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Issue No. 827 Friday, 29 April 2005

Chief Secretary: Civil Servants can go to Rallies

The Hon Chief Secretary, George McCarthy, has stated that a memorandum dispatched in mid February captioned “Political Activities of Civil Servants and Employees of Statutory Authorities” was not intended to convey the message that civil servants should not be seen or heard at political meetings. Speaking with Cayman Net News about the document that would be applicable to a cadre of some 2,400 potential voters read more...


Cardiac lab waits in container

In an effort to get a cardiac catheterisation laboratory to provide essential medical care for residents suffering from heart attacks, Cayman Orthopaedic Group reached an agreement to provide the equipment at no cost while the Health Services Authority would provide the space and split the profits 50/50. Subsequent to that agreement, Cayman Orthopaedic Group had a cardiac cath lab shipped to the country  read more...


PC commended for nipping bribery attempts in the bud

Commendations from the highest levels of the judicial system and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) were bestowed on Police Constable Dwayne Jones who, without hesitation, put the clamps on a bribery attempt as well as on the perpetrator of the illegal act. Earlier this month an esteemed member of the legal profession offered PC Jones money to have him look the other way ...  read more...


Job shadowing at Cayman Net News

Three year 10 students from John Gray High School have been learning about journalism and other aspects of the media business on a Work Shadow programme with Cayman Net News. The Work Shadow programme was launched in the wake of significant changes in students’ school schedules since Hurricane Ivan damaged John Gray High School. Students were placed in programmes all over the Island...  read more...


MattSafe keeping young drivers alive

Fulfilling a long-held promise to support road safety initiatives, one of Cayman’s veteran restaurateur partners this weekend with the new owners of the Cracked Conch By The Sea in staging a benefit brunch for the MattSafe Organisation. The event will be held at the Cracked Conch By the Sea on Sunday (1 May). One-third of the proceeds will be donated to MattSafe... read more...


Caymanian of the Week - Jennifer Bodden

The best time in any week for 32-year-old Jennifer Bodden is when she is playing video games or football with her three boys – aged 9, 11, and 12 years old – or when she is baking with her 13-year-old daughter. “Youngsters are looking for guidance and some of my most valued years were the four I spent at the Marine Institute, a juvenile rehabilitation centre now called the Bonaventure Boys Home. read more...


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