Issue No. 970 Friday, 18 November 2005

Dyoll Settlement Decision in Court

JOINT liquidator for the bankrupt Dyoll Insurance firm, Ken Krys, believes a court ruling expected on the company’s assets in Jamaica next week could have serious implications for the insurance sector in the Cayman Islands. Mr Krys, who looks after the Cayman side of Dyoll’s liquidation, said the Jamaican courts would decide next Wednesday what is the real assets of the company and how they would be disbursed... read more...

Gimistory festival 2005 begins with a workshop

As part of the lead up to the country’s story telling festival, Gimistory 2005, the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) ran free workshops in the age old art of storytelling recently, at the Kings Sports Centre, George Town. The workshops were for children and adults. The children’s workshop was conducted by Edgar Ortiz, a professional and established storyteller from Costa Rica and storyteller Ken Corsbie from Guyana... read more...

Books missing from homes

According to David Hunter, a social worker from Children and Family Services (CFS), parents are now guilty of purchasing Game Boys and other popular games more frequently than they purchase books for their children... read more...

Church ministers call for ban on rapper 50 Cent’s debut film role

THE Cayman Ministers’ Association (CMA) is calling for a boycott of the film “Get rich or die trying” featuring rapper 50 Cent and currently being shown at a local cinema at the Marquee Plaza. The body of Cayman church leaders called on the authorities to step in and knock the film off the local screen. “We encourage the appropriate authorities to take action to stop this film from being shown on our shores,” the CMA said... read more...

Visa office in Jamaica seems to be struggling

Reports that the Visa Office in Jamaica was closed temporarily because of the heavy workload are still unconfirmed. A number of people in the Cayman Islands trying to contact the visa office in Jamaica to make enquiries have reported to the Cayman Net News that they could not get through to the office. This has raised concerns that the office was temporarily closed due to the number of applications being received.. read more...

Person of the Day - Santangelo Bush

Maths is a nightmare for some students but not Santangelo Bush, a Grade 6 student at the Triple C School in George Town. “I love to do Maths because it’s fun,” he says. He also loves seafood and playing football and basketball as well. The eleven-year-old lad also fancies himself as a good player on the X-Box machines. Santangelo likes travelling and shopping in the US with his mum Dell Ebanks, daddy Joe Bush, and brothers Isaiah (7)... read more...