Cayman Islands PFL/GPFL Playoffs: Semi Finals Review
Cayman Prep face CIS for League titles The primary schools’ best footballers were in action at the Annex Field this past Saturday as the 2016/2017 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and the Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) semi finals were…
Cayman Islands college announces speaker for 44th Commencement
Dr. Bertice Berry is announced as speaker for ICCI’s 44th Commencement Best-selling author, sociologist, lecturer, and educator Dr. Bertice Berry will be the speaker for ICCI’s 44th Commencement Ceremony next month. Dr. Berry is a graduate of Jacksonville University in…
IMF projects improved growth for Caribbean in 2017
From WINN St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The International Monetary Fund, IMF, is projecting moderate growth for the Caribbean for 2017. According to Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department, the most recent world economic outlook suggests that prospects…
Cayman Islands’ philanthropists donate bus to Cayman Academy
Cayman Academy on Monday (16 January) received a 26-seater school bus, a donation from local entrepreneur and philanthropist Kenneth Hall, Jnr., and his wife Waynette. The custom-made 2017 Ford bus, equipped with seat belts and special driver-controlled window security, will…
Anderson University visits Cayman Islands government
For the second straight year, a delegation from Anderson University in Indiana visited the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI), as well as private-sector companies, to learn more about the Cayman Islands economy. Pictured during their 4 January visit to…
Scientists built an AI that is smarter than most adults
By Mike Wehner From BGR Computers can already hold a massive amount of instantly-retrievable data in a manner that puts most humans to shame, but getting them to actually display intelligence is an entirely different challenge. A team of researchers…
Ebola, war … but just two psychiatrists to deal with a nation’s trauma
Ryan Lenora Brown in Freetown for Bhekisisa From The Guardian UK Overwhelmed counsellors and medical staff in Sierra Leone must contend with suspicion and a collapse in funding The history of Africa’s oldest psychiatric hospital is written on the walls…
Rap music history – Hip Hop music
From Wn.com Rap (also known as emceeing) is a rhythmic discourse with rhymes and poetry that emerged in the late twentieth century among the black communities of the United States. It is one of the five fundamental pillars of hip…
George HW Bush moved to intensive care
From Newsmax Former President George H.W. Bush has been moved to an intensive-care unit at a Houston hospital with pneumonia and was resting comfortably after doctors performed a procedure to clear his airway, his office said in a statement Wednesday….
UWC Cayman Islands opens applications
UWC Cayman Islands, the local national committee of the global educational movement, is seeking applicants for its 2017 selection process, which begins with a written application due Tuesday, 7th February. Since 1962, the mission of the United World Colleges has…