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…
Ambulances could be a problem for CONCACAF tournament
Bruce Blake, Cayman Islands Football Association Vice-President, at a press briefing last Thursday (11) said ambulances could be a problem. Blake is one of the members of the organising committee for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association…
E-Waste Systems launches Caribbean initiative
First Containers to Begin Flowing in Q3 for Processing in Ohio; Governments Approached to Solve the eWaste Issue in the Archipelago LONDON–(Marketwired – Jul 16, 2013) – E-Waste Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: EWSI) (‘EWSI’ or the “Company”), an electronic waste management…
Sea of clouds
by Jakob Wagner From Colossal Expansive cloud formations over the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas Photographer Jakob Wagner shoots wonderful wide-angle aerial photographs in addition to commercial work for Audi, Wired, and Jim Beam. My two favorite collections of work are…
Stop calling animals “It”
by Megan Drak, Care2 The English language has lots of rules, but the one I dislike the most is assigning the personal pronoun “it” when discussing animals. People are never referred to as “it.” People pronouns are he or she,…
Poor sleep may worsen heart woes in women, study finds
From US News Health But lack of shuteye doesn’t seem to have same effect on inflammation levels in men (HealthDay News) — Poor sleep appears to contribute to the progression of heart disease in women by raising their inflammation levels,…