Memorial walk raises scholarship funds for International College
Students, alumni, faculty and community members turned out for the 11th annual Hugh Cummings Memorial Run/Walk last weekend to raise money for the scholarship fund at the International College of the Cayman Islands. Raising more than $3,000, some 50 runners…
MPs launch bid to “close” Cayman
A group of 27 British MPs have launched a motion to “close“ the Cayman Islands, calling it ‘a tax haven” and “a disgrace” that is “fuelling the world economic crisis”, and reducing living standards. Primary mover of the “Early Day…
New head of Family Resource Centre
The Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing appointed Miriam Foster as the Family Resource Centre’s (FRC) Programme Coordinator earlier this month (1 February). Six years ago, Ms Foster joined the then Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) as an Administration Intake…
Red, red, red wine, and cheese, and blood pressure
When I was living in England, cheese and wine parties were very common. My local Anglican church would host one at least three or four times a year to raise funds. They were very popular where people would socialise and…
Redknapp says part-time England role possible for Euros
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes somebody could take the England job on a part-time basis for Euro 2012, but not in the long term. Redknapp, 64, is the favourite for the post but insists “it wouldn’t be fair” to walk…
Call for radical election shake-up
The electoral map of Grand Cayman will be entirely redrawn, with its six residential districts subdivided into 16 distinct voting areas, each sending its own representative to the Legislative Assembly. Under the “one man-one vote” regime advocated yesterday by North…
Whitney Houston fans to follow funeral on Internet
NEW YORK (AP) — They won’t be there in person, but singer Whitney Houston’s millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet. It will provide…
Up, up and away for 100 days of school!
Colourful balloons, costumes, happy children – all celebrating the number of days spent in school. Can that be right? Yes! If the number is 100 and the school is North Side Primary, where on last week the whole school participated…
Trial opens for top suspect in 2002 Bali bombings
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden…
Kids tidy up at Miss Lassie’s
Around 20 students, teachers and parents from George Town Primary School’s Year Two got together to help clean up Miss Lassie’s House at South Sound. The kids learned all about visionary painter the late Gladwyn Bush, better known as Miss…
