Riding the Success Train
An anonymous thought sums up what the majority of Passport2Success graduates are achieving: Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them. On Wednesday, 2 May 2012, graduates from Passport2Success (P2S) Cohort #3 gathered at Margaretville…
Flags High for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Over the next several weeks the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Committee would like members of the public and private sector to put on a red, white and blue show of pride in the Cayman Islands. Leading up to and during the…
New appointment forthcoming
After having recently made the first new appointments to any of the constitutionally created Commissions since the implementation of the 2009 Constitution Order, His Excellency the Governor Duncan Taylor, CBE, is now considering candidates for an appointment to the Judicial…
Camana Bay’s town centre transforms into a larger than life art exhibit at the first annual artisphere festival
Art enthusiasts headed to Camana Bay last weekend for two action packed days of art and creativity at Artisphere; the Town Centre’s newest event centred around The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands’ annual Chalkfest competition. Held on Friday 11…
Cayman Islands medical student, ‘Dr. Ellis,’ puts pole vault firmly in her past
Dana Ellis hadn’t touched a vaulting pole in three-and-a-half years when she picked one up this season and felt that old, familiar tug. Ellis, the Canadian pole vaulting record holder and former Olympian, is still nagged by what-ifs over a…
Cayman Islands makes Guardian’s Top 10 swimming holidays
Long-distance outdoor swimming was once the preserve of elite athletes or eccentrics such as ‘Big River Man’ Martin Strel, but a growing number of us are making swimming the focus of a holiday, be it by joining a boat-supported tour…
Scouts Get Aall Donation
The Cayman Islands Scouts got a big push towards building their own home, thanks to the Aall Foundation, a Norwegian charitable trust. Operating through its trustee, Bridge PTC Ltd., a registered Cayman Islands private trust company, the foundation donated $100,000…
Sharon Roulstone appeals for everyone to come out and vote
In a passionate plea to the voting public of the Cayman Islands, Sharon Roulstone, one of the campaign co-ordinators for the ‘One Man, One Vote’ (OMOV) campaign said, “Anyone who stays at home on polling day will be voting ‘no’.”…
Gearing Up for Queen’s Jubilee
This week GIS Spotlight focuses on the Queen’s Jubilee and the closed circuit television system that is now in place The Cayman Islands is busy preparing to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee starting from the last week in…
