Issue No. 625 Wednesday, 31 March 2004
CAL grows in Cuba
 Cayman Airways (CAL) shifted its airport operations in Havana, Cuba over to Terminal Three at the Jose Marti International Airport beginning last Sunday in a move that could have long-term tourism benefits to the airline and Cayman Islands tourism.
Terminal Three, a newer and more modern facility from where most international flights arrive and depart, will offer Cayman Airways passengers a
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Lasting QCO Memories
 The Quincentennial coffee-table book, The Year of Our Celebration - The Cayman Islands Quincentennial, 2003, was launched at a special ceremony on Monday, 29 March, at Books by the Bay, Grand Harbour.
"This is our final Quincentennial event," said Angela Martins, Executive Director of the Quincentennial Celebrations Project. "We are delighted with how well the book has been received."...
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Dorothy Bodden Passes Away
 Dorothy Mae Bodden (nee Foreman), former wife of Cayman's first National Hero, James 'Mr Jim' Bodden, died in her sleep on Monday morning at home in Lower Valley at the age of 74.
Known affectionately as 'Dot,' Mrs Bodden was born in Kaplan, Louisiana. She met and married Mr Jim in 1950 while he was living in the United States. The couple, along with their two
children, moved to Cayman in 1962...
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Red Bay church holds fundraising funfair
 Red Bay Church of God (Holiness) staged a fund-raising funfair on Saturday, 27 March, on the ground surrounding the church hall, in George Town. The funfair was to raise funds for a youth camp in the Virgin Islands at the end of July.
The attractions included a dunking tank, pie throwing, a merry-go-round, balloon toss, and
lots of food and drink...
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Auditor raised concerns in 2001 about Parmalat's Cayman subsidiary
An auditor at Deloitte's offices in Brazil raised concerns about a Cayman Islands-registered Parmalat subsidiary nearly three years before the dairy conglomerate collapsed, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Cayman-based subsidiary, Bonlat Financing, has since been found to be at the heart of a spectacular multi-billion dollar fraud to rival the downfall in 2001 of US energy giant
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Person of the Day
- Sanjay Datta
 The year 2001 was a good one for Sanjay Datta. That was the year he married his sweetheart, Sreya, moved to the Cayman Islands from India and began working at Caribbean Publishing as a Senior Accountant. Since then, he has made the Cayman Islands his home.
"The crime rate is low, the people are always friendly and I love the weather and the beach. What could be better?" he asked...
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