CDC: Influenza killed 80,000 people last year in USA
From WN Federal health officials warned people across the United States more than 80,000 people died during the flu season during winter 2017 through 2018, the highest number in more than a decade, according to The New York Times. The…
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$34.5mn Confirmed in grants under UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund
From Utilities ME In addition to the UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund, the UAE has launched the $50mn UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund, which has implemented projects in 11 Pacific island countries Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and…
Three Jamaican clergy honored at CAFBLC Awards in Washington DC
By Derrick Scott from South Florida Caribbean News Washington, DC – Three Jamaican clergymen were among fifteen ministers from denominations in the USA, Caribbean and parts of Africa who were recognized by the Caribbean and African-American Faith-Based Leadership Conference (CAFBLC)based in…
Squash: Sobhy stars at Cayman Islands Pan Am Championships
From World Squash After the region’s leading players competed for seven titles over seven days at the Pan American Squash Championships in the Cayman Islands, it was USA’s Amanda Sobhy who emerged as the most decorated athlete with three gold medals at the South Sound Squash…
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Cayman Islands to host the annual Nicaragua International Softball Tournament (NIST)
George Town, CAYMAN ISLANDS 24 August 2018 The Cayman Islands Soft Ball Association (CISA) has been designated to host the annual Nicaragua International Softball Tournament (NIST) from August 31st through September 2nd, 2018 at the Field of Dreams, games will…
The Editor Speaks: News media houses should be worried
In January in a Gallup poll they found in the USA 54% of Democrats have a very or somewhat favorable opinion of the media. Republicans, however, have a 68% unfavourable view of the media. Six months later the situation is…
Caribbean elections in the age of Cambridge Analytica: SCL, Cambridge Analytica’s Caribbean history
By Earl Bousquet From teleSUR These revelations — by well-placed persons definitely in the know — clearly show that SCL has been active in the Caribbean for longer than earlier thought. Neither Grenada nor Antigua was named among the several…
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Special Olympics Cayman Islands marks 30 years with “Light Up” Red for Inclusion
Special Olympics announced today that major landmarks, stadia and iconic buildings around the world, including Camana Bay will turn RED in a global display of unity on July 20 as part of the Special Olympics 50th Anniversary Celebration. The act…
The Editor Speaks: Happy Independence Day (July 4th) to the USA
Being British, I laughingly tell my American friends that July 4th is an equally big celebration in Great Britain. With extra emphasis on the ‘Great’! They look amazed and normally say “Really. Why?” I answer back. “It’s the day we…
Cayman Islands May 2018 funerals
Darwin Leitch Tibbetts 24 Sep 1928 – 10 May 2018 Creek Noel Andrew Johnson 11 Jun 1928 – 11 May 2018 Chisholm’s Lela Iola Ebanks – 27 May 2018 North Side Lilian Dorothy (Bodden) Brown 9 Oct 1917 – 30…
