Issue No. 657 Tuesday, 18 May 2004
Election Fever Rises
As the on-going Budget debate increases the political rhetoric in the
Legislative Assembly, efforts to win control of the House in the November
General Elections are intensifying all over country as active campaigning has
begun...
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Preserving Cayman’s Culture
 The
Cayman Islands Festival of the Arts (Cayfest) is over for another year, but
Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) Artistic Director Henry Muttoo and
Managing Director Marcia Muttoo are not sitting back and taking it easy after
the three-week, 16-event festival. “Cayfest is one of 12 projects we do
every year,” said Mr Muttoo. “We’re now very busy planning other projects.
There’s no time to rest.”...
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Bomb Hoax a Good Test
Last week’s bomb threat hoax aboard the Carnival Cruise Line ship, Victory
proved to be a good test of the Cayman Islands’ terrorism response
capabilities, according to members of the Royal Cayman Islands Police (RCIP.)
The threat, initiated by a Canadian woman of Pakistani descent as a result of
“silly banter”, set in motion a major, multi-agency security alert last
Thursday morning... read more...
PPM Says Budget a ‘Non-event’
 Leader
of the Opposition, the Hon. Kurt Tibbetts, lashed out at the UDP government
for having no sustainable economic development or social plan for the Cayman
Islands during his response to the budget presentation in the Legislative
Assembly on Wednesday, 12 May. According to the Opposition Business
Leader, government’s budget address and policy statement represented a
“laissez-faire approach to the development of this country”...
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UDP Defends Its Budget
 West
Bay MLA, Rolston Anglin delivered the United Democratic Party’s (UDP) response
to Leader of the Opposition Hon Kurt Tibbett’s earlier dismissal of the
presented budget as “nothing new to address the pressing concerns of ordinary
Caymanians.” Referring directly to the Opposition’s harsh criticism of
the UDP’s lack of resources allocated to youth programmes, Mr Anglin stated...
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Person of the Day - Grace Jackson
 The
friendly face behind the window at Al La Kebab is Grace Jackson of Portmore,
Jamaica. Customers often comment on Grace’s friendliness and cheer, as
she quickly befriends all who stand outside her window. Grace arrived in
Grand Cayman in 1993, just a year after she decided to dedicate her life to
the Lord at her Pentecostal church. Married for 15 years, she is now the
mother of two, Glendon and Revvae...
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