Data can fine-tune education
National Education Data Day was an opportunity for senior Ministry of Education officials to meet with principals of all government schools, in order to find out how data could be used to fine-tune the education system to meet growing expectations…
Free immigration application to launch
Local business owners and human-resource professionals are invited to the launch of the Department of Immigration’s new computer application, Immigration On-Line (IOL), on 21 February. Chief Immigration Officer Linda Evans encourages all interested businesspeople to take advantage of this introductory…
MAC ATTACK
Hundreds call for change at political rally Speaker after speaker called for the ouster of Premier McKeeva Bush and the ruling UDP on Thursday night, claiming the Cayman Islands was at a crossroads, threatened with losing democracy without immediate action….
Captains look forward to Singapore swing
The six captains in Singapore this week for Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 (WCL Div. 5) are all confident of promotion and feeling well prepared for the hot and humid conditions that the country has to offer. Singapore…
Caribbean coaching certification programme
The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC) has announced they will be hosting the first ever Caribbean Coaching Certification Programme (CCCP) training workshop in the Cayman Islands. In partnership with the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), the CIOC will…
Triple C students win Disney’s Conservation Challenge
Out of more than 1,300 entries from 69 classes across the Cayman Islands, the ultimate winner of Disney’s Planet Challenge (DPC) for 2012 has been announced: the Year 6 class from Triple C School in Grand Cayman! The winning project…
Bat’s not the way to do it
A large cave in North Side is being excavated and surveyed as a preliminary part of a future development as a tourist attraction site. Bat experts fear that any disturbance will cause the bats to fly away. The developer and…
New support for dump protestors
The coalition opposing relocation of the George Town Landfill to Midland Acres has gained the support of Bodden Town’s 200-resident Belford Housing Estates, swelling local dissent. At the same time, the 75-member Coalition to Keep Bodden Town Dump Free has…
Passport2Success helps gain skills
Seventeen men between the ages of 21 and 40 began their passport2success programme, aimed at helping people gain the skills they need to find jobs. Each of the men has to be unemployed in order to qualify for the programme….
