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UPDATE: Oklahoma tornado: Search for survivors continues
May 21st 2013 From BBC
Emergency workers in the US are continuing to search for survivors of the massive tornado that tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday.
Rescuers worked through the night in the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in Moore, the worst-hit area.
Neighbourhoods were flattened by [...]
A worship service to “prayerfully lift up” the Cayman Islands General Elections 2013 was held at Elmslie Memorial United Church on the waterfront, Harbor Drive, George Town, Grand Cayman last Sunday (19) at 5pm.
Officiating was Rt. Rev. Yvette Noble-Bloomfield Moderator of the United Church of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands,, Rev. Tata Tyme, Chair of [...]
From Seven Summits Challenge
Guy normally writes all his own blogs but hopefully he won’t mind me letting you all know that he summited successfully yesterday and is currently resting in Camp 4. He will descend down to Camp 2 tomorrow.
A personal blog from Guy and some pictures to follow, upon his safe return to Base [...]
The returning officers wishes to advise all candidates who have appointed agents to make them aware as to which polling stations they are assigned to. Agents will only be sworn at their assigned stations where their identification badges have been delivered to. Due to the large numbers of agents appointed, returning officers are advising that [...]
A senior manager with over 30 years of experience in corrections will take up the role of the Director at Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) next month, the Portfolio of Internal and external Affairs announced today (Friday 17 May).
The successful candidate, Neil Lavis, is currently the serving Governor of HMP Swansea in the [...]
Election Type: Parliamentary
Date: May 22, 2013
Description of government structure:
Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II *
Government is headed by the Governor and the Cabinet
Cabinet consists of the Premier and six other ministers
Leader of Government: Premier Julianna O’CONNOR-CONNOLLY
Assembly: Cayman Islands has now (from May 22 2013) a unicameral Legislative Assembly with 18 seats.
* Represented by Governor Duncan [...]
Facility for young offenders ditched
At the last Minority Government Press Briefing last week it was announced by the Minister of Community Affairs, Dwayne Seymour, that the proposed young offenders facility that was modelled on one in Missouri, USA, has been ditched due to costs.
Although $8M had been budgeted for the facility the latest estimate of [...]
According to Mr. Alain Beiner, chairman of the Coalition to Keep BT Dump Free, “We’ve succeeded in making Dart’s proposed dump deal a major issue in the election campaign. And, given the widespread opposition to needlessly establishing a waste management facility in Bodden Town (BT), it’s no surprise that many candidates have ‘jumped on the [...]
The week of Monday, 13 May, GIS Spotlight goes on a mission to bring you culture, and revisits two icons in the Cayman landscape.
A haven of Caymanian history and culture flourishes proudly in Bodden Town. Take a trip with us to the Mission House, a beautifully restored building, full of artefacts and memorabilia from a [...]
