Female Cayman Islands Senior Customs Officer placed on required leave
From Cayman Islands Customs Department The Collector of Customs, Charles Clifford, has announced that a female Senior Customs Officer has been placed on required leave as a result of allegations of corruption being made against her. The allegations have been…
Cayman Islands’ Grade 1 students taught road user safety as part of Share the Road
Representatives from Rotary and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) visited Cayman International School (CIS) last week to discuss proper pedestrian and road user safety as part of Cayman’s Rotary Clubs Share the Road campaign. Rotarian Dawn Cummings and…
Karen Rivers Cayman Islands Government Employee
Karen Rivers received CIG Employee of the Month for August for being the Most Driven. Ms Rivers, a Budget and Planning Manager in the Treasury Department, started her career with the Cayman Islands Government in November 1998 as a Budget…
Cayman Islands police urge victims of illegal cosmetic injection treatments to come forward
From RCIPS The RCIPS has reason to believe that a number of women in Cayman have experienced adverse effects after receiving cosmetic injections administered by unlicensed providers. These injections have led to severe skin infections, in some cases, that require…
The Editor Speaks: Plea bargains
The idea for this Editorial was given to me by local lawyer Peter Polack. Need I say more…… On Friday June 2nd 2017 The Plea Negotiations and Agreement Act, 2017, which provides for a system of plea bargaining for persons…
New Orleans port to see largest cruise ship in its history with Norwegian Breakaway
From The New Orleans Advocate When the Norwegian Breakaway docks and departs from the Port of New Orleans next fall, it will be the largest cruise ship to do so, the cruise line said Tuesday. The 1,068-foot, 3,963-passenger vessel will…
Tropical Depression 16 forms today (Wed 4). Forecast to be a hurricane
From NHC Tropical Depression Sixteen Discussion Number 1 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL162017 1100 AM EDT Wed Oct 04 2017 Satellite images indicate that the area of low pressure in the southwestern Caribbean Sea has become better organized…
Message from the Cayman Islands Minister for Education, Honourable Juliana O’Connor Connolly on World Teachers’ Day, 5 October 2017
As Minister for Education, it is with immense pride that I express my appreciation for the profession that I hold most dear to my heart- teaching. Since 1994, on 5 October, we pause to honour all those that have persevered…
Caribbean women benefit from climate change workshop
BY: REGINA SELMAN MOORE From Barbados Advocate Recognising that women are the most adversely affected by climate change, Environment Canada, in partnership with the Women’s Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO), held a Caribbean Women Climate Change Negotiators Workshop at UN…
Breeze Fusion 5K Walk/Run
Cayman Islands: 11th Annual Breeze Fusion 5K Walk/Run set for November 4th George Town, GC, October 2, 2017: Coming off of their record setting year in 2016, the annual Breeze Fusion 5K Walk / Run is seeking to exceed expectations…
