Feds paid $45M to Northrop to settle trade secrets case
By Jenna Greene, From The National Law Journal Company claimed agencies stole info related to a polar satellite program. The U.S. government paid $45 million to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. over claims that federal agencies misappropriated trade secrets related to…
Cayman Islands hospital unveils $5M MRI Unit
Last Thursday (April 30) the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) and members of 3T Cayman unveiled their new 3.0 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine. Governor Helen Kilpatrick cut the ribbon at the Grand Ribbon Cutting ceremony held at…
Caribbean economies face peril as coral reefs decline
By David Montalvo From NBC News Swim out into the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, just beyond where the sandy sea floor gives way to massive rock formations, and a decades-long transformation has become apparent. Where a vibrant coral reef…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Community Events MAY 5 Special Olympics Cayman Islands Aquatics Special Olympics Cayman Islands invites you to the 2015 Annual National Games and Week of Awareness. The next event is Tuesday (5 May) at 5:30pm at the Lions Pool where athletes…
Global warming may cause as many as 1 in 6 species to go extinct
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable The planet is nearing a species extinction threshold, beyond which the signal of global warming will become clearer with each passing year, a new study finds. The faster the climate changes as a result of…
Reef preserves marine wildlife through education and conservation
Keynoter Publishing From Keys Info Net In 1990 three men (Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach and Lad Akins), who share a love of the sea and a strong interest in protecting it and its inhabitants, happened to be at the right…
‘Caribbean Architectural Mode’ relevant in today’s climate
By McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Aid workers should read through archaeologists’ notebooks on house-building A paper published in Human Ecology, by co-author Dr Alice Samson, (British Academy Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research), suggests aid workers who…
CSI Morgantown? LL.M. in forensic science is coming
By Karen Sloan, From The National Law Journal Law school meets “CSI” in a new forensic justice Master of Laws degree offered by the West Virginia University College of Law. The LL.M. is the first in the country to focus…
IDB holds Regional policy dialogue on science technology and innovation
From The Dominican Bridgetown, Barbados (TDN) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will host a regional policy dialogue on science, technology and innovation on April 29, 2015 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The focus of this dialogue is: Rethinking Productive Development Policies for…
Cayman Islands governor hosts gala for Caribbean marine institution
HE Hosts CCMI Reception The conservation and scientific work of the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) was celebrated at a gala reception hosted by Governor Helen Kilpatrick last night (Wednesday, 29 April 2015). While CCMI was established in 1998, the…