Occupational hazard! Promoting a culture of safety
Hazards in the workplace increase stress and play a part in causing accidents, injuries, disease, and even death. On Monday 16 January 2012 the staff and management at the Marriott Beach Resort took part in an intense safety programme. The…
Brac plane crash
Police have named two men killed when a plane crashed on Cayman Brac. Jose Santos Castaneda Castrejon age 35 years from Mexico and Columbian Fernando Duran Garcia, 56, died following the accident last November. A spokeswoman for the RCIPS said:…
Road closure is longer, says Alice
In a surprise Thursday night revelation, Alice Mae Coe, head of West Bay’s Concerned Citizens Group, said the section of road by Public Beach scheduled for closure was nearly 1,250 feet longer than government claims. Visibly bristling, Ms Coe and…
JA ethics course supported by Rotary Central
Rotary Central has helped introduce Cayman’s future business leaders to the importance of business ethics by providing volunteer support to Junior Achievement’s high school program, JA Business Ethics. Year 12 students at the Cayman Islands Further Education Center (CIFEC) completed…
Prep kids robotics success
Cyber Rays, the Cayman Prep High School robotics club win at Clearwater, FL, qualifier. The Cyber Rays, a team of five students from year 7 and 8 of Cayman Prep High School, competed in a qualifier First Lego League tournament…
Second chances for single mothers
Single women trying to raise a child or children on their own can find it difficult to enhance their career prospects. They need financial resources, child care and other support to pursue opportunities. The Passport2Success programme (P2P), run by the…
Sculptures of human emotions
Avril Ward is already well-known in the Cayman Islands for her bold and vivid acrylic paintings, but recently she has been branching out into sculptures too, although it is perhaps more accurate to say she has rediscovered sculpture: “Sculpture and…
GUILTY OF MURDER
Life in jail after club shooting Chief Justice Anthony Smellie yesterday found Devon Anglin guilty of the September 2009 nightclub murder of Carlo Webster. Chief Superintendent John Jones said after the verdict: “A dangerous and evil person has been put behind bars for…
Pelican perched on a pole
People driving past the Prospect Point roundabout in the morning will probably have noticed a pelican, perched high on a light pole. Environmental Field Officer with the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, Stuart Mailer has identified the bird, named…
