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Issue No. 628 Monday, 5 April 2004

Hospital CEO Gone

Chief Executive Officer Michael Elliott left employment of the Health Services Authority (HSA) last Wednesday, although the circumstances of his departure remained a mystery through press time.  As of last Friday evening, Minster of Health Services, the Hon Gilbert McLean, was only in a position to confirm that Mr Elliott had in fact left the HSA as of 31 March and that Deputy Director of Health Services Eloise Reid had been appointed Acting CEO... read more...


Quincentennial Books Arrive

The full shipment, consisting of 2,800 copies, of the Quincentennial coffee table book arrived in Cayman last Friday ready for distribution in local bookstores and retail outlets.  Under the guidance of Quincentennial Executive Director Angela Martins, The Year of Our Celebration is the fruit of many months of hard work from the combined efforts of the Cayman Net News team and the Quincentennial Celebrations Office.  Production Director, Desmond Seales, paid tribute to his staff ...  read more...


Lower International Rates From Cable & Wireless

With the liberalisation of the telecommunications industry being fully completed on 1 April, Cable & Wireless (C&W) has announced new rate reductions on international calls rates for its fixed line customers... read more...


Education agreement signed

The signing of a strategic, long-term agreement between the Ministry of Education, Human Resources and Culture, and the computer company, IBM, took place on Monday 29 March.  Included in the agreement is the ITALIC initiative... read more...


Parmalat administrator says Bank of America was fully aware of financial distress

Parmalat's government-appointed administrator has accused Bank of America of knowing about the dairy group's financial distress before its crisis was made public and of using that information to position itself ahead of other creditors, Reuters reports... read more...


Person of the Day - Cathy Richardson


Sticking your face in whipped cream might not seem like the perfect job, but for Cathy Richardson it is. She works as the Morritt’s Resort’s Children’s Activity Director.  “I’ve been Barney, I can make balloon animals, I’ve been a clown and I do games; kids are my passion.”  Dogs are a close second on Cathy’s list of passions, so it comes as no surprise that she founded and directs the Cayman Islands Annual Dog Show... read more...


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