STOOD UP to Bullying Campaign Initiative
Name of Event: Summer Film Project Date(s) of Event: 5-9 August Time of Event: 8:30am-12:30pm Location of Event: Family Resource Centre (Walkers Rd.) Purpose, details or description of event: Our Summer Film Project is a specialized camp geared at teens…
CUC welcomes 27 students this summer
Twenty-seven students, ranging from high school to university level have joined the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) annual summer and vocational programme, now in its thirteenth year. The students started their placements in early July and for six weeks they…
4 Ocean ecosystems the U.S. Military uses as testing sites
by Kristina Chew from Care2 The U.S. Navy has some explaining to do after disclosing that, last Tuesday, it had dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the the world’s largest coral reef systems off the…
CDB launches DRR and adaptation fund
17 July 2013: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launched a US$23.5 million Community Disaster Risk Reduction Trust Fund (CDRRF) that will provide grants to support community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation demonstration projects. CDRRF will provide grants…
Local Author Graham Morse tells the story of a football legend
Married to the daughter of English football legend Sir Walter Winterbottom, local author Graham Morse had the unique privilege of personally knowing one of the most influential men in the history of the game. Sports fans are invited to join…
Jamaica gets 68 new doctors
By Hg Helps, Editor-at-Large Jamaica Observer Cuban university graduates returning to serve public hospitals HAVANA, Cuba — The Jamaican medical system will be boosted by the injection of 68 newly trained medical doctors within weeks. The Jamaican doctors graduated from…
A common obstetrical intervention used inappropriately
By Doula Delight From bahama islandsinfo The most common obstetrical intervention during labor and birth is fetal heart rate monitoring even though fetal heart rate patterns are poor predictors of the baby’s well-being.1 When first begun, electrical heart rate monitoring…
Cartoon of the Day
Berserk Alert! By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects…
Cayman’s civil service saying goodbye to Governor
On Wednesday (24) the Cayman Islands Government Administration Building will be closed to the general public from 4pm to prepare for a reception in honour of H.E. Governor Duncan Taylor. Cayman’s civil service, together with his wife Marie-Beatrice, Acting Premier…
Minister Rivers & Councillor Connolly Visit DES
Continuing with their departmental visits, Hon. Tara Rivers, Minister for Education, Employment and Gender Affairs (the “Ministry”) and Mr. Winston Connolly, Councillor for the Ministry, recently visited the Department of Education Services (DES). They had a chance to meet with…
