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Month: September 2014

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The Editor Speaks: How about this for the police winning over the public for co-operation?

In a report on CITN/Cayman 27 last Wednesday (24) the television station’s news announced and showed officers from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) out on the road in George Town looking “to snare motorists”. This morning iNews Cayman…

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Cayman Islands celebrates World Maritime Day (Thu 25 Sep 2014)

Statement from Her Excellency the Governor, Helen Kilpatrick, CB: “He hath founded it upon the seas” is a statement steeped in Caymanian history and the tradition of relying upon the sea for sustenance, commerce, transportation and dreams. World Maritime Day…

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Cayman Islands Summer Reading Grand Finale

Dozens of young people reaped the rewards of summer reading at the George Town Public Library, on Saturday, 20 September 2014. This year’s Summer Reading Challenge Recognition Ceremony drew more than 150 persons, including children, their friends and family members….

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Cayman Islands National Workforce Development Agency poised for growth with newly appointed Director

The National Workforce Development Agency (“NWDA”), under the Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs (MEE&GA) was established in July 2012 to prepare Caymanians to partake in current and future economic opportunities in the Cayman Islands. Since that time, the…

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Online security strategy

By Nelson A. King The Organization of American States (OAS) says it has concluded a two-day event in Kingston with the government of Jamaica during which a draft of Jamaica’s National Cyber Security Strategy was presented and discussed publicly for…

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CARPHA awards Cayman Islands Public Health for vigilant surveillance

The Public Health Department last week received an award for excellence in public health surveillance from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kiran Kumar accepted the award at the 12th meeting of Caribbean National Epidemiologists…

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Parrish company creating ice bar for Grand Cayman

By Summer Smith, Reporter Bay News 9 PARRISH — When you think of Florida, the last thing that probably comes to mind is cool air and ice. But that’s exactly what a Manatee County company relies on for business. And…

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The Cayman Islands has a travelling Caribbean Film Showcase

From The Cayman National Cultural Foundation The 6th Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase Dedicated to Music of the Caribbean The Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase (TCFS) is an annual film festival representing filmmakers from the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and its diasporas….

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Nigerian students ‘quarantined’ in St Vincent for failing to prove Ebola status

From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Thursday September 25, 2014, CMC – At least two Nigerian students who arrived here this week without medical certificates to prove that they are not infected with the deadly Ebola virus, have been quarantined and…

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A new home for the African Diaspora

By Tequila Minsky From Caribbean Life If water and rain are a sign that the spirits are looking down kindly, then the spirits were very, very, happy–there was a deluge–on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the formal groundbreaking for the Caribbean…