The Chief Immigration Officer (CIO), Franz Manderson, has confirmed that he is working on a proposal to Cabinet to get staff exemptions for The Pines Retirement Home. This development comes after The Pines' not receiving a response for several weeks from the Ministry of Health Services and appealing to the Governor for help. Manager of The Pines, Sue Nicholson, is greatly relieved... read more..
UCCI's historic day as first graduates receive degrees
The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) held its graduation ceremony on Thursday 13 July in the University College Assembly Hall. It was an historical event, as it was the first time in the college's history that students were awarded Bachelor of Science degrees. Present at the ceremony were UCCI staff and board members including the President, Sam Basdeo... read more..
Insect expert joins the fight against mealybug
The Department of Agriculture (DoA) is stepping up its pink hibiscus mealybug (PHM) eradication campaign with the introduction this week of the bio-control programme into Grand Cayman. Expertise has also been obtained from Florida with a leading entomologist heading to Cayman Islands from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA... read more..
Government says it will not regulate fuel prices
The Leader of Government Business, Hon Kurt Tibbetts, said that his Government would not become a bulk purchaser of fuel, even though other governments in the region have done so to address fuel and energy-cost challenges. On 14 July at a post Cabinet Media Briefing, Mr Tibbetts raised the troubling fuel issue as part of his report on the meeting of CARICOM Heads... read more..
No hurricanes in Atlantic yet
The Pacific region has now recorded two named hurricanes and in a season where some 17 or more storms have been predicted in the Atlantic, our region has still only witnessed one tropical storm so far this year. Tropical Storm Alberto formed in the Atlantic Basin during June and was true to form as in the 50 years prior to 2006 at least one named storm formed in the Atlantic Basin by 30 June in 29 of those years... read more..
Child of the Day - Arleny Connor
A two-time honour roll student at the Red Bay Primary, Arleny Connor loves mathematics and reading. The daughter of Dwight and Alma Connor, she is a Year 1 student who speaks English and Spanish fluently. "Mummy and daddy are very nice to me and I love them," she says. Arleny is the reigning Little Miss beauty queen of the Cayman Islands... read more..
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The Chief Immigration Officer (CIO), Franz Manderson, has confirmed that he is working on a proposal to Cabinet to get staff exemptions for The Pines Retirement Home. This development comes after The Pines' not receiving a response for several weeks from the Ministry of Health Services and appealing to the Governor for help. Manager of The Pines, Sue Nicholson, is greatly relieved... 
The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) held its graduation ceremony on Thursday 13 July in the University College Assembly Hall. It was an historical event, as it was the first time in the college's history that students were awarded Bachelor of Science degrees. Present at the ceremony were UCCI staff and board members including the President, Sam Basdeo... 
The Department of Agriculture (DoA) is stepping up its pink hibiscus mealybug (PHM) eradication campaign with the introduction this week of the bio-control programme into Grand Cayman. Expertise has also been obtained from Florida with a leading entomologist heading to Cayman Islands from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA... 
The Leader of Government Business, Hon Kurt Tibbetts, said that his Government would not become a bulk purchaser of fuel, even though other governments in the region have done so to address fuel and energy-cost challenges. On 14 July at a post Cabinet Media Briefing, Mr Tibbetts raised the troubling fuel issue as part of his report on the meeting of CARICOM Heads... 
A two-time honour roll student at the Red Bay Primary, Arleny Connor loves mathematics and reading. The daughter of Dwight and Alma Connor, she is a Year 1 student who speaks English and Spanish fluently. "Mummy and daddy are very nice to me and I love them," she says. Arleny is the reigning Little Miss beauty queen of the Cayman Islands... 
