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Issue No. 1082 Friday, 28 April 2006
‘Road for PPM Backers’ - Mac The ruling People’s Progressive Movement party is being accused by the Leader of the United Democratic Party of fast-tracking the expansion of Esterley Tibbetts Highway to facilitate two of its biggest supporters. Work on the highway has been ongoing and is expected to be complete at the end of the year. The road links George Town to the Seven Mile Beach area... read more..
Tourism ‘caught’ by surprise over CWC World Cup Cricket 2007 is one of the largest and most prestigious sporting events in the world, and, according to tourism and sporting experts, is the largest single tourism event to hit the Caribbean. Yet, at this point tourism leaders in the Cayman Islands have expressed no interest in gaining what they can from an almost two-month-long event that will see some 100,000 new tourists... read more..
Affordable Housing revisited for Sister Islands An Affordable Housing project on Cayman Brac that started under the previous administration is once more underway. The groundbreaking of the development and playground in the Watering Place area took place the evening before Election Day. The ceremony was hosted by Julianna O’ Connor Connolly, then Minister for Planning, Communications and District Administration and IT... read more..
First payment coming for Dyoll creditorsAlthough the trouble is not entirely over for those waiting for payout from the bankrupt insurer Dyoll, the joint liquidators have said that creditors will receive an interim dividend of 12 percent in May. Approved by the Supreme Court of Jamaica details have been placed in the print media with instructions for creditors... read more..
Traffic cops want changes to motor vehicle laws The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Traffic Department wants the Legislative Assembly to approve changes to the laws governing motor vehicles so that the Cayman Islands can be in line with the standards of car-makers. At present the laws on the statute books makes it illegal for persons to operate a motor vehicle with less than 35 per cent transparency at all windows... read more..
Caymanian of the Week - Jamie Stewart Having one mother is invaluable but what would you say if you had two? Jamie Stewart is basking in the glory of knowing that she has two people to call mum. “I look at her as my second mum, she’s a wonderful person, in fact she’s the greatest person I have ever known,” she says of her sister, Catherine. Jamie is an Administrative Assistant at the Temporary Homes Management office... read more..
OTHER NEWS
BRACKER AND LITTLE CAYMANIAN
EDITORIAL
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
COMMENTARY
SPORTS


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