A reported huge clamp down on commercial vehicles in
Miami resulted in Cayman Net News’ Friday 16 December edition stuck in
the back of a truck in a police pound in Dade County, Florida. A catalogue of disasters throughout Thursday 15 December
meant that Net News had an arduous journey home and keen readers were
left wondering where their new bigger, better, bolder weekend edition was on
Thursday... read
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Take pocket bikes off Christmas lists
Police Chiefs have now warned parents that mini
motorbikes are illegal on the road and they should be taken off children’s
Christmas lists. On 15 December – at the last monthly Media Briefing by
the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) for the year 2005 – Rudolph
Dixon spoke as Acting Commissioner of the RCIPS, in the absence of Police
Commissioner, Stuart Kernohan, who was off the island... read more...
HSA Cardiology decides on non-invasive cath lab
The Health Services Authority (HSA) is laying the
groundwork to install a non-invasive catherisation laboratory on the Island,
which will enable cardiologists to diagnose heart conditions more accurately. Since this cath lab will focus on diagnosis rather than
treatment, it does not fully resolve the issue that erupted earlier this year
by a leading cardiologist and other medical doctors who said it was imperative
to treat ... read more...
Aedes Aegyti mosquitoes are here
A HEALTH official has revealed that there is a real risk
of contracting dengue fever in the Cayman Islands as concerns mount over the
higher than normal presence here of the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes. The mosquito is the primary carrier for viruses that
cause dengue fever and yellow fever, which could lead to death. Assistant Director of the Mosquito Research and Control
Unit (MRCU), Dr Alan Wheeler..
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John Gray High School Christmas Programme
The John Gray High School Christmas Programme took place on Wednesday, 14
December. The concert began with the John Gray High School Concert Band playing
On This Day Earth Shall Ring...
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Person of the Day - Ann Marie Davidson
BORN to very poor parents in St Ann, Jamaica, Ann Marie
Davidson made a personal commitment to beat poverty with a tool called
education. “Growing up in Jamaica, my parents were very poor but I
grew up never wanting to be poor, so the first thing I did was educate myself,”
she says. She passed all nine CXCs and three ‘A’ Levels before coming to the
Cayman Islands to work as Store Clerk at Kirk Office Equipment...
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more...
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A reported huge clamp down on commercial vehicles in
Miami resulted in Cayman Net News’ Friday 16 December edition stuck in
the back of a truck in a police pound in Dade County, Florida. A catalogue of disasters throughout Thursday 15 December
meant that Net News had an arduous journey home and keen readers were
left wondering where their new bigger, better, bolder weekend edition was on
Thursday...
Police Chiefs have now warned parents that mini
motorbikes are illegal on the road and they should be taken off children’s
Christmas lists. On 15 December – at the last monthly Media Briefing by
the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) for the year 2005 – Rudolph
Dixon spoke as Acting Commissioner of the RCIPS, in the absence of Police
Commissioner, Stuart Kernohan, who was off the island...
The Health Services Authority (HSA) is laying the
groundwork to install a non-invasive catherisation laboratory on the Island,
which will enable cardiologists to diagnose heart conditions more accurately. Since this cath lab will focus on diagnosis rather than
treatment, it does not fully resolve the issue that erupted earlier this year
by a leading cardiologist and other medical doctors who said it was imperative
to treat ...
A HEALTH official has revealed that there is a real risk
of contracting dengue fever in the Cayman Islands as concerns mount over the
higher than normal presence here of the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes. The mosquito is the primary carrier for viruses that
cause dengue fever and yellow fever, which could lead to death. Assistant Director of the Mosquito Research and Control
Unit (MRCU), Dr Alan Wheeler..
BORN to very poor parents in St Ann, Jamaica, Ann Marie
Davidson made a personal commitment to beat poverty with a tool called
education. “Growing up in Jamaica, my parents were very poor but I
grew up never wanting to be poor, so the first thing I did was educate myself,”
she says. She passed all nine CXCs and three ‘A’ Levels before coming to the
Cayman Islands to work as Store Clerk at Kirk Office Equipment...
