Issue No. 705 Tuesday, 27 July 2004

New CAL Routes

The news that Cayman Airways hopes to expand its current routes to the Central American has been greeted with excitement by travel agents and travelers. Cayman Airways indicated last week that it is interested in beginning service to Honduras, Costa Rica Panama and possibly Belize by the end of the year... read more...

Tourism Numbers Continue To Rise

The June tourism figures released by the Department of Tourism last week indicated a nine-percent increase in air arrivals and a 10.4-percent increase in cruise arrivals in comparison to the same month last year. Both air and cruise arrival figures for 2004 have surpassed 2003’s every month so far this year... read more...

CIMA Director And Counsel Attend Conference in Washington

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority’s (CIMA) Managing Director Cindy Scotland and General Counsel Langston Sibblies attended a International Monetary Fund (IMF) Conference on Cross-Border Cooperation and Information Exchange in Washington DC recently.  As part of their presentation at the conference, Mrs Scotland and Mr Sibblies noted that CIMA had provided assistance to other regulators... read more...

Consumer prices go up by 2.1 per cent

Prices in the Cayman Islands, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, stood at 129.2 in June 2004, an increase of 2.1 percent when compared with the same period the previous year.  Six of the eight major groups registered increases over the same period twelve months ago... read more...

Police youth community project is a big success

An RCIP community project implemented in 2001 is still reaping rewards for a young George Town man.  At the start of 2001, Sergeant Michael Montaque coordinated a scheme looking to place young people into further education or employment. With the help of the business community, he was extremely successful due to a great many placements... read more...

Person of the Day - Delroy Lindsay

Popular caretaker for Allista Towers, Delroy Lindsay is a well-recognised figure around the George Town building.  He has been on the island for just five months, and he says that he “enjoys the peace and good working environment here.”  Father of a 22 -yea-old son Jason Lindsay, he loves spending time chilling out at home in George Town.  He is enthusiastic about meeting people... read more...

OTHER NEWS

• Annual reception held at Cayman’s London office
• CISA’s student support proves a vital helpline
• David Foster is WestStar TV/CITN Caymanian of the Year
• Library programme proves a great read
• Local teen joins international gathering
• New scheme for pre-school teachers
• Pension Board party for brave youngster
• Prospect Primary uniforms to be distributed
• Quest event seeks a North Side star turn
• News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

EDITORIAL

• A Brave New World For Cayman Airways

LETTERS

• Crane comments made by Hon McKeeva Bush were incorrect
• Large parking lot at Snug Harbour is a real concern
• Status fiasco: setting the record straight once and for all

SPORTS NEWS

• Championship boxing event here in September
• Cricket receives support from Cable & Wireless
• Stunning comeback by Gatorade/LeBleu