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Month: August 2012

Bush’s budget speech shouts more soda than specifics. Manderson’s throne speech speaks of serious social concerns

Listening to a 3 ½ hour budget speech plus a half hour throne speech was heavy going on Monday (20) but it was required. The most exciting part of the whole proceedings was whether it was going to happen at…

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From an Invest to a TD and now TS Isaac in less than 24 hours

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC DISCUSSION NUMBER   3 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092012 500 PM AST TUE AUG 21 2012 AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING THE DEPRESSION REPORTED 44-KT FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS AT 1000 FT TO THE NORTHEAST…

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Jamaican International Soprano from the UK coming to Cayman Islands

An International Soprano singer from the UK with a Jamaican background and parents is coming to the Cayman Islands to perform at two concerts by an invitation from St. George’s Anglican Church, George Town, Grand Cayman. Abigail Kelly completed her…

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CIFEC Enrolment, Induction & Uniforms for 2012/2013

The school year is just about to begin and that means that students need to make the necessary preparations to be ready for the upcoming academic year.  Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) students are no exception, and need to…

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Notice: GHHS Field Closed

George Hicks High School field is closed to the public effective immediately, so work can be finished on the community walking track. The field will reopen on Monday, 27 August.

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5th Annual War on Weight Challenge Launched at Full of Beans

The Cayman Heart Fund War on Weight kickoff event was held at Full of Beans on Thursday, August 16, 2012.  The annual War on Weight challenge, also known as the WOW challenge, is funded by the Cayman Heart Fund, a…

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Update: Invest 94L/TD9 now TS Isaac: may threaten Cayman Islands

Further update: Now tropical Storm Isaac 000 WTNT34 KNHC 212050 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 500 PM AST TUE AUG 21 2012 …AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS THAT…

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NS MLA boycotts Throne Speech and Budget Address

Independent MLA for North Side, Ezzard Miller, sent out the following press release just before Monday’s (20) Throne Speech and Budget Address “It is rather curious that the Premier, having cancelled several previously announced dates and times for convening the…

2012 THRONE SPEECH

Delivered by His Excellency the Acting Governor, Mr. Franz Manderson CERT HON JP Monday, 20 August 2012 / Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly Building Madam Speaker, Members of the Legislative Assembly, it is a great honour for me, in my capacity…

Bush delivers a budget, unapproved because he had to

Although the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Minister Henry Bellingham has not approved the Cayman islands 2012/13 Budget, Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, presented it anyway because he said he had to and he was confident it would be approved….