Cayman Brac student wins laptop from Cayman Finance
Matthew Giscombe of Layman E. Scott Sr. High School was recently awarded a new HP laptop from Cayman Finance CEO, Jude Scott, for participating in a quiz on the financial services industry at the Layman E. Scott Sr. Career Fair…
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Largest class graduates from prestigious regional STEM programme
From Barbados Today The Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF), a non-profit organization promoting science and technology in the Caribbean, has announced the graduation of 24 students – the largest class yet – from its flagship programme, the Student Programme for Innovation…
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Surprising facts about dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke
Living in high temperature areas creates many self-proclaimed “experts” about the heat index, dangerous temperatures and related illnesses, such as dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. But, some facts about our body’s reaction to hot weather may surprise even the…
Malicious code written into DNA infects the computer that reads it
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch In a mind-boggling world first, a team of biologists and security researchers have successfully infected a computer with a malicious program coded into a strand of DNA. It sounds like science fiction, but I assure…
Advantages of using RFID Attendance system in school
From WN The advent of technology has simplified many operations in many organizations. The Radio Frequency Identification, simply known as RFID was developed to replace the barcode technology. This system, however, has more advantages as compared to the barcode reader….
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Cayman Islands police release on two stolen vehicles Thu 10th August ’17 Stolen Kia Sorento , 10 August Just after 7.15pm, yesterday 10 August, an imperial bronze Kia Sorento was reported stolen from the Owen Roberts International Airport parking…
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Cannibals engraved bones of the dead
From BBC A series of zig-zag marks on a human bone found in a UK cave is evidence of a cannibalistic ritual that took place some 15,000 years ago. Scientists have long recognised that cannibals operated at Gough’s Cave in…
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Caribbean Export brings regional designers to CARIFESTA XIII
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, August 10, 2017. At this year’s CARIFESTA XIII hosted in Barbados, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) will be facilitating the participation of designers and artisans from across CARIFORUM within their Design Caribbean and Caribbean Essence export…
PAHO launches new initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of four diseases
FROM PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.paho.org WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.who.int The series of interventions seek to reduce the number of children born with HIV, syphilis, Chagas disease,…
Zimbabwe plans to build $1B university named after President Robert Mugabe
From WN The higher education minister announced Wednesday Zimbabwe’s government plans to develop a $1 billion university named after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe — a move receiving criticism by the opposition who say it is a waste of resources, according…
