Issue No. 932 Tuesday, 27 September 2005

HSA to tackle finance mess

The Health Services Authority (HSA) Board of Directors has appointed a Finance Committee to dig the HSA out of the deep financial pit that it has fallen into which was revealed recently. The financial issues facing the Authority are numerous and include missing financial records, the fact that the Authority has operated without a budget for two years and that there is some $2.5 million in outstanding insurance payments... read more...

Governor shows appreciation for Red Cross with special evening

The Governor, H.E Bruce Dinwiddy hosted a Red Cross Volunteer Appreciation Evening on Wednesday 21 September, at Government House. The objective of the evening was to recognize the outstanding work of the volunteers, especially during their Hurricane Ivan Operation. At least 140 Red Cross volunteers, plus representatives of Red Cross sponsors, such as Champion House Restaurant, Digicel, Cayman Airways... read more...

Human rights NGO shapes up

The former Minister of Education, Roy Bodden, has been moving forward on establishing a separate non-governmental human rights committee while the Government Human Rights Committee has not met since before the election. Following Mr Bodden’s resignation from the Government sponsored Human Rights Committee to work on forming an NGO dealing with human rights, numerous people from the community... read more...

Cabinet focuses on Sister Islands with news of housing and new projects

Hon Kurt Tibbetts, Leader of Government Business and Minister of District Administration, Planning, Agriculture & Housing, has revealed that the Affordable Housing issue was likely to be sorted out in Cayman Brac sooner than in Grand Cayman. Recently he said that the Government still had “a matter of weeks” to wait for recommendations from the new Board of the National Housing Community Development Trust (NHCDT)... read more...

Indian High Commissioner visits Cayman to present credentials

The newly appointed Indian High Commissioner, His Excellency K.L. Agrawl, paid a diplomatic visit to the Cayman Islands last week. Mr Agrawl, whose office is based in Kingston, Jamaica, spoke about the significant presence of Indians... read more...

Person Of The Day - Ann Marie Tomlinson

With names for her hairstyles such as “Confuse Them,” “Lock Them Up” and “Fountain,” it’s clear Ann Marie Tomlinson has fun with hair. “As a bus driver on the West Bay route I pick up many tourists,” she said. “They see my hairstyles as an attraction and give me tips when they take my photo. I change the styles weekly. I have always done hair styling for friends, but not commercially. ”She also said there is nothing strange about... read more...