First Black and Caribbean roots ballerina hopes to leave the audience empowered
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Dec. 16, 2019: For the first time in the history of the New York City Ballet, the holiday classic “The Nutcracker,” has a black and Caribbean roots dancer playing the prima ballerina lead role…
Americans will spend almost $5.6 billion on Christmas trees in 2019
Tis the season to deck the halls! 47.57% of American households will have either a real or fake Christmas tree to keep their homes merry and bright this holiday season. According to an analysis conducted by finder.com, Americans will spend…
5 must-see New Year’s Firework displays
From eating 12 grapes and picking the right underwear color to chasing firework shows, New Year’s Eve is filled with a variety of family traditions passed down from generation to generation. This year take advantage of new beginnings to take…
WordPress maintenance checklist
If you are looking for how to maintain your WordPress website effectively, then this infographic will guide you. Maintaining a WordPress website is easy, thanks to the plugins that are available. A well-maintained website can help you to drastically improve…
China’s leaders praise Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam over handling of protest crisis, but remind her she has yet to quell violence
By Tony Cheung, Natalie Wong and Jeffie Lam From South China Morning Post President Xi Jinping says chief executive has stood firm on principle of ‘one country, two systems’ Premier Li Keqiang earlier says Lam has Beijing’s backing, but warns…
AI knew all along that it was not Brexit that did it in the UK election
In case you missed it, there was one Twitter feed that was bang on in predicting the UK election results (https://twitter.com/Polly_ASI). Advanced Symbolics Inc. (ASI), an artificial intelligence-driven market research company, and its AI tool called “Polly” in fact, was more…
Cayman Christmas at St. George’s
Nine Lessons and Carols was beautiful and sacred My fourth visit to listen to carols was last Sunday (15) at St. George’s Anglican Church. This was a complete contrast to the last three I told you about, but no less…
10 health myths to stop believing now
By Zoe Papadakis From Newsmax We all have ideas of what we think is good and bad for our health, but how much of what we believe is actually true? We are bombarded by so much information and figuring out what…
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Customs & Border Control Holiday Hours Department of Labour & Pensions Office Closure Please be advised that the Department of Labour & Pensions will be closed on Friday, 13th December 2019 from 12:00pm for our annual staff luncheon. Our doors will…