Portfolio holds first strategic planning retreat
With “excellence in the public service” being the new mantra for government, officials from the Deputy Governor’s Office/Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs (PIE) laid the groundwork for a new strategic plan during a recent two-day retreat. Over the coming…
European stocks up as holiday slowdown begins
LONDON (AP) — European markets bounced back Thursday as the traditional holiday slowdown began in earnest, rising a day after investors were rattled by the European Central Bank’s huge loans to bolster the continent’s banks. Investors were spooked by the…
Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Wal-Mart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it died from a rare infection. The…
The Publisher Speaks: My Christmas message
Christmas Greetings to all family and friends, also to visitors to these beautiful Cayman Islands. What a year 2011 has been. For some it has been a very difficult year. A lot of us are going through one of the…
Christmas message from H.E. The Governor Mr Duncan Taylor, CBE
I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year 2012! This is always a special time of year. Its significance is different for all of us. But there is a common thread. This is a time for…
Moving energy into action
This week (Monday, 26 December) GIS Spotlight revisits children engaging in wholesome activities, reviews rehabilitation and re-scans the night sky. First, we transport you to energising after school activities for children featuring sports, performing arts and hands-on lessons that are…
Government gets the kinks out of ex-gratia pensions system
The Cabinet has addressed some significant shortcomings in the Ex-Gratia pensions system which operates under the legislative authority of the Public Service Pensions Law. The Public Service Pensions (Ex-Gratia Pensions)(Amendment) Regulations, 2011 were issued by extraordinary gazette on 15th December…
Yankees hit with $13.9M luxury tax
The New York Yankees were hit with a $13.9 million luxury tax bill Thursday, their lowest since 2003. The fee, assessed by Major League Baseball under its labor contract, is down from $18 million last year and $25.7 million in…
The Christmas spirit
While for so many people this holiday season is about rampant commercialism, keeping up with the Joneses and rushing to keep up with a hectic schedule, we should all jump off the speed train and take time to not only…
CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING BOOK!
December marked the Cayman’s Homecoming concert at the Pageant Beach. This was the site of the old Pageant Beach Hotel that most of the kids of the 50’s and 60’s knew while growing up in the Cayman Islands.. This celebration…
