Warming leads to more run-ins with polar bears
By Clément Sabourin, AFP From Business Insider Kuujjuarapik (Canada) (AFP) – Word spread quickly: a polar bear, then two, were spotted near this remote Inuit village on the shores of Hudson Bay, about 1,800 kilometers (1,120 miles) north of Montreal….
The Lima Climate Summit: a failure in all but name
By Curtis Doebbler From Counterpunch The 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that was held in Lima, Peru during the first two weeks of December 2014 was never intended to…
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Man killed and second hurt in Sheffield [UK] as gunman fires at car From BBC Emergency workers at the scene of the double shooting on Derek Dooley Way, Sheffield Derek Dooley Way in Sheffield was cordoned off to allow investigations…
Spreading holiday cheer: Peace on Earth
From ecochiccayman · Compassion is always in fashion, Tree Hugger, Ocean Lover. Cayman Islands This morning’s post was all about Spreading Christmas Cheer: Goodwill to all. In addition, I would like to raise awareness for some amazing environmental organizations both…
Saving our beaches – It’s not too late for the Caribbean
By Voice Correspondent For more on this story go to: IN 1999 I was a member of the St. Lucia delegation which was attending the first Summit of Latin American and Caribbean countries and the European Union, which was held…
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Cayman Islands man pleads guilty in boating incident Richard Morrison Stein pleaded guilty to causing damage to another vessel, Miss Michelle, in the Cayman Islands Summary Court last Tuesday (16). Stein admitted he was navigating the vessel, The Flying Scotsman,…
Clifton Hunter High School Students give back to East End Community in Cayman Islands
Leading into the Christmas holidays, a science class from Clifton Hunter High School takes to a local beach to share in the spirit of giving. What they gave was what any one of us can spare; time and effort. On…
A picture about tech addiction won National Geographic’s 2014 photo contest
By Neha Prakash From Mashable This year’s National Geographic photo contest winner highlights humans in the wild (read: public transportation) doing what they do best: staring at their cellphones. The winning image, titled “A Node Glows in the Dark,” was…
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes France’s Guadeloupe: USG
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Basse-Terre island of the France’s Guadeloupe archipelago in the Antilles on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake’s epicenter was located three miles (4.8 km)northwest of Lamentin on Basse-Terre…
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Information for Cayman Islands students planning to study overseas Did you know that as a British Overseas Territory Citizen you are entitled to pay the ‘home rate’ of university fees if you choose to study in England? This means that…