Issue No. 652 Monday, 10 May 2004
Dart moves ahead
 The
Central Planning Authority (CPA) last week approved a US $47.5-million
building development that will become part the “Waterfront Village,” the first
phase of the Seven-Mile Beach to North Sound Dart Project. The approved
buildings, currently called “Block 6”, will consist of approximately 85,000
square feet office space and an attached structured parking facility and
becomes the second block of the Dart development...
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Minister’s Masquerade fete launches Batabano
 Cayman
Carnival Batabano celebrations began with the Minister’s Carnival Masquerade
Fete at Pedro St James Castle, on Thursday 6 May. More than 200 guests
enjoyed a meal and extensive entertainment including a fashion parade
featuring carnival costumes, silent auctions and a variety of Caribbean music.
Headliners The Blue Ventures, performed to a packed dance floor...
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More Cuban Refugees Detained
A group of Cuban refugees has been taken to Grand Cayman
and detained after the boats they were travelling in were declared
unseaworthy. The 20 Cubans, who said they were refugees, were rounded up
on Cayman Brac early Friday morning after two of the boats that they were
travelling in were destroyed on the reef and a third was declared unseaworthy...
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$15 nightclub robbers get a year in jail
Jamaicans Kemar Jones and Bobby Shaw got 12-month sentences at the Grand Court
on Friday, 7 May for robbing a United States tourist of $15 at The Matrix last
August. Mr Justice Seymour Panton told them he was taking into account
their guilty pleas and lack of previous convictions in fixing their sentences...
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Deadline looming for tourism scholarships
The Department of Tourism is once again urging students to
submit their applications as soon as possible for this year’s Ministry of
Tourism (MoT) Scholarships. The deadline for receipt of applications is
Friday, 14 May...
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Person of the Day - Mercedes Betancourt
 Born
in Holguin, Cuba, in the northeastern part of the island referred to as the
Oriental section, Mercedes Betancourt now stands in the tourist booth in the
heart of downtown George Town, helping people from all over the world make
their way around Grand Cayman. Using both her education and experience
as a graduate of the International School of Tourism in Cuba, Mercedes
amicably and quite ably interacts with the throngs of cruise ship tourists...
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