Issue No. 954 Thursday, 27 October 2005

CGI deal done

President of the Cayman General Insurance (CGI), Danny Scott, is singing the praises of Life of Jamaica (LOJ) and Sagicor Financial Corporation Group who recently acquired a controlling interest in the local company insurance company.  The Cayman National Corporation (CNC) disclosed on Tuesday 25 October, that it had sold its 51 percent major shares in CGI to Sagicor Life of Cayman Islands... read more...

Shade Brigade reveal their 'shady' activities

The Shade Brigade are a group of environmentally conscious individuals who have been growing trees in their back yards, to replace the ones that were knocked out by Hurricane Ivan.  Last Saturday, they had a sale of seedlings, at the tennis courts on South Sound. The sale was intended for those residents who feel that perhaps they cannot afford at this time, after all the costs associated with Ivan, to buy trees... read more...

Fee hike delights mutual fund sector

The Government’s plan to hike mutual funds registration fee by $500 on 1 January, 2006 has the blessings of the industry’s leaders, Cayman Net News can report.  Financial Secretary, Hon Kenneth Jefferson, announced in his budget speech on 10 October that the new measure had the backing of the mutual fund community and the country would earn $1.5 million... read more...

National Parenting meeting raises concerns over child abuse in Cayman

When Community Police Officer Ian Lavine asked members of the Bodden Town community what they wanted freedom from, included on the short list was child abuse, paedophiles and priests.  When Children and Family Services Officer, Leanora Wynter addressed that audience on the same evening, she also raised the topic of sexual abuse of children here in Cayman... read more...

Police deal with reckless and negligent acts

The police were kept busy last week when a number of concerned citizens phoned into the 911 emergency call centre to report their fears over people taking risks watching and playing in the high seas and wave action caused by Wilma.  In one incident on Saturday 22 October at around lunch time the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service were forced into a full scale rescue operation... read more...

Person of the Day - Dawn Smalldon

Her home could be called an animal farm and even with three children Dawn Smalldon is the principal animal lover in the family.  “I have always loved having pets around. We have three dogs, an iguana, rabbits, parrots and fish,” Mrs Smalldon said.  Born in England, she came here sixteen years ago. “When I first arrived I worked as a hairdresser before moving on to Bank of Butterfield where I did accounts for four and a half years.” ... read more...