Marking one year since Hurricane Sandy, UN officials urge focus on Caribbean
From UN News Centre 29 October 2013 – On the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy making landfall in the United States, United Nations officials are reminding the public not to forget the storm’s less documented Caribbean victims. Commemoration ceremonies will take…
OAS human rights group to visit Dominican Republic following citizenship ruling
From Caribbean360 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza said two issues have converged in the case, namely that no one can be deprived of his or her nationality, and, therefore, there is a…
New requirements for Immigration lab reports
Effective 12 November 2013, the Department of Immigration will accept lab results only from the Health Practice Commission’s approved list of registered health care lab providers. From that date any lab results (e.g. HIV/VDRL) that accompany immigration applications must come…
BBM Welcomes Over 20 Million New Active Users in the First Week
BBM Community Grows to More Than 80 Million Active Users Across BlackBerry, Android and iPhone Devices Globally Waterloo, ON – After the amazing launch of BBM™ on Android® and iPhone® devices, with more than 10 million downloads in the first…
Weak tropical waves in the Caribbean
From Fox30jax A large area of convection is moving into the N. Atlantic associated with a strong nontropical low. This storm will continue northeast over the open Atlantic. Several tropical waves are in — or nearing — the Caribbean. Westerly…
Pirates of the Caribbean are a phantom menace
By Karl Quinn National Film Editor From Sydney Morning Herald Identified this week as one of the most ‘notorious’ physical markets on the planet, Caribbean Gardens is rather bereft of signs of the nefarious trade in illegal DVDs. In the…
Quiz Night at PD’s Wednesday 6th November
It’s that time again and don’t forget we have a new day and new location for CARE’S quiz night: First WEDNESDAY in every month and at PD’s in the Galleria Plaza. Get a team together and come out and test…
Cayman’s Artistic Director brings a taste of the Caribbean to USF
By Shaunda Wickham, COMMENTARY From The Oracle In less than five weeks, visiting director Henry Muttoo* and students from the School of Theater and Dance took a simple island folk tale and turned it into a colorful, vibrant story. In…
New recruitment expert joins SteppingStones
Recruitment and training specialists SteppingStones is excited to announce the expansion of its Temp Support Team to include new employee, Ms Chelsea Flynn, who brings her considerable knowledge and experience to the organisation. Originally from England, Chelsea relocated to Cayman…
Longing for the old days [in Cayman]— but not everything about the old days
By Leslie Handler From Newsworks “I remember vacations in the late ’70s to a little place called Grand Cayman Island. There was a seven-mile stretch of beach there with only one hotel. There were no Ritz Carltons, no TVs and…
