It now costs for each prisoner CI$53,000 per year to maintain inmates the Cayman Islands prison system, a figure hotly debated on Thursday 18 May when the Finance Committee met to vote on the Prison’s $11.5 million Budget allocation for the financial year... read more..
The Tour Company cleans up West Bay
Staff from The Tour Company were busy picking up litter all along West Bay on Friday 19 May. The company specializes in arranging tours for cruise ship passengers and has ‘adopted’ a section of West Bay Road, and the corresponding section of Seven Mile Beach, from the Sea Grape Beach to Government House. Staff can choose to spend some of their time cleaning up the road... read more..
Will animals ride out the storm?
In spite of advance planning by local animal lovers, the safety of hundreds of the Island’s pets if a storm strikes is still a guarded secret, as the authorities remain mute on the subject. Environmentalist William Adam is going on the offensive to get Government to declare animal shelters on Grand Cayman with the hurricane season less than two weeks away... read more..
Concerns remain over construction safety on sites
While there appears to be a shift within the construction industry toward appreciating the need for safety and risk management, with numerous accidents and one fatality this year there are still widespread concerns about the management of health and safety on many sites. People are still being injured far too frequently on the country’s construction sites... read more..
Watch out for the Turtles
With the start of the Turtle nesting, the Marine Turtle Beach Monitoring Programme is seeking volunteers to help monitor the marine creatures. The team is also asking people to keep watch for those who do not have the best interests of the Sea turtles at heart... read more..
Person of Day - Patrick Schmid
Having graduated from the University of Southampton in, England where he obtained his Law degree, Patrick Schmid completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the College of Law, in England as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics at the Centro Venezolano-Americano in Caracas. He also completed the International Baccalaureate program... read more..
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Staff from The Tour Company were busy picking up litter all along West Bay on Friday 19 May. The company specializes in arranging tours for cruise ship passengers and has ‘adopted’ a section of West Bay Road, and the corresponding section of Seven Mile Beach, from the Sea Grape Beach to Government House. Staff can choose to spend some of their time cleaning up the road... 
While there appears to be a shift within the construction industry toward appreciating the need for safety and risk management, with numerous accidents and one fatality this year there are still widespread concerns about the management of health and safety on many sites. People are still being injured far too frequently on the country’s construction sites... 
Having graduated from the University of Southampton in, England where he obtained his Law degree, Patrick Schmid completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the College of Law, in England as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics at the Centro Venezolano-Americano in Caracas. He also completed the International Baccalaureate program... 
