Issue No. 946 Monday, 17 October 2005

Education report passed in house

The official green light has been given for major reform in education to begin, after Government, meeting in the Legislative Assembly on 13 October, gave the stamp of approval for the education overhaul. This move by the country’s leadership came as a result of their endorsement, given in the House, to the report of the National Education conference. This endorsement means that the Government will adopt the report as the blueprint... read more...

Miss Cayman contestants meet over cocktails

The contestants for the Miss Cayman Islands Beauty Pageant had a chance to meet one another as well as mingling with family, friends and well-wishers, and the Miss Cayman Islands committee members during an informal cocktail reception at the Wharf Restaurant on Wednesday 12 October. Hon Charles Clifford, Minister of Tourism, was also present at the function that launched the search for the future face... read more...

Uncertainty over EU Tax Law 

It has been over three months since the bilateral agreement to comply with the European Savings Directive came into effect on 1 July and some industry experts believe that it will have virtually no effect on the financial sector here in the Cayman Islands, because the EU Savings Directive and the mirror Cayman bilateral agreement only applies to interest income on savings accounts for individuals, not companies... read more...

Police Officer lays down the law for tougher parenting’

A call for “stricter measures to deal with parents” has come from Police Constable (PC) Everton Spence of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Community Policing Department. “It is not the job of the police to parent your children,” said PC Spence at the first National Parenting Programme (NPP) public education meeting on 12 October, in West Bay. He said that some parents had lost their grip over children... read more...

Conference recorded for posterity

The first memento of the landmark National Education Conference held in September came off the presses on 7 October and the first copy was presented to the Minister of Education, the Hon. Alden McLaughlin by GIS’ Chief Information Officer, Patricia Ebanks... read more...

Person Of The Day - Dominique Wilson

“I learn new things in my job everyday,” said Dominique Wilson, a computer sales clerk at Kirk Office supplies. Ms Wilson is presently taking her associate degree in accountancy, but would eventually like to train to be a massage therapist and physiotherapist. “I am good at accounts, but I would eventually like to start my own business as a massage and physiotherapist; the accounts will come in useful for that,” ... read more...