Issue No. 930 Friday, 23 September 2005

Civil Service Now Facing Reform?

The Minister of Education, Hon Alden McLaughlin, has criticised the performance of Government sector workers and the Civil Service several times recently. “The problem with the Civil Service is a lack of accountability,” he said at a briefing last week... read more...

Ivan cars start ‘long boat to China’

With thousands of cars damaged by Hurricane Ivan, dealing with them has been something of a headache. Finally however  the first of several shipments of crushed cars, that suffered in the ravages of the hurricane last September, left George Town harbour early on Wednesday morning 21 September on a huge barge. Glen Roy Bodden Matute, captain of The Verona, the tug that was taking the barge to Florida... read more...

Team to evaluate permit system

Although the Immigration Work Permit Board said it is catching up on new work permit grants, there is still a backlog of thousands of renewals, highlighting the problem with the current manual system and illustrating the dire need for modernization. The Chairman of the Work Permit Board David Ritch said the Immigration Review Team will be looking at how to update the current manual system... read more...

The Director of Tourism going in to bat for the Sister Islands

Sister Islands Tourism Association (SITA) President Max Hillier believes that the Department of Tourism (DoT) is doing a fine job of refocusing SITA and the Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA). “DoT has come on board a lot more aggressively,” he said. “I’m very happy with the direction they seem to be taking (with regards to promoting the Sister Islands). Plus the Ministry is bringing SITA to the forefront of the public mind... read more...

Brac office for Net News

Cayman Net News and is breaking new ground yet again with the opening of an office on Cayman Brac, the first print media house to do so.  The office on the Brac will be the headquarters for Sister Islands’ news reporting for the daily paper, and also the Sister Islands’ weekly supplement, The Bracker and Little Caymanian.  Net News Publisher Desmond Seales said this was an obvious expansion for the business... read more...

Caymanian of the Week - Patrice Dilbert

Fresh out of college and keen to start her career in teaching, Patrice Dilbert has completed her first week with the Year 4 class at West End Primary. “The week was wonderful. The kids are great. It was a little intimidating but I got into it easily because this is the age-group I worked with in the US,” she said. “This is a fun age to teach because they have already learned most of their skills, so they’re a little more independent... read more...