Issue No. 690 Tuesday, 6 July 2004
Voters Set Record
 Potential
voters set a single day record in the Cayman Islands when more than 700 people
submitted registration applications to the Elections Office last Thursday.
Qualified persons were given until 11:59 on 1 July to register to be eligible
to vote in November’s General Election. In Grand Cayman, a tent was set
up outside the Tower Building in George Town to facilitate last-day applicants...
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Mary Lawrence Announces Candidacy
 The
district of Bodden Town will have a familiar face on the ballot for November’s
General Elections, as Mary J Lawrence announced her candidacy for a seat on the
Legislative Assembly last week. Noting that she brings to her candidacy a
wealth of knowledge and experience in the political arena and at the community
service level, Mrs Lawrence said that she would run as an independent candidate...
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Ansbacher Group Sold
South African-based banking group FirstRand sold its interest in the Ansbacher
Group, represented here by Ansbacher (Cayman) Limited, to Qatar National Bank (QNB)
last week. However Ansbacher Group CEO Richard Spilg said that the sale
would not affect the Cayman branch significantly...
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Legislative Assembly Returns Home With 2004 Opening
 The
State Opening of the 2004 Session of the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly
(LA) took place last Friday morning marking the House’s return home to its
Fort Street location. After the Honourable Speaker of the House, Linford
Pierson, opened the session, the Leader of Government Business Hon McKeeva
Bush motioned for the suspension of the House in order to await the arrival of
His Excellency the Governor...
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2004 Throne Speech
The Minister of Health Services, The Hon Gilbert McLean,
recently addressed Parliament regarding changes to health insurance regulations,
which were aimed at streamlining the industry. Mr McLean claimed changes
to the regulations would create a system of delivery of medical benefits that
would be fair for all who live in these Islands...
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Person of the Day - Tashyona Gabbidon
 An
employee of Island Esso for nearly a year, Tashyona Gabbidon has received high
praise from her boss Mike McTaggart. “She’s honest, dependable, hard-working,
and she has covered for everyone at our shop at one time or another,” he said.
In her own words she admitted: “I really enjoy dealing with customers, and I
like to meet people.” When she is not working she tends to pull open a
history book...
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