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Issue No. 683 Thursday, 24 June 2004

Treasure Island Creditors Miffed

Creditors of the Treasure Island Resort, now in receivership, expressed their dissatisfaction with the Scotiabank’s handling of the hotel’s debts at a meeting at the Comfort Suites on Monday.  Roughly twenty-five creditors attended the gathering, hearing comments first from Tony Allenbrand of MTM Ltd, Kevin Hayes, representing Mike’s Ice, BBC, and Celebrations, and Nick Ward of Jacques Scott & Co Ltd... read more...


Cable & Wireless Is Told To Raise Rates Again

Following a recent review, the Information & Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) issued a press release on Tuesday that Cable & Wireless must raise the rates for its postpaid mobile services because they are below cost.  The ICTA made a similar ruling in April for the same reason, but Digicel requested a reconsideration of the Authority’s decisions... read more...


Cable & Wireless responds to the ICTA’s latest ruling

Cable & Wireless (C&W) responded to the Information and Communications Technology Authority’s (ICTA) press release on Tuesday by saying it was very disappointed with the results of the Authority’s decision.  The company said it had to clarify a number of statements that the ICTA made in its press release, which Cable & Wireless felt could be misinterpreted... read more...


Dramatic increase in 2004 burglary figures

The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has revealed that there has been an 11.7 percent increase in reported burglaries since last year.  Statistics released by the police force showed from January to the end of April of this year, there were 210 burglaries, compared to 188 last year... read more...


GED exam date for pupils

The GED Examination will be returning to the Cayman Islands on July 15 and 16, when students wishing to earn a high school equivalency diploma take the exam at Triple C School.  The exam is to be completed over two days, and those registering for the exam will have to be present for each day... read more...


Person of the Day - Kimberly Huggins

Born in Trinidad, Kimberly Huggins moved to Grand Cayman with her family when she was two years old.  She is currently back home for the summer having finished her first year at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where she is majoring in Geography.  Kimberly would like to come back to Cayman when she graduates and become a high school teacher... read more...


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