From Dept. of Environmental Health Grand Cayman, May 12, 2023 – The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) advises the public of the early closure of the George Town Landfill on Monday, May 15, 2023 in observance of the Public General Holiday to celebrate Discovery Day. The George Town Landfill will close at 1:00 pm on this […]
Cayman: Landfills operations on Discovery Day
May 12, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Grand Cayman, 12th May, 2022 – The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is advising the public of the early closure of the George Town Landfill operation on Discovery Day. The George Town Landfill will be closing at 1:00 pm on Monday, 16th May, 2022 and operations will resume the next day. There will not be […]
iNews Briefs & Community Events
January 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Family Resources Announces Free 2020 Programmes The Family Resource Centre (FRC) proudly presents the following free, interactive programmes, starting in February and March, to help parents and strengthen family ties. ■ Family Skills (6 February – 9 April, 6 p.m.) – Learn effective behaviour-management strategies to support your children and equip your family with skills to improve […]
Discovery Day in Cayman Islands
May 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Last Monday (20) was Discovery Day in the Cayman Islands and a Public Holiday. The “celebration”, however, passes with hardly a murmur and no pageants, public demonstrations, flag waving, etc. Christopher Columbus sighted the Cayman Islands on May 10, 1503 and named them Las Tortugasafter the numerous sea turtles seen swimming in the surrounding waters. Columbus had found the two smaller […]
iNews Briefs & Community Events
April 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Cayman Islands First Baptist Activities for Seniors in North Side, Bodden Town and East End Older Persons are invited to the following events that have been organised this month by their district’s community development officers: North Side ●Tuesday, 16 April 2019 – Computer classes – North Side Library, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., ●Tuesday, 23 April 2019 – Bingo – […]
Batabano, Braccanal, and the Mas Band Association, stand united
July 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The Cayman Carnival Batabano Committee (CCBC), the Cayman Islands Mas Band Association (CIMBA), and the Braccanal Committee, stand unified in full agreement with the public’s call for the return to “One Carnival” on Grand Cayman, like it had been since Batabano’s inception in 1983 until 2016 when a local group of private investors broke away and started their own separate carnival, CayMas, on Braccanal’s […]
Cayman Islands Discovery Day 2018 and 2019
February 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
From Public Holidays Global On the third Monday of every May, the people of Cayman Islands celebrate the discovery of their islands by Christopher Columbus in 1503. Year Date Day Holiday 2018 21 May Mon Discovery Day 2019 20 May Mon Discovery Day For the most part, the Cayman Islands were uninhabited upon discovery and […]
MaplesFS helps Cayman Heart Fund reduce cardiovascular disease locally
June 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: The MaplesFS Community Service Committee on behalf of MaplesFS clients recently donated CI$30,000 to the Cayman Heart Fund to support the organisations’ fundraising efforts towards a new cardiac probe for the George Town Hospital children’s ward. “For this year’s Discovery Day 5K walk/run, we set out in the hope of raising […]
