Issue No. 647 Monday, 3 May 2004
Roads Authority Close To Reality
A National Roads Authority (NRA), a separate entity from Public Works that
plans and manages the roads in the Cayman Islands, is moving closer to reality
and could commence operation as soon as eight to ten weeks from now.
Minister of Works, the Hon Gilbert McLean, mentioned the NRA when he addressed
the Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon gathering at the Wharf Restaurant
last week, and gave further details to Cayman Net News in a telephone
interview last Friday...
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Maritime Authority Gets To Work
 Former
Deputy Financial Secretary, A Joel Walton started his new role as Chief
Executive Officer (designate) of the proposed Cayman Islands Maritime
Administration Authority on 1 May. Bringing 11 years of experience
managing and developing the shipping registry, Mr Walton and his team are
working hard to have everything in place so that the Maritime Administration
Authority will be fully functional by 1 July...
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New CITA Board Elected
The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA), elected its new board members
at its Annual General Meeting held at the Mariott Resort on 29 April.
This was the third year of operations for CITA and President Mark Bastis
highlighted some of the key challenges the global tourism industry faced
during 2003 and how this affected the Cayman Islands...
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SpongeBob Sea School shaping up for success
 A
handful of lucky children were recently treated to a sneak preview of this
summer’s Cayman Islands Sea School with SpongeBob SquarePants, on the beach at
the Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa. Education & Training Officer for the
Department of Tourism, Patrice Donalds said: “The event was a great success.
“We had 18 children attend from local schools and the Westin’s Camp
Scallywags...
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C&W network contractor may turn out to be Canada’s Enron as Nortel implodes
After being selected by Cable & Wireless in January 2004 to
upgrade its network in the Cayman Islands, a deal worth about $17 million,
tattered Nortel Networks Corp imploded last week...
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Person of the Day - Raymond Cummings
 Meeting
and helping people all day long keeps Raymond Cummings happy.
His job as a security officer on Seven Mile Beach means he is in constant
contact with visitors to the Cayman Islands. “I love chatting to people
and helping them out if necessary,” said Raymond. Since moving to Cayman
from Jamaica, Raymond’s sunny disposition has made him a lot of friends
throughout the Island. When he is not working he loves to play football
and enjoys watching cricket...
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