SOME radio stations in the Cayman Islands are coming
under fire from listeners who claim they play offensive music and call for the
suspension of their licences. One complainant to Cayman Net News said the
airwaves are filled with profanity and vulgarity. “Many local radio stations
are playing music with profanities or with a suggestive and vulgar nature for
the listening audience,” the writer said... read
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McKeeva Bush calls for more patience
OPPOSITION LEADER McKeeva Bush has recommended “patience”
as a powerful New Year’s resolution to his senior West Bay constituents who
were treated to a Christmas dinner at the John A Cumber School in West Bay on
Monday 19 December. Mr Bush, who arranged the annual social with his
Legislative Assembly Member (MLA) colleagues Rolston Anglin, Cline Glidden Jr.
and Captain Eugene Ebanks... read more...
Minister says there are few ‘absolute rights’
Hon Alden McLaughlin – head of the existing Human Rights
Committee in the Cayman Islands – has admitted that he sees the potential for
a conflict of interest with him, a Minister of Government, heading up the
newly formed committee. Speaking at a Media Briefing by Cabinet Ministers on 16
December he raised the various issues that face the new committee and said,
“Some people believe that it (human rights)... read more...
Government still hopes for aid from Europe
Even as the Cayman Islands moves into the year 2006, the
2004 hurricane, Ivan, is still a major issue for Government in particular with
regard to the administration’s pursuit of an “exceptional circumstance” EU aid
package...
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Business conference to raise question of outsourcing
Everything from outsourcing, to the impact of the global workforce will come
under the microscope at the Cayman Business Outlook 2006 conference which will
be held at The Ritz-Carlton on Wednesday 18 January...
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more...
Person of the Day - Barbara King
Growing up in the countryside in Alabama was good
preparation for Cayman Brac in 1966, when Barbara King arrived with her husband
Rev Lee King. “It was very hard when we first came. We had to ‘make do’,
and I’d forgotten all that, having spent a few years in Pensacola, Florida,
where we got used to the comfort of a small city,” says Ms King. “We brought two
children and all my background came back...
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more...
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SOME radio stations in the Cayman Islands are coming
under fire from listeners who claim they play offensive music and call for the
suspension of their licences. One complainant to Cayman Net News said the
airwaves are filled with profanity and vulgarity. “Many local radio stations
are playing music with profanities or with a suggestive and vulgar nature for
the listening audience,” the writer said...
OPPOSITION LEADER McKeeva Bush has recommended “patience”
as a powerful New Year’s resolution to his senior West Bay constituents who
were treated to a Christmas dinner at the John A Cumber School in West Bay on
Monday 19 December. Mr Bush, who arranged the annual social with his
Legislative Assembly Member (MLA) colleagues Rolston Anglin, Cline Glidden Jr.
and Captain Eugene Ebanks...
Hon Alden McLaughlin – head of the existing Human Rights
Committee in the Cayman Islands – has admitted that he sees the potential for
a conflict of interest with him, a Minister of Government, heading up the
newly formed committee. Speaking at a Media Briefing by Cabinet Ministers on 16
December he raised the various issues that face the new committee and said,
“Some people believe that it (human rights)...
Growing up in the countryside in Alabama was good
preparation for Cayman Brac in 1966, when Barbara King arrived with her husband
Rev Lee King. “It was very hard when we first came. We had to ‘make do’,
and I’d forgotten all that, having spent a few years in Pensacola, Florida,
where we got used to the comfort of a small city,” says Ms King. “We brought two
children and all my background came back...
