Issue No. 837 Tuesday, 17 May 2005

PPM names Cabinet

After more than three years of working together and planning policies, the decision on the new Cabinet for the newly elected nine People’s Progressive Movement was a fairly easy one. After meeting with H.E the Governor Bruce Dinwiddy to discuss the Cabinet and the Swearing in Ceremony, an announcement was made by the designate Leader of Government Business Kurt Tibbetts that he and Anthony Eden, Arden McLean... read more...

Pines’ big “Thank-you” for recovery help

Pines’ Manager, Sue Nicholson, has been saying a big ‘Thank-you’ to everyone who has helped the local retirement home recover after Hurricane Ivan. The Pines is presently using nearly half of their building, a testament to the large amount of help, both in physical terms and in donations, that has come along since Hurricane Ivan hit, badly damaging the building in George Town. But there is still plenty that needs to be done...read more...

Mr Pierson bows out

Political veteran and former speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Linford Pierson, after thirty-two years in politics has now decided to bow out of politics for good. Mr Pierson fought the recent election campaign as leader of the People’s Democratic Alliance, (PDA) after resigning from the United Democratic Party in 2004 in the wake of disagreements. The Alliance unsuccessfully contested the election only in George Town... read more...

Import License approved to bring in eight dolphins

Dolphin Discovery Cayman Ltd has been granted a license to import eight dolphins by the Department of Agriculture and the company plans to start work on a new Dolphinarium within the next three months.Partners Gene Thompson and Dale Crighton have been working to build the multi-million dollar facility next to the Turtle Farm while the organization Keep Dolphins Free in the Cayman Islands have been fighting to stop it... read more...

Feeding time to end for Moray eel ‘Psycho’ at the Sandbar and Stingray City

The days could be numbered for the six-foot Moray eel, known as ‘Psycho’ which has become a main attraction on excursions to the Sandbar and Stingray City. The eel like many of the species, is virtually blind, so finds it hard sometimes to differentiate between squid, which eels normally feed on, and an arm or a leg belonging to a human being, especially youngsters. The situation got serious recently...read more...

Person of the Day - Jean Scott

President of the Sister Islands Swim Club Jean Scott says the main objective of the club is to build a 25-metre pool on Cayman Brac. “We have some wonderful talent on the Island and it’s a shame to see it wasted. The only way we’re going to develop that talent is to get a 25-metre pool. A bunch of parents were talking about this issue at a swim meet and I decided that the only way this was going to happen was to act.”... read more...

OTHER NEWS

• Avoid blisters, avoid the ‘Blister Beetle’
• Commendation
• Farmers urged to use aid before deadline
• Liquor license renewal
• New home for Mosquito Research underway
• Seabed crack fears put to rest
• News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press