Deputy Governor’s Minutes
Acting Deputy Governor Jennifer Ahern sent us the abbreviated Minutes of the Chief Officers’ Meeting held on April 2nd. Ms Gloria McField-Nixon was welcomed back into the Civil Service and the various teams gave a progress report of the Review…
Jury rules a verdict of suicide
A Coroner’s Inquest on Tuesday 3 April into the death of American citizen Francis Xavier Delessio ended with the jury finding that the 49-year-old’s death was the result of suicide. Mr. Delessio was a consultant for Sagicor General at the…
Magnum Jewelers selected to lease and redevelop the Craft Market
On April 5th’s sitting of the Legislative Assembly, Dep. Premier, Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly said the government had agreed to lease the Craft Market (a parcel of crown land off Cardinal Avenue, George Town) to local jewellery company, Magnum Jewelers, who…
LIBEL EXPERT DAVID POTTS TALKS REPUTATION MANAGEMENT FOR THE 21st CENTURY
In our digital age, online defamation affects individuals and organisations of all kinds—from entrepreneurs and politicians to corporations and not-for-profits. Now, more than ever, knowing how to manage, protect and restore reputations on the Internet is an essential skill not…
Ellio Solomon says government not interested in Pageant Beach cruise jetty
On CITN-Cayman27’s “The Panel” programme last Tuesday (10) MLA Ellio Soloman, who is leading the negotiations with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build a cruise berthing facility in George Town, admitted there is a proposal on the table to…
Premier rejects West Bay Road preservation pleas
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday (10), representatives from the Concerned Citizens Group, the West Bay Action Committee, Save Cayman and the Coalition to Keep Bodden Town Dump Free circulated correspondence between the groups, the premier and the Foreign…
BCQS ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGE FOR BVI OFFICE
BCQS International, the leading Property and Development Consultancy of its kind in the Caribbean region and Latin America, today announced that Associate Director, Jennifer Dunn, who has been working for BCQS since April 2007, would be moving from the Barbados…
National Museum should expand Caribbean exhibits, says ICCI Grad student
A graduate student has proposed expanding the Cayman Islands National Museum exhibits to feature the wider Caribbean to attract and engage a more diverse group of visitors. The results of a survey showed that 67 percent of residents had visited…
Harmonised coding system passed
In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday (5) a new customs law facilitating the use of a harmonised coding system was passed. Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, who has responsibility for customs said, “The current system used for classifying imports and exports…
Marlins’ Ozzie Guillen apologises over Castro flap
MIAMI (AP) — A contrite Ozzie Guillen sat in the heart of Little Havana seeking forgiveness for what the Miami Marlins manager called the biggest mistake of his life – saying he admired Fidel Castro. This wasn’t some offhanded insult…
