Duty-free shops here have threatened layoffs, complaining of a slow start to this year’s tourism season. But, on Monday, the Leader of Government Business, the Hon McKeeva Bush was all smiles after receiving a $390,000 cheque from the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA),
and Royal Caribbean, when he said the cruise ship season is about to begin...
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Shelters Still Home to Many
Since one o’clock on Friday 10
September, to the present day, staff at the Department of Child and Family
Services, along with numerous volunteer wardens, have been taking care of the
people who sought sanctuary in the shelters, in the first instance from the
wrath of Ivan, and since from the devastation the hurricane left behind. “We had over 3800 people in our care in the shelters,” said Deanna Lookloy.. read
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House Dissolves by March 2005
An important Order amending the Constitution of the Cayman Islands regarding the status of potential MLAs has finally been tabled in the UK parliament.
The Order also modifies the Constitution of the Cayman Islands to require the
Governor to dissolve the current Legislative Assembly no later than 17 March
2005... read more...
HE Pleads for Cayman in UK
Although H.E. the Governor Mr Bruce Dinwiddy
is in the United Kingdom until 30 October, taking a short break from his
duties on the Cayman Islands, during his leave he intends to plead the case
for the Cayman Islands with leading members of both the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. The Hon Chief Secretary Mr James Ryan, CBE
JP, will act as Governor...
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Body Identified as missing resident
A post mortem examination has identified a decomposed body recovered by police on 15 October in the vicinity of the Mangrove at West Bay as 74 year-old Osley
Ebanks, a resident of the West Bay area...
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Person of the Day - Mrs Mexi Ann Grant
There
are a lot of people who are very grateful to Mrs Mexi Ann Grant, Education
Officer for the Sister Islands, as she was the person instrumental in getting
Grand Cayman’s ‘refugee’ students back in school on the Sister Islands.
“When I couldn’t get in contact with the education department I got busy
trying to organise a way to get the kids back in class. “I held some meetings
with the principals... read
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Duty-free shops here have threatened layoffs, complaining of a slow start to this year’s tourism season. But, on Monday, the Leader of Government Business, the Hon McKeeva Bush was all smiles after receiving a $390,000 cheque from the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA),
and Royal Caribbean, when he said the cruise ship season is about to begin...
Although H.E. the Governor Mr Bruce Dinwiddy
is in the United Kingdom until 30 October, taking a short break from his
duties on the Cayman Islands, during his leave he intends to plead the case
for the Cayman Islands with leading members of both the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. The Hon Chief Secretary Mr James Ryan, CBE
JP, will act as Governor...
There
are a lot of people who are very grateful to Mrs Mexi Ann Grant, Education
Officer for the Sister Islands, as she was the person instrumental in getting
Grand Cayman’s ‘refugee’ students back in school on the Sister Islands.
“When I couldn’t get in contact with the education department I got busy
trying to organise a way to get the kids back in class. “I held some meetings
with the principals...
