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Cayman Islands airport closed as plane slides off runway At 12.28 pm on Tuesday, 27 January 2015, a chartered cargo aircraft, after landing, rolled off the runway towards the north end of Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman. As…
Winter blizzard skirts New York City, but sill walloping Northeast
By Eyder Peralta From npr First the good news: Forecasts of a historic winter storm for the country’s most populous city have failed to materialize. Forecasters had called for up to 30 inches of snow in New York City, but…
WERPO Signed JV with Caribbean Partners – SEEDSOWERS
TEL AVIV, Israel, January 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — WERPO (OTCBB: BBRD) is announcing its partnership with SEEDSOWERS INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS CO. in the Caribbean and Americas, with possible further expansion. WERPO signed the final JV (Joint Venture) agreement with SEEDSOWERS….
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Cayman Islands Premier gives warning of economy overheating Cayman Islands Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin has warned the economy could overheat if there is too much development all at once. He warned: “We have to be careful in another year or…
Miss Cayman contestants sign Cervical Cancer Petition
The 10 Miss Cayman Contestants joined the growing number of Caymanians and residents that have signed the End Cervical Cancer Now petition on Wednesday 21 January 2015. Cayman Islands Cancer Society Medical Director Dr Sook Yin-Eccles met the young women…
Nasa climate scientists: We said 2014 was the warmest year on record… but we’re only 38% sure we were right
By David Rose For The Mail On Sunday Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies claimed its analysis of world temperatures showed ‘2014 was the warmest year on record’ But it emerged that GISS’s analysis is subject to a margin of…
Does Caribbean Integration have practical value? Astute reflections of Owen Arthur
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Khaieteur News There is no doubt about the passion of Owen Arthur, one of the Caribbean’s foremost economists and thinkers, for the economic integration of the Region. As the Prime Minister of Barbados and the…
Fundraising campaign announced for Cayman Islands reef restoration project
Community event planned on the waterfront February 27; Food, music, prizes, organizers hope to raise $10,000 Cayman Islands, January 20, 2015 – A fundraising campaign has been launched in Grand Cayman to help finance and sustain a major reef restoration…
Stingray Conservation and Ecology Research: Cayman Islands Stingray City needs policing
Marine biologist Dr. Guy Harvey believes Stingray City needs to be more closely monitored and says when it comes to protecting Cayman’s natural treasure, saving money should not enter the equation. The value of the Sandbar is so large to…
Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015: “A Shtetl in the Caribbean”and “Poetry is an Island”
From Repeating Islands The 4th edition of the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (Curaçao IFFR) will take place from March 25-29. The list of Caribbean films will include A Shtetl in the Caribbean by Sherman de Jesus and Poetry is…