The Editor speaks: Insanity!
So, we have a petition of “No Confidence in The Leader of Government, Alden McLaughlin” circulating and a supposed coup attempt to bring down the government called “UNITY”. LOL. Leader of the Opposition, Arden McLean is the man named by…
COVID-19 Testing Update 24 August 2020 – NO new positives
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee, reports 264 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since this was last reported on Friday, 21 August. All were negative. The total number of people in isolation, either at a government facility or…
Cayman: Stabbing incident on Seymour Road, 24 August
From RCIPS Shortly after 1:00AM this morning, 24 August, officers responded to a report of an altercation at a bar on Seymour Road, George Town. It was reported that a male and female, who had been at the bar, left…
Cayman: Post Office extended hours, re-openings updated
The Postal Service states that as of today, Monday 24 August 2020, the Seven Mile Beach Post Office and Philatelic Bureau have reopened with timings as follows until further notice: Mondays – Thursdays 9am – 4pm and Fridays: 9am – 4:30pm. Also, Airport, General, West Bay and Savannah Post Offices have…
Why Cuban doctors deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Five years ago, I read the story of Dr. Félix Báez, a Cuban doctor who had worked in West Africa to stop the spread of Ebola. Dr. Báez was one of 165 Cuban doctors of…
Cayman: Deadline for Postgrad Courses in Global Finance is 31 Aug. 2020
From Truman Bodden Law School The deadline to apply to the local Master of Laws (LLM) and Postgraduate Diploma in ‘International Finance: Law and Regulation’ is 31 August 2020. Both courses are offered on a full and part-time basis with…
AI and machine learning – views from Hong Kong and the UK
By Douglas Thomson From GBRR Artificial intelligence and machine learning have rapidly grown in importance during the covid-19 pandemic, say speakers at a recent Bank of England webinar – but a report issued the same day by a group of…
FSB guidance on CCP resolution risks uneven playing field, banks say
By Emilio Demetriou-Jones From GBRR Financial institutions and industry groups have told the Financial Stability Board they need more detailed guidance on resolution for central counterparties (CCPs), warning that a lack of specific guidance could lead to “significant differences in…
Jamaica debates Commission Press Conference – 22.8.2020
Powerful Jamaican Civil Society Groups Endorse Upcoming Political Debates – Urge Politicians to Debate More in Media and Reduce On-the-Ground Campaigning as COVID Cases Spike Kingston, Jamaica. Saturday August 22, 2020. With just over 48 -hours before the first of…
World-leading virologists to speak at COVID-19 International Conference
On September 30, 2020, opinion leaders in virology and epidemiology will participate in the International Conference COVID-19. The event will bring together more than 150 specialists: doctors, professors, scientists, leading researchers of the Ebola vaccine, and other viruses. Among the…