Cayman: Hurricane season increases threat to national bird
With the 2019 hurricane season now upon us, the Department of Environment (DoE) asks members of the public who are making their own preparations, to also consider the resilience of Cayman’s natural habitats and species during this storm season. Our local…
Cayman Islands will defend its title in the Island Games with a New Generation
From FIBA.basketball GIBRALTAR – The National Basketball Team of Cayman Islands arrives this Sunday at the XVIII NatWest International Island Games with only one thing in mind, defending the championship they won in 2017. The tournament that will run from…
A mysterious coral disease is ravaging Caribbean reefs
By Cassie Martin From Science News Divers monitoring coral reefs off St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in January noticed something alarming: Big white lesions were eating into the colorful tissues of hundreds of stony corals. Some corals were…
Divetech Grand Cayman schedules World Record attempt during Women’s Dive Day
To celebrate Women’s Dive Day 2019 Divetech will bring together women hand in hand in an attempt to break our own World Record! In July 2018, 86 women at Divetech in Grand Cayman created a human chain along a 300ft…
Cricket: Team USA 19 World Cup Qualification campaign to be live streamed [features Cayman Islands]
From USA Cricket The qualification campaign for the Team USA 19’s through the ICC Americas Regional Qualifier to the 2020 ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup will be live streamed with every match of the tournament being broadcast in association with…
Habito, the digital mortgage broker, will begin direct lending via its own mortgages
By Steve O’Hear From TechCrunch Habito, the London startup that has spent the last three yearsdragging the mortgage process online, is to begin direct lending via its own range of mortgages. Starting with ‘buy to let’ mortgages, the move represents…
Soccer: The Women’s World Cup final got bigger US TV ratings than the 2018 men’s final
By Travis Clark From Business Insider Fox’s broadcast of the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday was watched by 14.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That’s up 22% from last year’s broadcast of the men’s final. Sunday’s game is the…
Gadget of the week
US Navy’s next-gen helicopter drone is ready for service By Jon Fingas From engadget The MQ-8C Fire Scout can last longer and packs more powerful radar. It took a few years, but the US Navy’s beefier Fire Scout helicopter drone is finally…
CBP: Smugglers ditch millions in cash on a boat in the Caribbean
From FOX 5 NY FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (FOX 5 NY) – The crew of a suspected smuggling vessel running dark off the coast of Puerto Rico abandoned the boat and millions of dollars in cash when federal agents in the sky got too…
Forget about waiting out the Donald Trump era for a more cordial US president, former top American diplomat warns China
By Catherine Wong From South China Morning Post A former top US diplomat warned China on Monday not to believe it can wait out the Trump administration to get a better trade deal from a friendlier US president, saying Beijing…