Caribbean launches new tool to deal with climate change
By Peter Richards From Inter Press Service News Agency CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 15 2013 (IPS) – If the studies conducted by the International Code Council (ICC) are true, then by 2025, Caribbean countries will witness a significant increase in…
Premier meets regional leaders
From Office of the Premier Post-CARICOM Meeting Overview Premier Alden McLaughlin recently returned from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, where he attended the Thirty Fourth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)….
Record-setting British electric race car reaches 204 mph
By Vignesh Ramachandran From Mashable When you think electric car, “fast” might not be the first adjective that comes to your mind. But at 204 mph, Drayson Racing has a electric race car that surpasses the impressive speeds of Nissan’s…
Kelly Osbourne gets engaged to Matthew Mosshart in the Caribbean
by Lauren James From Contact Music Kelly Osbourne and her boyfriend Matthew Mosshart are now engaged after two years of dating Matthew Mosshart, brother of The Dead Weather/The Kills lead singer Alison Mosshart, has popped the question to his girlfriend…
Solihull School bowled over by Caribbean challenge
From Cricket World Solihull School will be aiming to represent England with pride when they compete at a prestigious international cricket competition hosted in Barbados. The independent school for boys and girls on Warwick Road is the only school outside…
Doctor from Cayman University joins Augusta Health, Virginia USA
From The News Virginian Augusta Health Primary Care announced on Monday that Gin Lou, a family physician, will join the Fishersville practice. After graduating from the Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Lou received her Doctor of Medicine from St. Matthew’s…
Significant progress in probe, sending notices in every case: FM
By Ritu Sarin : New Delhi, The Indian Express Investigations into companies owned by around 600 Indians in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands and Cayman Islands — details first reported by The Indian Express…
Annual Cayman Stingray Census shows general improvements
By Guy Harvey From Power Boat World The 2013 census of the North Sound stingray population was just completed this past week and the news is generally good. On day two of the census, I had a late start as…
Caribbean Bananas: organic production vs. disease control
By Julio Godoy From IPS Inter Press Service There is no single solution for black sigatoka, the most destructive and costly of banana diseases. The share of organic bananas within the country’s total banana exports rose from 32 to 58…
Constitution drafting adviser set to join Rivers team
Sir Jeffrey Jowell, QC, the Cayman Islands Government’s former drafting adviser on the Cayman Islands 2009 Constitution Order, has filed an application for limited admission to the Cayman Islands bar to assist Education Minister Tara Rivers’s legal team. Ms Rivers…
