Overwhelming response to Afterschool Programme
In just three weeks the secondary schools’ Extended Afterschool Programme (EASP) has recorded an overwhelming response with more than 800 registrations and some 500 students participating weekly. The free programme offers students attending government high schools 31 activities, including martial…
When is being a Caymanian not a Caymanian?
I have Cayman Status along with a few thousand others here in the Cayman Islands. When I leave and return these islands I receive a ticket placed in my passport with the abbreviation “C/S” scrawled on it. I have a…
FirstCaribbean acquire CIBC shares
FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited announced Oct. 3 that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares in CIBC Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Limited, a Cayman Islands Company and CIBC Trust Company (Bahamas)…
Holness ready for PM position
Jamaican Education Minister Andrew Holness – favourite to take over as PM – has addressed hundreds of jubilant party supporters. Although the meeting was planned as a delegates-only assembly for those in north east St Ann, was transformed into a…
Superior’s seven learn all about autos
Six young men and one young woman have begun a fully-certified, one-year course in car mechanics at Superior Auto, a full service garage in George Town. Last year, six students began the programme, but three dropped out, leaving three to…
In high-tech tributes, Apple fans mourn Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs saw the future and led the world to it. He moved technology from garages to pockets took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them. Jobs, who founded and ran Apple,…
Parents say thanks to teachers
Parents took over for a couple hours yesterday (5 October) at schools across the Cayman Islands, while their children’s teachers and support assistants were thanked and feted. As part of their World Teachers’ Day observation, parent teachers’ associations pulled out…
The Editor speaks: A tough job ahead for employment overhaul
Ellio Solomon has announced he plans a radical overhaul of the employment system, which could lead to “Caymanian only” jobs. A good idea? If executed correctly then it can only be a step in the right direction for the country…
Prison education initiatives celebrated
“Give us the books” were the shouts of scores of HMP Northward inmates who participated in recent literacy celebrations. They were responding to the question posed during the Literacy Month observance – organised by the Prison Learning and Development Unit….
Good Stuff is playing Mind Games
Local musician and producer, Osbert Smith aka Good Stuff, is releasing a new album with a Florida flavour titled Mind Games. Recently retired Mr. Smith was born in Belize but has spent the past 28 years living in the Cayman…
