The Multi Layered Costs of Addiction [in the Cayman Islands]
By Lynn Robinson Programme Coordinator Caribbean Haven Residential Cente This year’s theme for Recovery Month is It’s Worth It. When you think about the cost of addiction, you may be forced to think about the amount of money people spend…
Cayman Islands Athletic Association (CIAA) AGM Notice
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of the members of the CIAA will be held on Wednesday September 19th 2012 at 6:00pm in the VIP Lounge, Truman Bodden Sports Complex,…
Free Beginners Referee Course offered
The Cayman Islands Referees Department (CIRD) is offering a Beginners Referee Course to certify referees to officiate CIFA youth football matches for the upcoming season. Certified referees will only officiate Under 13 Boys, Under 15 Boys, Under 13 Girls, and…
Sydney’s Anglican Church introduces “submit” wedding vows “after Fifty Shades of Grey”
Sydney’s Anglican Church has been criticised after changing the marriage ceremony to include a vow by the wife to “submit” to her husband – a pledge likened by critics to “reading Fifty Shades of Grey”. By Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney…
Atrial fibrillation (AF)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). It may cause no symptoms, but it is often associated with palpitations, fainting, chest pain, or congestive heart failure. However, in…
New edition of Tracing Your Caribbean [and Cayman Islands] Ancestors
By Chris Paton, British GENES (British Genealogy News and Events) A new edition of Guy Crannum’s “Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors”, which deals with ancestral research in the British West Indies, has been published by Bloomsbury. The National Archives (TNA) has…
How to Become an Exceptional Presenter … the Chamber’s Training Centre
On August 30th, a total of nine participants benefited from the skills imparted by Chamber instructor, Juliem McLaughlin, in the course entitled “The Exceptional Presenter”. In this one-day workshop, participants learned practical techniques on how to structure presentation material, create…
More DVITP Graduates
Thirteen graduates recently received certificates upon completing the Domestic Violence Intervention Training Programme (DVITP). Drawn from the Department of Community Rehabilitation, Postal Services, Public Libraries, Crisis Centre, and including retired police officers from the United Kingdom, the latest group…
Pensions Withdrawals
The Cayman Islands National Pensions Law was amended in 2011 to allow pension members to withdraw up to KYD$35,000.00 from their pension plan to purchase a home, construction of a home, pay off an existing mortgage or purchase a piece…
More red tape for all Cayman companies:
[This] “amendment is the most ill drafted and ill conceived one that I have seen in over forty years” says prominent Cayman accountant, “Should this amendment come to pass the islands Financial Industry will collapse over night.” Georgina Wilcox In…
