Issue No. 825 Wednesday, 27 April 2005
Voters nervous
The democratic rights and the right to freedom of choice of the largest group of electors in the Cayman Islands are reportedly under threat from a law that, ironically, has existed for years to strengthen the democratic process. Fear is now evident as Cayman Islands’ civil servants who have been seen attending public elections meetings have expressed concern about being seen at the meetings....
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Cubans want a lawyer
IA relative of one of the Cubans currently being detained in the Cayman Islands said he and his family in the US would like to hire a local immigration lawyer to represent his cousin, who fears for his life if he is returned to Cuba. Jose Riba is a first cousin of forty-year-old Juan Joose Abad
Guerra, who reached the Cayman Islands with 18 other Cubans on 1 April...
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Batabano costumes bring festivities to Cayman
 Featured on the front of today’s edition of
Cayman Net News are this year’s Saschay Bon Mas Camp presentations for Batabano, which includes four spectacular outfits. First is the Black D’Legacy. “As strong and formidable as our black coral we stand united and proud of our heritage,” says Donna Myrie, whose band, Saschay Bon, is providing these four colourful costumes....
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Caymanians dying for their own cardiac cath lab
 There is no doubt that heart disease is the number one killer in the country. But many people could survive and enjoy healthier lives if there was a cardiac catheterisation lab on the Island instead of being sent overseas, according to leading cardiologist, Dr Frank Pallares. “This country has the same demographics as the US, the same diabetes, same smokers, same obesity, etc.” said Dr Pallares....
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Focus on the constitution
The forthcoming elections on 11 May have among other things focused the debate on constitutional reform for the country and the right to self-determination. Professor Jeffery Jowell QC, an expert in constitutional, administrative and human rights law, visited the Cayman Islands recently at the invitation of the Hon McKeeva
Bush, Leader of Government Business, and presented some of the options in moving
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Person of the Day
- Kandie Hurlston
Nineteen-year-old Kandie Hurlston is well suited to her job as a receptionist at dms Broadcasting Ltd. “I love my job and especially the people that I work with. Here, we go the extra mile to make sure our clients’ needs are met,” she said. “I answer the phones, route incoming mail and set up appointments for our sales reps and managers.
“In my spare time I love to read novels, hang out with friends....
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