
Issue No. 796 Wednesday, 16 March 2005
LoGB held bank hostage over Cayman General Insurance
A number of questions have been raised concerning the settlement between Government and Cayman General Insurance (CGI), in particular over a letter that endorses the Hon McKeeva Bush, Leader of Government Business, which was signed by the directors of both CGI and its parent company, Cayman National Corporation (CNC),
and published on 7 March as a full page advertisement in the Caymanian
Compass...
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‘Love in Action’ helps rebuild community
Over
the last few months members of the Cayman Ministers Association (CMA), and their
churches have been working hard helping hundreds of people rebuild their homes.
The programme called, ‘Love in Action.’ involves both the supply of free
building materials, such as lumber, shingles, and sheetrock and sometimes where
necessary, labour too...
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Housing initiative condemned by Auditor General
A
special report by the Auditor General on the ‘Affordable Housing Initiative’ has
severely criticised the procedures surrounding the development of the low cost
homes. While the report finds that there was and still is a need to build
affordable homes in the Cayman Islands, the Auditor General’s reports condemns
almost every aspect of this particular initiative...
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Poll says election contenders neck and neck
According to the latest Cayman Net News People’s Poll, a special feature of the Net News website: caymannetnews.com,
the leading political contenders in this year’s 11 May Election are neck and
neck. This week, the poll asked readers who they think would make the best
Leader of Government Business...
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Former British MP calls for post-election corruption enquiry
Following
his recent private visit to Grand Cayman, former British MP and founder of the
Cayman Islands Parliamentary Group in the United Kingdom, Matthew Banks, has
called for a “full, thorough and independent enquiry into all significant
government contracts in the last few years”.
It has also been suggested that Intelligence Officers have arrived from
the UK to undertake investigations...
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Person of the Day - Yina Situ

Working at the Canton Chinese
Restaurant, Yina Situ said she didn’t have any trouble adjusting to Western
culture when she moved here from China a year ago. “At first I was
homesick but it got better. I love meeting so many different people and
everything is so relaxed and casual here. One day I want my parents to visit and
see where their daughter lives.”...
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