Preventing cancer
BY DR. WENDY WILCOX From Caribbean Life If you could prevent cancer in yourself and your children, would you? Several cancers — including cervical cancer, the fifth most common cancer among women — are highly preventable. What these cancers have…
Cayman Islands Arts Festival to take place February 1st to 10th.
The Cayman Arts Festival (CAF) 2018 will showcase world-class performers, including Classical Mayhem, Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniţă, the duo of the Myriad Song, Christopher Gould and Geraldine McGreevy, and also celebrated talent KT Sullivan and four of her New York…
Expert calls Caribbean to strengthen Tsunami Alert System
From Presna Latina Kingston, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The head the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Ronald Jackson called today to strengthen the tsunami alert systems in the region, according to reports by the Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner. According…
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine Resumes Classes in Sint Maarten following temporary relocation after Hurricane Irma
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Four months after Hurricane Irma caused American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) to evacuate students and faculty from Sint Maarten, AUC has resumed classes on its Sint Maarten campus. The medical school has begun…
Cayman Islands Airports Authority ramps up its talent management
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (15 January 2018) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA), which owns and operates the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) and the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CKIA), celebrated a host of Learning & Development initiatives during 2017…
Books to LIFE
National Honor Society at CIS Donates Books to LIFE Championing children’s literacy, the National Honor Society (NHS) of Cayman International School spearheaded a school-wide book drive generating over 2,800 books for donation to LIFE’s (Literacy is for Everyone) Classroom Library…
Council of Legal Education has not approved Joseph Haynes Law School; Guyana yet to submit info on key decisions
By Denis Chabro From Demerarawaves Guyana is yet to clear several hurdles before it can establish a local law school because no such approval has ever been granted by the Caribbean’s Council of Legal Education (CLE), well-placed sources said Sunday. Indications…
Doctors are secretly teaching themselves how to do robotic surgery
By Matt Beane, The Conversation From Business Insider Residents no longer work in coordination with the senior surgeons — and some have turned to “shadow learning” to gain the skills they need. This is the practice of focusing on robotic…
Documentary: Secrets of the Fortresses of the Caribbean Part 2
From Antigua Nice Caribbean Tourism Organization, Lifetime Achievement Award-winning film producer Patrick Baucelin from Martinique will be showcasing for the first time in Antigua, the documentary “Secrets of the Fortresses of the Caribbean Part 2, which features Fort Barrington and…
Theological educational grants awarded for Episcopalians, Anglicans in Caribbean, Latin America
The Commission for Theological Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (CETALC) has awarded 25 grants in six categories plus administrative funding for $349,170 to support the educational, theological and formational needs of the church in Latin America and the…