Issue No. 840 Friday, 20 May 2005

New Government

The first meeting of the Legislative Assembly after the 11 May Election was held on 18 May and the public event saw record-setting audience numbers inside and outside the Assembly building. The five and a half hour sitting ushered into the Legislative Assembly the People’s Progressive Movement, (PPM) with its nine newly elected members, independent Moses Kirkconnell from the Sister Islands....  read more...

Cayman could be pearl of Caribbean for health care

With a number of initiatives in the works to diversify the economy, Grand Cayman is well positioned to develop medical tourism as the third pillar of its economic success according to some leading doctors. A primary benefit of such development would be a broader base of medical specialties to residents who would otherwise have to travel overseas. “This country could be the pearl of the Caribbean,” said Dr Frank Pallares... read more...

First tropical storm of the year

Two weeks before the start of the official 2005 hurricane season, it seems that Mother Nature is no respecter of man-made calendars as Tropical Storm Adrian, which formed in the Pacific on Tuesday, 17 May moves on an unusual track, taking it across Central America and into the northwest Caribbean... read more...

Cuban refugee waits on decision for political asylum

In an emotional reunion, family members of Cuban refugee Juan Guerra met with him after three tense days of waiting after their arrival in the Cayman Islands from the United States on 18 May. Mr Guerra’s aunt, Teresa Riba Guerra, and cousin, Jose Riba, arrived in Grand Cayman from New York to help him apply for political asylum as well as see him. Mrs Guerra stated that she cried a lot when she saw her nephew.... read more...

Seventh-day Adventist convert under canvas

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church held a three-week evangelistic campaign under a canvassy cathedral on the grounds of the church in Savannah, Grand Cayman recently. Pastor Claudius Morgan, evangelist for the East Caribbean Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, conducted the “Good News Crusade for Christ”. Pastor Morgan, who is a former calypso singer, sang nightly in the midst of his preaching... read more...

Caymanian of the Week - Ellen Peguero

Some years ago it was almost every girl’s dream to fly the world as a flight attendant and live the dream to the fullest by marrying a handsome pilot. Ellen Peguero, former cosmetologist and flight attendant, now married to former pilot William Peguero, has made a dream life, a reality.  “We met when in 1981 I was an attendant and he was a pilot and we were married the following year... read more...

OTHER NEWS

• A musical medley at St Ignatius
• Arrest over snorkel accident
• Blue Iguanas at Little Trotters
• Braccanal 2005 and Vibe 98.9 FM Brac lunch
• Canada choice education destination
• Cayman guests attend opening of Parliament
• Cayman’s ‘hurricane baby’ turns 102
• Cingular introduces low rates to US, Canada
• CiNTV takes Cayman’s news around the world
• Cracked Conch gives MattSafe $1,500
• George Town Primary School elections
• Governor gets report on job well done
• Kids to raise funds for DoE and National Trust
• Leonard Dilbert at Culture Jam
• Local Pastor makes case for self-determination
• National Drug Council gets Rotary support
• OT Minister offers Congratulations
• Sister Islands would have voted PPM
• Tease and Reggae Royalty at Safe Haven
• Twenty years of checking Cayman’s cars
• Walking the dog for child month
• Local notices and information
• News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press