Beauty, brains and business
By Michelle Martin From The Voice One woman’s dream to reinvent the beauty pageant to include all ages, shapes and sizes IN AMERICA, the pageant industry is big business. Actresses like Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams and media mogul Oprah Winfrey…
Former Cayman Islands Chief Magistrate sworn in as Chief Justice of TCI
From Jamaica Observer Daughter of eminent Jamaican lawyer Ian Ramsay sworn in as chief justice of Turks & Caicos PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands (CMC) – Jamaican-born Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale was Monday sworn in as the first female chief justice…
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Chikungunya in Latin Caribbean goes over 700,000 as the Dominican Republic nears a half million cases By Robert Herriman From Outbreak News Today The number of autochthonous chikungunya cases in the Latin Caribbean, which includes the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti,…
DEH training courses for the Sister Islands
Certification courses in basic food hygiene and cosmetology are being offered by the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) to workers in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. “Operators of Food & Cosmetology Businesses are reminded that DEH requires all personnel be…
[Guyana] Speaker Trotman accused of sexually molesting 13-year-old boy
By Bhisham Mohamed From GuyanaTimes … accuser claims he was pampered In one of the most shocking scandals here in recent times, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman was on Friday accused of sexually molesting a little boy when…
Cayman Islands police seeks public feedback
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) has invited the public to provide feedback on its services as part of its strategic planning process. Chief Superintendent, Kurt Walton explains that the RCIPS have developed an online survey that will allow…
More celebrities exposed as nude photo hacker strikes again
From Caribbean360 CALIFORNIA, United States, Tuesday September 23, 2014 – Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna and American actress Amber Heard are among the latest victims of the photo hacking scandal that has embarrassed and outraged celebrities with its public display of…
New MOU being developed between Cayman and Cuba over Cuban migrants
A new memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Cayman Islands and Cuba is imminent, following high-level talks in Havana last week. The meetings took place over Thursday, 18 and Friday, 19 September 2014 at the Hotel Nacionale de Cuba. Headed…
‘Shakespeare’s meant to be heard’
From The Times of India BANGALORE: We’ve been unfair to William Shakespeare. Our academic system has made the works of this fun-loving master of wordplay into a boring read. That’s the considered view of Jonathan Gil Harris, professor of English,…
Jamaica to host Caribbean & Americas regional workshop for Commonwealth Junior Election Professionals
(The Commonwealth) The five-day workshop, which will take place from the 22 to 26 September will explore ways in which electoral democracy can be strengthened within the Commonwealth Caribbean and Americas region. The workshop will be attended by junior election…