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Day: May 28, 2018

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Ms Olive Honoured at Queen’s 92nd Birthday Celebrations

The Queen’s 92nd birthday will be celebrated on Saturday 9 June. Ms. Olive Miller will be honoured for her service to the community. GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Cayman Islands will celebrate Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday on…

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Cayman Islands’ swimmers back in action with May Lions Sprint

Focused on the second training cycle of the calendar year, Stingray Swim Club (SSC) hosts two meets – a fun and fast sprint meet – the Lions Sprint meet that took place Saturday 12 May, and the upcoming Landon Von…

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Cayman Islands: Boy’s Under 11 FA Cup begins

With the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) Boy’s Under 11 league completed, the focus this past Saturday, May 26, was on FA Cup first round games. Due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’ only two of the four scheduled first round games were…

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Cayman Islands ESO conducts field work to update the Household Register

Staff from the Economics and Statistics Office will be in various communities across all districts starting today (Monday, 28 May  2018) collecting basic housing information necessary to update the ESO’s Household Register. The Household Register is a list of all…

The Editor Speaks: Forecasters predictions for hurricane seasons

Last year the forecasters predictions for 2017 hurricane season were wrong. The below normal forecast turned out to be well over the normal. This year the crystal ball is showing them near- or above-normal hurricanes. Forecasters predict a 35 percent…

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Ex-director of Cayman Islands museum to retire as Jefferson County Historical Society director

By Jeannie McMacken From Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Historical Society’s executive director is retiring at the end of the month. Since 2002, Bill Tennent, 70, has been the force behind many events that have become woven…

2 J’cans among 4 C’bean authors shortlisted for Commonwealth award

From Jamaica Observer LONDON, United Kingdom (CMC) — Four Caribbean writers are among several authors shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Jamaicans Marcus Bird and Sharma Taylor as well as Trinidad and Tobago nationals Kevin Hosein and Breanne…

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2018 Cayman Airways Under 15 Tournament starts this week

West Bay Sports Foundation hosts the 2018 Cayman Airways Invitational Under 15 Youth Football Cup this week from Tuesday, May 29 to Saturday, June 2 at the Ed Bush Sports Field in West Bay and the Cayman Brac Field in…

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce joins 2018 Cayman Invitational Line-up

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Jamaica sweetheart Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce joins the line-up for the Cayman Invitational which takes place on Saturday, 2 June 2018 at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex starting at 6pm. Fraser-Pryce’s fellow countryman Asafa Powell and American…

Five things to know about Mia Mottley, Barbados’ first female prime minister

BY NDUTA WAWERU From FACE2FACE Africa The Caribbean Island of Barbados has elected for the first time a female prime minister, Mia Mottley. Mottley was on Friday sworn in as the eighth prime minister and the fifth female head of…