Retired cop Derek’s marathons and volcanoes challenge boosts Caribbean reef research project
By Alan Thompson From Leicester Mercury Programme will enable scientists to broadcast live from ocean floor to classrooms across the islands A retired Leicestershire detective living and working in the Caribbean can look back with satisfaction on a challenging year…
Ex-judge 1st sentenced in US in FIFA scandal, gets 8 months
AP From The Indian Express A former judge who led Guatemala’s soccer federation has become the first person sentenced in the U.S. in the FIFA world soccer corruption scandal, getting eight months in prison. Hector Trujillo, 63, was sentenced on…
Caribbean braces for Tropical Storm Franklin
By AFP From emirates247 Mexico, Belize and Guatemala braced Monday for Tropical Storm Franklin, expected to make landfall overnight on the southern Mexican coast — possibly at hurricane strength. Packing sustained winds of 95 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, Franklin…
9 die in Texas immigrant-smuggling attempt
By Eric Gay and Will Weissert, The Associated Press From CTV SAN ANTONIO — At least nine people died after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, victims of what authorities…
Volcanoes and Marathons: Cayman Islands Marathon Man CCMI Challenge
Derek Haines’ next challenge to raise $50,000 for the Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s (CCMI) Reef Research project was to climb 2 volcanoes in Guatemala. He was met at the airport on the evening of June 29th by his two partners…
Newly released Caribbean renewable energy index highlights opportunities for investors
From Caribbean News Now MIAMI, USA — Pan American Finance on Tuesday released the first edition of the Caribbean Basin Renewable Energy Investment Index, measuring the investment potential in renewable energy for then countries in the region: Costa Rica, Cuba,…
Cayman Marathon Man HAINES 2nd!
Marathons and volcanoes challenge appeal for CCMI update A significant donation of CI$15,000 from “Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited” together with contributions from DART Cayman and Jacques Scott to the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) appeal set Derek Haines off with…
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Cayman Islands: Marathons, Volcanoes and an Iron Man for the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI)
This year, again with the backing of the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman, 68 years old veteran fund-raiser and marathon runner Derek Haines will be running 3 marathons and climbing 2 volcanoes with the hope of raising CI$50K for the…
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Holiday miracle for Guatemalan baby in the Cayman Islands
A family from Guatemala is giving thanks for the gift of life this holiday season when their baby was saved by the medical team at Health City Cayman Islands. Three month-old Kael Jiménez Souza was diagnosed with a severe congenital…
IAEA training addresses devastating coffee disease
Vienna, Austria Coffee, one of the world’s most-traded commodities, is increasingly threatened by a disease known as coffee leaf rust. Experts from Central America, the region most affected, are gathering at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week to…
