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Issue No. 801 Wednesday, 23 March 2005

More questions on housing fill

The highly critical report by the Auditor General, Dan Duguay, in relation to the Affordable Housing Initiative, raises even more questions concerning the award of contracts by the UDP Cabinet without following the customary tendering procedures...  read more...


Art classes produce spectacular results

A series of art classes, organized by the National Gallery, proved a big success when they staged The Continuing Education Exhibition in the NCVO Cabana, George Town, on Friday 18 March.  Students who had taken part in one of four art classes, Introduction to Portraiture; Introduction to Oil Painting; Introduction to Photography, Introduction to Relief Printmaking, were able to display the work they had produced... read more...


Auditor General concerned over leaked report

The Auditor General, Dan Duguay, has said that the ‘Special Report’ on the Affordable Housing Initiative should not, according to legal procedure in this country, have made it into the public domain until it had been seen by the Public Accounts Committee.  Copies of the Report however have found their way to several elements of the media including the Caymanian Compass and Cayman Net News... read more...


Net News poll is suspended after suspected sabotage

The regular Wednesday Cayman Net News People’s Poll was suspended this week less than two hours before the results would have been polled for publication in Wednesday’s (23 March) edition, as a result of suspicions that the poll result may have been deliberately manipulated and its integrity thereby compromised...  read more...


RCIPS team effort commended

During a certificate presentation held recently, Commissioner of Police, Buel Braggs, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rudolph Dixon and Assistant Commissioner, Anthony Ennis thanked a number of officers for their part in the re-capture of Steven Manderson, the convicted murderer who mangaged to escape from Northward Prison in the wake of the hurricane, on 13 September last year... read more... 


Person of the Day - Howard Gourzong

Being a prison officer is not an easy job but when one is dedicated everything is possible. Acting Principal Officer Howard Gourzong has worked at Northward Prison for 21 years.  “I love the job very much and maybe because of my training I am able to function well despite what may happen. At times as officers we are called upon to work long hours and even to work at nights when the situation presents itself."... read more...


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