Issue No. 697 Thursday, 15 July 2004
Fee Levy Angers School Parents
 Several
parents of students of Cayman Prep & High School have expressed outrage that
their refusal to pay the $1,200 building assessment levied by the school’s
board in January has left them without their children’s end-of-the-year
reports. Earlier this year, the school broke ground at its Smith Road
site for a new two-storey building that will help to consolidate the primary
school facilities...
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Police Warn of IRS Scam
American citizens residing in the Cayman Islands are being warned by the
Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) about a letter purporting from the United States of
America Internal Revenue Services...
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Dolphin Facility Delayed, Eight Dolphins Waiting
 The
captive dolphin facility project planned to open near the Turtle Farm in West
Bay did not break ground on 1 July as originally scheduled, according to two of
its developers. Gene Thompson and Dale Crighton, two of the local
businessmen behind the project confirmed that the project is running behind
schedule, but predicted that work would begin within the next few months...
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Plant embargo may soon be over
 Following
a visit by three US Department of Agriculture representatives to Florida, a
blanket ban on importation of plants taken from areas infected with Pink
Hibiscus Mealy Bug may soon be over. The news was revealed at a meeting
between Department of Agriculture officials and stakeholders at the
Agricultural Pavilion, Lower Valley. The Department of Agriculture
were encouraged by pest management measures...
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Cayman company linked to a failed African coup
The government in Equatorial Guinea claims that Cayman
Islands-based Logo Logistics, operator of an aircraft carrying four men whom it
accuses of masterminding an attempted coup in the impoverished African country
last March, was also involved in the coup attempt itself, according to national
radio last week...
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Person of the Day -
Lazarus EM Lindsay
 A
beautiful day in the Lower Valley can be made only better if Lazarus EM
Lindsay happens to be at his fruit stand in Savannah selling mangoes and
ackees. Now eighty-four years old, Lazarus has been farming in Grand
Cayman for the last twenty-two years. Nominated to be Person of the Day
by one of his customers who appreciates his friendliness and fair prices,
Lazarus says he loves to sell the fruits of his work...
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