Issue No. 820 Wednesday, 20 April 2005
Cubans protest
One of the placards in the windows of a Brac church last Sunday, (17 April ) read, “We Want Continue to Honduras”. This and a number of other protest signs made with markers and cardboard or paper, were held by Cubans detained on Cayman Brac, holding a peaceful demonstration on 17 April to make known their wish to continue on with their journey to Honduras by sea and not to be repatriated to Cuba....
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Treasure Island debts shortfall
Even with the pending sale of Treasure
Island later this month, the money paid by the new owners will not cover the
mortgage owed leaving $1.2 million in unsecured creditors out in the cold
according to Jeff Coyne, Receiver for Treasure Island. Scotia Bank however has agreed to pay employees back- wages owed before receivership even though that debt was lower on the legal priority list for creditors...
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Public complain over bribery and undue influence in campaign
 Elections Supervisor, Kearney Gomez has received a number of informal complaints alleging bribery, undue influence and the provision of “gifts” in an illegal attempt to induce votes throughout the current elections process. “No formal complaints have been received to date in relation to the current campaign but there have certainly been more (informal) complaints this year, when compared with the last elections,” ...
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Foreshore offers backup solutions
 To
take advantage of the growing demand for business continuity and disaster
recovery initiatives particularly in the wake of Hurricane Ivan and in the
face of a new hurricane season, Foreshore presented its internet data back up
and solutions to the business community recently. “The data is sent over
existing internet connections and overnight so the communications cost is
negligible,” ...
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Reducing risks with community fitness
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society will be visiting Cayman Brac on Saturday, 23 April with a packed schedule of events including a Sunrise community fitness class and four presentations on a number of different topics. The class will be led by Laura Ribbins, owner of Fitness Connection and an international health and fitness presenter. Ms Ribbins
will be assisted by Christine Sanders...
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Person of the Day - Yainsleys Ebanks
After studying international economics in Madrid and then Paris for university, Yainsleys
Ebanks is now working in the Trust Department at Dresdner Bank, and said she now
appreciates Cayman even more after experiences abroad. “In big cities you may
see someone every day, but you would never exchange a word, you couldn’t just
walk down the street and say hello,”...
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