Issue No. 643 Tuesday, 27 April 2004
Cruise Tourism Up
Cruise ship passenger arrivals are up over 20 percent so far from last year,
according to statistics released by the Department of Tourism last week,
bringing brisk business to local companies in George Town. Through the
end of March, 631,091 cruise ship passengers have come to shore this year,
100,000 more than in the first quarter of 2003...
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Children create art from garbage
 As
part of Earth Day celebrations, many children turned out for the National
Gallery’s Art Eco Party last Friday afternoon on the gallery’s terrace at
Harbour Place. Kindergarten, primary and middle school children were
invited to bring along clean garbage, nature pieces and recyclable material to
create their own works of arts. The Department of Environmental Health
provided cookies and juice...
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2004 Starts Strong for Planning
The Central Planning Authority (CPA) recently announced a bright beginning to
2004. The first quarter demonstrated continued economic growth in Grand
Cayman as planning approvals were up six percent from the first quarter of
2003 and the value of planning approvals climbed by 72 percent...
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Keep Cayman Green Campaign Kindly Donates Trees
 As
Earth Day neared its end, the National Trust phones started ringing and people
began arriving at the Trust to ensure that they would not miss out on
collecting their free native tree in the "Keep Cayman Green" campaign
sponsored by Jacques Scott and Heineken. 600 trees, comprising of Bull
Thatch Palms and Mahogany trees were propagated and nurtured by the Botanic
Park..
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Earth day dolphin presentation draws crowds
 Approximately
80 people turned out for the Earth Day presentation about dolphins in
captivity last Thursday at the John A Cumber School Hall.
Caymanian-born, world record-breaking freediver and dolphin advocate, Tanya
Streeter, gave a presentation, as did Dr Naomi Rose of the Humane Society of
the United States...
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Person of the Day - Janett
Flynn
 Dispensing
medicine to the sick of Grand Cayman for nearly eight years at the Health Care
Pharmacy, Janett Flynn has carried on a family tradition. An uncle of hers was
a druggist back in her home of Kingston, Jamaica, and she would spend
afternoons watching him compounding the customers’ medicines. Her
uncle’s kindness in teaching her and her love of chemistry made a career as a
pharmacist an obvious choice...
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