Issue No. 803 Friday, 25 March 2005
Questionable FCB deal resurfaces
Following recent disclosures of questionable financial dealings by Government ministers, Cayman Net News has come into possession of a witness statement given to the police in 1998 by the owner of a once-local heavy equipment operation in relation to transactions allegedly involving First Cayman Bank (FCB) and the current Leader of Government Business, the Hon McKeeva
Bush...
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Show of force over access to North Sound
A group of men, the North Sound Water sports operators, recently got together to demonstrate for the continued right to access into the North Sound. The history of the issue goes back to the mid 1980’s when the area of land now represented by the SafeHaven
Golf Course was first being developed.
Assurances were then given that a continued right of access into the North Sound
would be maintained...
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Seeking a better life
It is now some 10 weeks since the
Government changed this country’s policy concerning the arrival of Cuban
migrants and refugees and the debate continues as to the rights and wrongs of
the new guidelines in regard to the United Nations Geneva Convention on
Refugees. Cubans who ask for help must now be detained or escorted from
the country’s waters...
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Cayman policy holders left without cover as Dyoll collapses
Numerous Dyoll policy holders in the Islands are concerned they will be left high and dry on their claims as the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) advises residents that they seek alternative insurance coverage. “I don’t think people are fully aware yet that Dyoll is essentially insolvent and if they have policies with Dyoll, they will need to be replaced,” said Nigel Twohey,
Marketing Manager for Island Heritage...
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CI to get Hospitality Training Centre by 2006
Underscoring the government’s focus on investing in and building the tourism industry, Hon McKeeva Bush, Leader of Government Business revealed that the Cayman Islands is to see a local Hospitality Training Centre by 2006. Mr Bush, speaking with
Cayman Net News said, “The John Silver’s Inn is to be renovated and will be used for the Hospitality Training
Centre.”...
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Person of the Day -
Adalid Puerto
When he’s not busy as Assistant Collector of Customs on Cayman Brac, Mark Tibbetts can usually be found on one committee or another.
As well as being the President of the West End School PTA for the past four
years, Mark is Chairperson of the West End Community Park Committee and of the
Sister Islands Agriculture Committee and is also actively involved in the Lion’s
Club of Cayman Brac...
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