The Cayman Islands Government has taken out several advertisements in a newspaper in Jamaica seeking workers from that country, even though they have a policy ‘to balance the expatriate workforce.’.
Over the past few months, business owners have been told to seek employees
from other geographic locations when they make enquires into why work permit
applications for Jamaicans workers were denied ... read more...
School designs on hold for consultant
Minister of Education, Hon Alden McLaughlin has said that he will “hold fire on the design briefs” for the Cayman Islands’ three new schools in order to await the input of UK consultant, Stephen Heppell
– an education development expert whose visit here is scheduled for 21
February 2006. He said that new buildings had to accommodate development for schools in the future and that Mr Heppell’s
expertise is in this area... read more...
Traffic congestion has no easy solutions
It
is estimated that tens of millions of dollars are lost in productivity in the
Cayman Islands every year from employees sitting in traffic, which is
especially bad on West Bay Road. There are over 28,000 registered
vehicles in the country, with more being imported everyday. The National Roads
Authority finds itself in a situation where it is always playing catch up ... read
more...
District Commanders replaced
On 24 January Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS),
Anthony Ennis, announced that new police District Commanders had been
appointed throughout the Island, replacing officers who held the posts before.
Mr Ennis said that new officers were appointed, to bring fresh thinking to the
posts and said they were already in Active Command in their districts ... read
more...
Modern drug war now wages in cyberspace
On 25 January 2006, Jerome Harris – Special Agent with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), based in Puerto Rico – said millions of dollars are moving around the world via the Internet and, “these are the kind of investigations we have to become involved with.”
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Caymanian of the Week - Deseray McLean
Although it’s very hard taking blood samples from children, Phlebotomist Deseray
McLean doesn’t think the kids remember about it too long. “I try to be
as friendly and gentle as possible so they don’t have a bad memory of here,”
she says referring to their visits to the hospital. Ms McLean started
working in the laboratory of Faith Hospital after completing a fourteen-month
course at Erwin College, Tampa, in 2000
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The Cayman Islands Government has taken out several advertisements in a newspaper in Jamaica seeking workers from that country, even though they have a policy ‘to balance the expatriate workforce.’.
Over the past few months, business owners have been told to seek employees
from other geographic locations when they make enquires into why work permit
applications for Jamaicans workers were denied ...
Minister of Education, Hon Alden McLaughlin has said that he will “hold fire on the design briefs” for the Cayman Islands’ three new schools in order to await the input of UK consultant, Stephen Heppell
– an education development expert whose visit here is scheduled for 21
February 2006. He said that new buildings had to accommodate development for schools in the future and that Mr Heppell’s
expertise is in this area...
It
is estimated that tens of millions of dollars are lost in productivity in the
Cayman Islands every year from employees sitting in traffic, which is
especially bad on West Bay Road. There are over 28,000 registered
vehicles in the country, with more being imported everyday. The National Roads
Authority finds itself in a situation where it is always playing catch up ...
On 24 January Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS),
Anthony Ennis, announced that new police District Commanders had been
appointed throughout the Island, replacing officers who held the posts before.
Mr Ennis said that new officers were appointed, to bring fresh thinking to the
posts and said they were already in Active Command in their districts ...
Although it’s very hard taking blood samples from children, Phlebotomist Deseray
McLean doesn’t think the kids remember about it too long. “I try to be
as friendly and gentle as possible so they don’t have a bad memory of here,”
she says referring to their visits to the hospital. Ms McLean started
working in the laboratory of Faith Hospital after completing a fourteen-month
course at Erwin College, Tampa, in 2000
...
