Issue No. 648 Tuesday, 4 May 2004
Strict Smoking Laws Considered
The Cayman Islands Government is considering new comprehensive and stringent
public smoking laws, the Minister of Health, the Hon Gilbert McLean, said last
week at the monthly Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The Minister addressed
the issue in response to a question from an audience member near the end of
the luncheon...
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Church of South India Bishop Visits Cayman Islands
 A
Bishop of the Church of South India (CSI) from the diocese of Bangalore, Rev
Vasatha Kumar, visited the Cayman Islands to speak with leaders of United
Church of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (UCJCI) on Tuesday, 27 April.
Bishop Kumar was on his way back from a convocation ceremony that took place
in Jamaica, when he stopped in Cayman to take the opportunity to discuss
various topics...
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Jailed Cubans await arrangements for repatriation
Two groups of Cuban nationals that landed here recently in
East End and Cayman Brac are now awaiting the Cayman Islands Government’s
decision of their future. Jeannie Lewis, the Assistant Chief Immigration
Officer in the Enforcement Division reported, “There remain twenty-three
Cubans in Northward Prison and a mother and two children in a private
setting.” ...
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NER editors enjoy visit to Cayman
 Eight
editors of the Negro Educational Review (NER) travelled to Grand Cayman
recently to attend their 54th Annual Conference, held at the International
College of the Cayman Islands, 2-3 April. ICCI's President, Dr Elsa M.
Cummings, welcomed the group...
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Minister’s Ball kicks off Carnival weekend
The fast-approaching Cayman Carnival Batabano weekend of
celebrations officially starts this Thursday with the pre-Batabano Minister’s
Carnival Masquerade Fete at Pedro St James Castle. Supported by
the Department of Tourism, the all-inclusive evening of entertainment will
include dining and dancing under the stars, a costume fashion parade, silent
auctions, art exhibition, prize drawings and more...
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Person of the Day - Olive
Miller
 Almost
50 years on the island and still giving – that is Olive Miller. Born in
the town of Rayleigh, in Essex, England, she first arrived in the Cayman
Islands as a missionary with the Church of Scotland in 1946. Returning
in 1958, she eventually married a Caymanian and raised her children here.
Since that time she has been very active on the Island, fulfilling her love
for performing social work...
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