Issue No. 992 Tuesday, 20 December 2005

Planning Appeals Focus

Government is to consider appointing six deputy chairpersons to the Planning Appeal Tribunal (PAT) ‘over the coming weeks’ to help clear the backlog of appeals, according to the ministry of District Administration and Planning. Presently, there is one chairman, a deputy chairman and seven other members on the PAT. Under the guidelines of the PAT, only the Chairman and the deputy chairman... read more...

Chamber concedes on New Year’s Eve ban

ONE MONTH after Government failed to respond to its “letter of concerns” about the New Year’s Eve issue, the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce, (CICC), has decided to move on. The Chamber wrote to Government in November expressing... read more...

George Hicks raises CI $8,800 for Oxfam

Students from George Hicks High School recently raised CI$ 8,800 for developing communities in poor countries of the world, by participating in the international charity, Oxfam’s Unwrapped scheme. The scheme raises funds for projects in poorer countries such as Ethiopia, Chad, Bangladesh, and Haiti. It is called Unwrapped because it is a novel way of sending a gift to a friend. Paula Ross, one of the teachers who organized... read more...

Students face new discipline policy in schools

Minister of Education, Hon Alden McLaughlin has announced that he is focusing on discipline in schools. Wiping out what he calls “an imported prison culture of super-sized clothes” in schools was one of the first issues he raised at the last weeks media briefing on Friday16 December, when he said children attending school in the Cayman Islands will have to get rid of their oversized school clothes ... read more...

Issues raised over airport security

Concerns of people bypassing Immigration Officers at the Owen Roberts International Airport and boarding flights to different countries have been raised by the recent revelation that some of the alleged  1500 illegals in this country have already left, but had not properly cleared immigration on departure. According to David Frederick, CEO Cayman Islands Airport Authority (CIAA), there is no breach in security... read more...

Person of the Day - Carol Bennett

An early intervention teacher at the Lighthouse School, Carol Bennet has two dreams. “My dream is to own my own school for children with special needs, but my bigger dream is to be rich enough to stay home with my daughter, Kathleen.” Mrs Bennett who holds a Master’s degree and Bachelor’s degree in Special Education said she has the ‘coolest job in the world’. “I get paid to play with kids all day, I love it... read more...