Governor assents to Gender Equality Bill
His Excellency the Governor Duncan Taylor has formally assented to the Gender Equality Bill. The groundbreaking legislation seeks to ensure equal opportunity and reward for equal effort in the workplace, as well as freedom from sexual harassment. It will become…
Cabinet Office launches White Paper Consult
The Cabinet Office has set up a webpage to invite public comment on the Cayman Islands’ relationship as an Overseas Territory (OT) with the UK, as part of an ongoing public consultation exercise launched by the UK. Following up on…
Top debate student is new tourism ambassador
Jaida Alexander, a student of John Gray High School, topped the 2011 Tourism Speak Off school’s debating competition held at the Grand Cayman Marriott on Tuesday, 27 September and was crowned ‘Tourism Ambassador’, to serve for a period of one…
We got 99 problems and now BlackBerry is one
BlackBerry users in the Cayman Islands and around the world have faced huge problems over the past few days getting and receiving emails and messages, as well as launching Internet services. However the BlackBerry services began to buzz back to…
GIRLS CRIME RISE: Youth problems mounting says Minister Adam
Police are arresting more and more young women for violent crime while almost half of the island’s youth are unemployed, according to Community Affairs Minister Mike Adam. Similarly, he said, “There has been a shift in attitudes towards drug use,…
Fire at Cheeky Monkey
Firefighters were called to a blaze at a fashion store in George Town. The fire started around 6pm on Wednesday night at Cheeky Monkey on the waterfront. Four members of staff inside the store evacuated the premises and called the…
ELECTRIC SHOCKER: Bush calls for major CUC audit
Premier McKeeva Bush will ask an overseas auditor to examine the books at Caribbean Utilities Company, seeking to determine why monthly electricity bills are so high. He proposed bringing to Cayman “a company out of the US or out of…
Lighthouse School gets new wheels
Early yesterday morning the Lighthouse School received a brand new bus for their physically challenged students. The receipt of their new bus couldn’t come at a better time as their current bus is in the garage. The Principal of the…
Keys to East End homes handed over
Although his new home was being visited by government leaders, six-year-old Raseah Bodden was more impressed with having “windows that I can look out of”. He is the first boy to move into the cozy subdivision of twelve new National…
East End seniors enjoy fellowship, fun and food
East End Civic Centre was filled with seniors for a special East End Seniors Fellowship meal, in order to celebrate October as ‘Senior Citizens Month.’ Community Development Officer for the District of East End, Delmira Kirchman-Bodden, helped organise the event…
