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RCIPS Warns All Residents to Avoid Water-Related Activities This Weekend, 9-10 September Due to the effects of Hurricane Irma the sea conditions around the islands are expected to deteriorate dramatically beginning tomorrow. The RCIPS strenuously warns all residents against ANY…
Cayman Islands’ teens earn “Passports to Success”
A celebration of achievements, and of the potential of eight young people, took place last week at graduation of the National Workplace Development Agency’s (NWDA) latest “Passport2Success” (P2S) cohort. Held on Friday (1st September 2017), this was the 23rd successful…
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International experts to gather for Internet Week Guyana in October
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Internet experts from around the world will be in Georgetown in October for Internet Week Guyana, a high-level technology conference focused on national and regional development issues. Hosted by the Guyana ministry of public telecommunications, the meeting…
Top universities ‘incredibly slow’ to take more disadvantaged students – report
By Emmanuel Akinwotu From The Guardian UK • Study of England’s leading universities finds only marginal increases in access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds • LSE’s use of ‘contextualised data’ highlighted for its No1 ranking England’s leading universities have made…
The myth of ugly design
By Andrew McDermott From Web Design Depot Have you heard the dangerous lie that’s going around? It goes like this: “Design isn’tthat important. I have an ugly site and it sells like crazy. It outperforms the ‘well designed’ site I…
Google releases millions of bad drawings for you (and your AI) to paw through
By Devin Coldewey from TechCrunch Back in November, Google showcased a few of its funky machine learning experiments, and among them was Quick, Draw! (their bang, not mine) — a game where you sketch something and an image recognition system…
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Man scooping up handfuls of mosquitoes is the stuff of nightmares BY BRIAN KOERBER From Mashable One mosquito inside your home is enough to drive anyone insane, never mind a handful. A clip filmed in the coastal town of Taganrog,…
The Caribbean Association of Banks announces winner of the prestigious 100% Chartered Bankers MBA scholarship
The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) is excited to announce the winner of a 100% Scholarship award to pursue the Chartered Banker MBA programme with a leading UK Business School, the Bangor University. In collaboration with the Bangor University Business…
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Cayman Islands Chamber supports minister’s call for increased resources for education
The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce supports Education Minister the Hon. Julianna O’Connor-Connolly’s recent call for the allocation of additional resources to the public education system and confirms its commitment to work with the Minister and school officials to improve…
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Cayman Islands’ student interns soak up knowledge at Mourant Ozannes
16 young Caymanians have been getting to grips with the world of offshore law before returning to their studies across the globe thanks to Mourant Ozannes’ Summer Internship Programme. Mourant Ozannes offers internships and bursaries globally to students who meet…
