This Map Of US Female Mortality Will Break Your Heart
Grace Wyler The Insider In a speech at the Women In The World summit Friday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mentioned a startling fact: Women in the U.S. are living shorter lives than women in almost every other industrialized…
Pedal cyclist seriously injured in MVA
On Friday 5 April 2013 about 10:56 pm a pedal cyclist was injured along the West Bay Road* in the vicinity of Mandalay Condominiums. His condition is considered serious but stable. The cyclist was apparently riding home towards WB after…
Camana Bay April 2013 Events
Camana Bay, Grand Cayman (Monday 25 March 2013): From a challenging three-mile race ending with a sprint finish up and down The Observation Tower and a silent walk through the Town Centre in honour of a worthy cause to the…
Swiss tourist, 39, ‘gang-raped’ in India in front of her husband after being attacked by eight men armed with sticks
From Capital Bay Eight men attacked the couple after they decided to camp near village in Madhya Pradesh Men allegedly beat them with sticks, overpowered the husband and gang-raped the woman Police are searching for all of the attackers, who…
Delmira Bodden wins the RCIPS Award
From Morritt’s Please join us in congratulating Janet Browning, Delmira Bodden, Veronica Cole and Special Constable Ransford Myers (Yellowman) for being nominated for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Community Award for their contributions and service they do for…
Get-of-out-jail-free card for rapists in Caribbean
Posted on March 9, 2013 by redforgender Two recent cases reported in regional media demonstrate the extent of the injustice which girls who survive sexual assault face. In the Cayman Islands a judge did not award a custodial sentence for…
On Valentine’s Day — Women Try; Men Don’t
A Commentary By Froma Harrop The following is a crashing generalization, but here goes: When it comes to how we dress, there are serious gender inequities — in standards of comfort and in body exposure. Valentine’s Day underscores a third…
Turtle Farm does not pose risk to human health says CTF
CTF counters latest WSPA smear tactic Contrary to recent allegations made by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) says that handling of captive turtles at the facility is not a threat to…
Belle de Jour’s history of anonymity
From BBC While we may not know their names, anonymous writers have long shaped our worldview, says Brooke Magnanti, who wrote as sex blogger Belle de Jour. How do we know who’s written the words we love to read? The…
India gang rape: New Year celebrations scaled back
From BBC India has scaled back New Year celebrations, as it mourned the death of a woman whose gang rape on a bus a fortnight ago sparked public outrage. The army has cancelled all official celebrations as have the states…