Issue No. 645 Thursday, 29 April 2004
C&W Fights ICTA
Cable & Wireless (C&W) is to fight the recent ruling by the Information and
Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) that forced the telecom company to
raise some of its prices earlier this month. A reliable source told
Cayman Net News that C&W planned to seek a judicial review on the ICTA’s
findings that deemed the telecom company to be acting anti-competitively...
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Pensioners Get Together For Party
 The
second annual Open House for Pensioners was held at the Public Service
Pensions Board (PBSB) offices on Tuesday, offering the retirees a chance to
mingle with old friends, and to collect their photo identification cards.
Pensioners from every district attended the gathering at Cricket Square that
included refreshments for the attendees. Seema Kapoor, Head of Operations at
the Board, described the day...
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Police Issue Cyclists Warning
The Royal Cayman Islands Police (RCIP) issued a warning to all cyclists
travelling on Cayman’s public roads to adhere to the Rules of the Road or face
heavy fines. The Rules of the Road for cyclists include complying
with all traffic signals; indicating with a hand signal when turning;
travelling on the left side of the road; having a light and reflectors when
riding at night; not travelling with more than one person on a bicycle; not
riding across a pedestrian crossing; and not riding on the curb (sidewalk)...
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Cayman Islands Minister at Caribbean Labour meeting
 Minister
for Labour, the Hon Roy Bodden, represented the Cayman Islands at the Fifth
Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers held recently in Nassau, Bahamas.
Mr Bodden joined with Ministers from the region to discuss strategies to deal
with labour issues facing Caribbean countries. Accompanying Mr Bodden
was his Permanent Secretary, Joy Basdeo and Director of Employment Relations,
Walling Whittaker...
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PO flooded with undeliverable mail
 Incorrect
postal addresses have recently been causing problems for the Postal Services
and the department has informed the public that as of 31 May, all
undeliverable items will be returned to senders. Deputy Postmaster
General Anthony Williams explained, “We’ve been receiving large quantities of
mail that is undeliverable. The main problem is that it’s being sent with
street and building addresses rather than PO Box numbers.”...
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Person of the Day -
Prudence Evans
 Sneaking
cats into her house as a young girl did not always make her mother happy, but
it did soon lead to a life long passion for Prudence ‘Sugar’ Evans.
Currently in her fifth year at the Cayman Islands Humane Society, the Spanish
Town, Jamaica, native has matched her natural love for animals with her work.
“This is more than a job for me. If they didn’t pay me for it, I would still
do it,” she said from the heart. She first came to the Cayman Islands to
visit a friend...
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