islands: Robbery off Mount Pleasant Road, West Bay,
From RCIPS Robbery off Mount Pleasant Road, West Bay, 18 September Shortly after 10:00PM yesterday, 19 September, officers responded to a report of a robbery at an address off Mount Pleasant Road in West Bay. A man reported that he…