Issue No. 720 Tuesday, 17 August 2004
Accidents Up
A local insurance manager claims that the number of
vehicular accidents is way up in 2004 despite figures released by the police
that show them to be slightly down from last year through the first week of
July...
read
more...
A New CIDB Chairman
 The
Cayman Islands Development Bank inducted Eddinton Powell as its new chairman,
effective 1 July. Mr. Powell served on the board as deputy chairman
prior to being appointed by the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Commerce and
Development as the new chairman. “We have made great strides since the
bank has been established, such as relocating the bank to more accessible
premises...
read more...
Cayman Net News hurricane
coverage praised
Hurricane coverage by Cayman Net News has been praised after its website was
hit nearly 20,000 times. Following the recent brush with Hurricane
Charley, Cayman Net News has received many expressions of appreciation for our
frequently updated coverage of the current weather situation. Some of these
can be seen in our online forum postings....
read more...
Mosquito Pilot Clocks Up a Fifteen Years Stretch
 Chief
Pilot for MRCU Richard Clough, this month celebrated fifteen years with the
Mosquito Research and Control Unit. Born in Zimbabwe in southern Africa,
Mr Clough has logged hundreds of flight hours as a pilot on crop spraying and
tsetse fly eradication flights across Africa and in the United States. In
1989, Mr Clough joined the 50-person mosquito control unit of MRCU...
read more...
General Election 2004: West Bay
Alliance Special Supplement
 A
special eight-page supplement featuring the views and personal backgrounds of
the four men comprising the West Bay Alliance that will contest the 2004
General Election appears today. Originally scheduled for Friday 13
August, the disruption of airline service last week due to Hurricane Charley
necessitated its publication today...
read more...
Person of the Day - Gedroy
Barrington-Reynolds
 Having
arrived in the Cayman Islands just over seven months ago from Jamaica, Gedroy
Barrington-Reynolds is delighted to be living in George Town with his wife and
two children. “This is a nice place to live,” said Gedroy, who works
full time for Kirk’s Supermarket and Pharmacy as a cart collector. “It is a
lot more peaceful and less violent than Jamaica.” Outside of work Gedroy
leads a very busy life...
read
more...
OTHER NEWS
EDITORIAL
SPORTS NEWS
| 
