Issue No. 1039 Tuesday, 28 February 2006

Stamp duty relief up

The ceilings on concessions given to first-time purchasers of property, who are Caymanian, are set to increase.  At the Cabinet Media Briefing on 24 February, Leader of Government Business, Hon Kurt Tibbetts said that the increased benefits have already been agreed in principle, and all that was left was for the formal authorisation of the new figures ... read more...

Making maths and science fun for kids

Last week, schools all over the Cayman Islands took part in special activities aimed at promoting greater awareness of mathematics and science.  Many of the activities of the week were aimed at making maths fun, and getting away from the more boring traditional idea of algebra, tangents and numbers, by using different games and competitions... read more...

Too many licence fees hurting small business

Just as the Government is looking at revenue sources such as licenses and fees, in order to raise $25 million for expenditure, members of the small and medium business community are complaining that there are too many trade and business licenses fees, which are threatening the financial growth of their businesses... read more...

Environment & Planning Laws must be in sync - DOE

With the launch a biodiversity programme comes expectations that environmental and planning laws could work jointly for the future development of the Cayman Islands.  The Darwin Initiative, a UK Government grant scheme promoting biodiversity protection and sustainable use of the environment, was launched at the Government House last week... read more...

Public opinion wanted

The Government has said that its campaign to spread the word about the forthcoming Freedom of Information campaign is in full swing. Organizations and government departments will soon be receiving information packages explaining the proposed bill... read more...

Person of the Day - Leleith Ebanks

During the week, she enjoys helping customers and interacting with friendly staff but on weekends, family time surpasses them all.   Diandra Bodden works as an Office Attendant at the Department of Environmental Health and loves fishing with her family in her spare time.  “Spending time fishing with my husband Elmond and sons Jamal and Jahrion are memorable moments to me."... read more...