10 toxic household items you should throw away now
By Aly Cohen, MD, FACR Guest Columnist From Everyday Health Could your choice of shampoo or cookware be harming your health? As a rheumatologist, I am often asked why patients have developed a particular autoimmune disease. I take a holistic…
Bahamas’ spectacular Harbour Island wins best island in the Caribbean
NEW YORK, NY, Jul 09, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Harbour Island, Bahamas was voted “Best Island in the Caribbean” by Travel + Leisure’s most discerning travellers, taking one of the top honours in the publication’s World’s Best Awards 2015….
Cayman Islands: CCMI hosts new summer lecture series with NOAA AOML Oceanographers
This summer, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute will be diving into a new outreach initiative with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. From June through August, AOML researchers will give a series of talks…
Take Action. Take Part. Petition “Do not dredge in the Cayman Islands” has 4,400 signatures
Sea Save Foundation strives to protect our oceans by raising awareness about the beauty of marine ecosystems and their fundamental importance to human survival. We seek solutions, advance public policy, and drive advocacy. about the petition The Grand Cayman Islands…
Cayman Islands and Tayzu Robotics to open commercial autonomous drone testing facility
Aerial drone developer Tayzu Robotics, in cooperation with the government of the Cayman Islands, has established the Western Hemisphere’s first autonomous Unmanned Aerial System testing facility. Located on the island of Cayman Brac, this facility will cater to major corporations…
5 experiences you must try as an expat in the Cayman Islands
From ExpatFocus Expats often find that life in the Cayman Islands reminds them of home, but with some enjoyable differences. The western part of this island paradise has a modern character and attracts a great deal more expats due to…
The Caribbean Connection: NOLA Meets the Islands
By Christopher Garland From GO NOLA You’ve heard it before: we might just be the northern-most city in the Caribbean, where the history, food, and music intertwine. And now, there’s a festival to celebrate that Caribbean connection. Tennessee Williams wrote…
Just how evil is evil that?
Peter Binose, Kingstown. There are 61 persons owning 150 plots of farmland, they had their land taken from them for the Argyle International Airport. To date they remain unpaid and many have died waiting, unable to afford medical attention that…
Rare system of five stars discovered
By Paul Rincon Science editor, From BBC Astronomers have discovered a very rare system of five connected stars. The quintuplet consists of a pair of closely linked stars – binaries – one of which has a lone companion; it is…
Parents, beware: Asbestos found in crayons, other toys
By Liza Lucas, Special to CNN From KSL ATLANTA (CNN) — The EWG Action Fund is calling for a ban on asbestos in consumer products after it found traces of the carcinogen in children’s crayons and toy crime lab kits….