Issue No. 854 Thursday, 9 June 2005
Cubans Jailed
 Some of the Cuban nationals recently repatriated to Cuba may have been
detained by the nation’s authorities upon their return to the country. Cayman Net News
has received word from people resident in the United States who claim that
relatives repatriated from the Cayman Islands are now in jail. It was further
claimed that they did not know at the time of the repatriation that their family
members were being forcibly returned...
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Multi-talented and a flair for fashion
Speaking with a confidence and an eloquence that belies her
years, Elizabeth Charles says that she directs some credit for those attributes
to being on stage. “I have always liked an audience. I think I got my
personal drive and focus primarily from my mother. However, from when I was very
young, I never shied away from speaking in a crowd or wanting to dance in front
of everyone,” explained Elizabeth...
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Woman of the Year
 A special ‘Top Woman of the Year Award,’ the first of its kind, was awarded
to Jennifer Kaufman at a fund-raising dinner at the Thai Orchid, George Town,
on Monday 6 June. The evening’s event was used to raise money for the Frances
Bodden Girls Home. Originally, the amount to be raised was anticipated to be around $1,000, a
sum pledged by Capital Realty Ltd., who also sponsored the event...
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Judge appoints provisional liquidator for troubled Indies Suites
In the wake of a number of complaints from timeshare owners and the
reported sale to St Matthew’s University Medical School, Justice Alex
Henderson has appointed Chris Johnson of Chris Johnson Associates the
provisional liquidator of the Indies Suites. After the property was extensively damaged during Hurricane Ivan, Ronnie
Foster, the principal of Indies Suites, discovered he was under-insured...
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Cayman Net News
Hurricane Supplement 2005
 Hurricane
season is from 1 June to 30 November, therefore it is NOW time to review your
home protection plans. 1. Which materials will be used to cover windows
and glass doors in the event of a hurricane? Usually plywood or purpose-built
aluminium shutters are used. 2. Where will these materials be obtained,
and how will they be installed? It is often too late to consider this once a
hurricane warning has been issued...
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Person of the day: Trent Grant
After graduating from the Cayman Brac
High School in June last year, and after only two weeks of summer vacation,
Trent Grant swapped his school uniform for work clothes. In July, he started
putting those math lessons to use, working full time at the Cayman National Bank
Brac branch. Almost one year later, he says he misses school, but in some ways,
his job as a bank teller is better...
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