Issue No. 698 Friday, 16 July 2004
Government Gets Telecom Licence
 The
Cayman Islands Government was granted a telecommunications licence by the
Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) on 10 May,
according to ICTA Managing Director Dave Archbold. Mr Archbold indicated
that the licence was issued in order to allow Government to sell extra telecom
infrastructure capacity to third parties, and to regularise its providing of
already-in-place services...
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Broadcasting In Style
 Style
FM hit the airwaves at 5 pm on Wednesday, introducing its parade of
personalities who bring years of experience in media in the Caribbean, ranging
from ten to 23 years. “We’re very excited,” said Angela Martins, one of
the station’s owners, “We look forward to providing Cayman with quality
broadcasting.” Mrs Martins stressed that the station’s coming together had
been a group effort...
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Graduated Driver’s Licences Coming
The Leader of Government Business, the Hon McKeeva Bush, announced on Wednesday
that a graduated licensing system for novice drivers would soon become law in
the Cayman Islands. Mr Bush has asked the Attorney General to draw up
amendments to the Traffic Law to introduce the system here, and the bill is
expected to be brought before the Legislative Assembly during its current
meeting...
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Marl Suppliers Co-operate To Fill Port Project
 Providing
over 4,500 truckloads of land fill in only four months would have been nearly
an impossible task for a single aggregate company, so when faced with the
Royal Watler Cruise Terminal project, five local businesses did what had not
tried before: they co-operated. Owners decided to split up the
work...
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Attempted robbery prevented by police
Two men are now in custody and an investigation has been
launched following an attempted theft at a West Bay Road condominium complex
around 11:50pm on Tuesday night. One occupant, sitting on a patio at one
of the units, was approached by a man who threatened him and demanded money be
handed over...
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Caymanian of the Week - Zena Merren-Chin
 “Challenging
and certainly never boring” is how Zena Merren-Chin describes family law.
Dealing with people who, in most cases, are going through life-altering
circumstances, and applying the laws to individual cases to achieve the best
possible outcome, keeps Zena very busy at Appleby Spurling Hunter, where she
practices as a family law attorney. Zena also finds time for the wider
community...
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