Issue No. 821 Thursday, 21 April 2005
HSA finance sick
In light of the hospital sending demand letters to local insurance companies to catch up on payments
totaling $4 million, questions have emerged regarding the Health Services Authority’s, (HSA) billing system. A hospital employee said, on the condition of anonymity, “the hospital billing system has been a mess for years.” The new Cerner
billing system was installed in 2002....
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Radio stations to wait on independent engineer
The transmission power has been hotly contested from the moment dms Broadcasting launched three radio stations into a market already crowded with 11 stations. Radio Cayman and Hurley’s Entertainment Corporation Ltd have all stated that dms’ transmissions are interfering with their broadcasts, while dms
Broadcasting owner Don Seymour maintains that complaints are motivated by
malicious competition...
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Candidates respond to bribery reports
 On Monday 18 May, the Elections Office called a press conference to draw attention to the large number of reports of alleged acts of bribery, undue influence and treating being received by the Office. As yet however none of those complaints have been formalised, so no full details have been given, which has drawn criticism from some candidates in the election campaign.
Many are saying that with the11 May Election ...
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Kim Wilken faces a future in the arts
 A trumpeter and well known in the Cayman Islands’ world of performing arts, Kim Wilken is not only just a model but a proficient musician as well. Over the last five years she has performed as a member of the Cayman National Concert Band, here, and in other parts of the world like Cuba, Costa Rica and the United States at Disneyland and Universal Studios.
“I see modelling as a form of art,"...
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Groundbreaking for West Bay High School
The Ministry of Education hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new high school, to be called the Beulah Smith School, that will be built in West Bay, on land bordering John A Cumber Primary School. Present at the ceremony were H.E. the Governor, Bruce Dinwiddy, Hon McKeeva Bush, Leader of Government Business, and Hon Roy Bodden, Minister for Education...
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Person of the Day - Debbie Seymour
Working in administrative operations for seven years with Deloitte, Debbie Seymour describes herself as a ‘jack of all trades and master of none.’
Originally from Jamaica, Ms Seymour has lived in George Town for 16 years and
enjoys fishing with her two children Christopher, 12, and Kristina, 9, whenever
she gets a chance. “You patiently wait for the fish, then you feel a little
pick, but you don’t make the grab...
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