Rio Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt wins 100m gold, Justin Gatlin second, Andre de Grasse bronze
From BBC Jamaica’s Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin to gold at Rio 2016. Bolt, 29, ran 9.81 seconds in his final Olympics to replicate his success at Beijing…
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Wave moves into the Southeast Caribbean…. Off the coast of Africa By Mike Buresh From NEWS 104.5 WOKV The Atlantic Basin remains pretty quiet. A weak tropical wave is moving into the far Southeast Caribbean, but its low…
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Cayman Islands: Applications for the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships open 8 August 2016
The Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for 2017/2018 Chevening Scholarships via www.chevening.org/apply from 8 August until 8 November 2016. Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with demonstrable leadership potential who also have strong academic backgrounds. The scholarship offers financial support…
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands partners with Digicel to Take Work from the National Art Collection on the Road
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) in partnership with Digicel is set to launch a dynamic island-wide advocacy campaign bringing activities based on works from the National Art Collection into schools throughout the Cayman Islands districts. The project,…
Heroes Day 2017 to honour Cayman Islands Tourism Sector
The largest national recognition event will honour “Pioneers in Tourism”, next January, at 2017 National Heroes Day (NHD). The NHD Committee, a group comprised of public and private sector representatives, met on Tuesday, 9 August, 2016, to discuss the chosen…
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Establishment of the Cayman Islands Child Safeguarding Board
A Child Safeguarding Board has been established in the Cayman Islands. This multidisciplinary Board will enable entities to work collaboratively in the interest of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in the Cayman Islands. Membership of…
The Editor Speaks: Sugar and thunderstorms
Unless you are both deaf and blind you will have noticed the frequency of the thunderstorms we have been experiencing here on Grand Cayman. I do not like thunderstorms, especially when the lightning flash coincides with the crashing sound of…
Open tender for all retail space at Cayman Islands ORIA
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (12 August, 2016) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) is taking another major step in the airport expansion and redevelopment project with an open tender for all retail space at the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA)….
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Sir Ronald Sanders: Where has fight in developing countries gone?
By Sir Ronald Sanders The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not their achievement alone; it is also the fault of developing countries that let them….
Door to Door Enumeration for General Elections starts end August
Election officials are gearing up for the start of door to door enumeration of voters on Saturday, 27 August 2016, in the run up to next year’s General Elections. Just over 160 enumerators will be knocking on the doors of…
