ECTEL – the “mouse” that roared
By Patrick Hoyos – The Broad Street Journal, From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Saturday November 29, 2014 – I’m going to have to start today’s column by being perfectly honest with you: Up to last week, I had never heard of…
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Ferguson shooting: Darren Wilson quits police force From BBC Darren Wilson insists he acted in accordance with the law US police officer Darren Wilson – who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, triggering nationwide riots – has resigned, his…
Making drinking water from sea water simply and cheaply
By Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and the University of Marburg in Germany have created a simple and efficient way to desalinate ocean water. Once completed, the water…
How the Navy’s latest anti-submarine aircraft sees under the waves
By Pierre Bienaimé Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon has been a part of the US Navy for a year this month. The converted airliner brings the latest in anti-submarine capabilities, reaching greater altitude and speed than its predecessor (without the nausea factor…
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Cayman Islands Premier headed to Joint Ministerial Council meeting GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin will leave the Cayman Islands Friday to travel to London to attend the annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in London…
Now China’s using drones to deliver packages
By Chris C Anderson From Business Insider Shenzhen-based Chinese delivery company SF Express is in the early stages of putting drones in the skies that can deliver packages to remote areas according to the South China Morning Post. SF Express…
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WISHING ALL OUR READERS A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY FROM iNEWS CAYMAN IEYENEWS Cayman Islands premier delivers Christmas message at Rotary Lighting ceremony At the Annual Rotary Grand Cayman Tree Lighting Ceremony last Thursday (20) Cayman Islands Premier urged residents to…
Dechert’s Lateral Hires take lead for troubled airbag maker Takata
By Brian Baxter, From The Am Law Daily Takata has confirmed its retention of Dechert chairman Andrew Levander to oversee the embattled Japanese auto parts company’s outside counsel efforts as it copes with a bevy of legal issues emanating from…
Japanese lessons for Caribbean development
By Peter Richards from Caribbean360 TOKYO, Japan, 2014, CMC – The Ariake Incineration Plant will probably have no major role to play in the construction of the Olympic Village for the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Japan. Chances…
Genetically modified mosquitoes to battle disease-carrying bugs closer to approval
By William Axford From KeysInfoNet Genetically modified mosquitoes created to decrease the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes in the Lower Keys could be released by the spring, officials say. Scientists from Oxitec, a British company that has released genetically modified mosquitoes…