Cayman Islands prison officer recruitment testing
Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) hosted more than 100 applicants who took part in the Prison Officer Recruitment Testing last week. Prison Service Director Neil Lavis said 128 people took the entrance exam, which was offered over a…
Cayman Islands: Protecting coral reefs – Conyers and CCMI
More of Cayman’s coral reefs are being protected thanks to Conyers Dill & Pearman joining forces with the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) for the annual Festival of Seas, a celebration of the extensive research and education work undertaken by…
Drones help write new history of Caribbean
From Universiteit Leiden Drones are proving to be a good means of mapping man-made changes in the landscape. Geophysicist Till Sonneman and his colleagues (archaeology) are experimenting with drones in inaccessible areas of the Caribbean. Columbus as turning point In the…
Google opens computer science lab in Oakland for young people of color
By Megan Rose Dickey From TechCrunch Google is officially unveiling Code Next, its computer science lab for youth, today in Oakland. The program, which USA Today’s Jessica Guynn got wind of last month, is designed to offer young black and…
A New Manners To Go Etiquette Consultant in the Cayman Islands!
by LISA From Manners To Go Cynthia West is now teaching the Manners To Go program in the Cayman Islands and we are thrilled to have her on the team. So that you can learn more about Cynthia, we asked…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Demonstration of Distress Flare Off Seven Mile Beach Thursday, 13 October, at 7:30PM Thursday evening, 13 October, at 7:30PM, the Joint Marine Unit will fire two distress flares off Seven Mile Beach for the purposes of demonstrating for the public…
Tara Rivers: Extension of the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women to the Cayman Islands
Statement to the Legislative Assembly Second Meeting of 2016/2017 Session By the Honourable Tara Rivers, JP, MLA Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs Extension of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to the…
Guyana Foundation Sunrise Center pilot phase successfully completed
From Demerara Waves Hague Back, Guyana – (October 11, 2016) The Guyana Foundation recently announced that the pilot phase of its Sunrise Center on the Essequibo Coast was successfully completed. This announcement was made last week at the Westin Hotel,…
Cayman Islands Information Commissioner completes own-motion investigation into the FOI tracking system
Use of the central tracking system for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has improved significantly since 2014, but the system is still not being used by all public authorities. In its latest own-motion compliance investigation, the Information Commissioner’s Office…
Cayman Drama Society offers a ‘special offer’ on acting classes and workshops
Hello Thespians! For those of you interested in the new training department CDS now has to offer, this email is here to tell you more. We are now offering classes for children, teenagers and adults along with corporate training services…