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Free HIV screenings during Cayman Islands HIV Testing Week
Through the collaborative efforts of the Health Services Authority, Scotia Bank Cayman Limited, Cayman AIDS Foundation and the Red Cross, free HIV testing and counselling will run from 26 June to 1 July 2017. The theme of this year’s HIV…
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CAYMAN ISLANDS PROGRESSIVES: Healthcare & Environment
From The Progressives 2017 Manifesto ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE The current system of accessing healthcare and health insurance needs reform. Private sector insurance providers too often treat our older persons and those with long term conditions unfairly, either charging…
Cayman Islands’ hurricane shelter volunteers sought
With hurricane season commencing Thursday, 1 June and running until Thursday, 30 November 2017, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is making its annual appeal for persons interested in becoming shelter volunteers in Grand Cayman. To facilitate, the…
Cayman Brac PSPB Pensioners’ Appreciation Event Programme confirmed
The Public Service Pensions Board (PSPB) has finalised the programme for its Pensioners’ Appreciation event at the Aston Rutty Centre on Monday, 24 April 2017. The Cayman Brac celebration, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., is being held in partnership…
Cayman Islands’ PSBP Pensioners’ Appreciation event at Pedro
The Public Service Pensions Board (PSPB) is continuing celebrations to mark its 25th anniversary this year with a Pensioners’ Appreciation event at Pedro St. James on Wednesday, 12 April 2017 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event, in the…
Cayman Islands Fire Service offers extinguisher training
It takes only seconds for a fire to spread, and the Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) says knowing how to react is the key to surviving any blaze. Divisional Officer Witney Tatum, with the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Fire…
Pesticide-handling course in Cayman Islands completed
Though only four-months in the business of pesticide application, Randy Ebanks of Pestkill Ltd. was the top graduate of a recent training programme to educate workers on pesticide safety. On Monday, 10 October 2016, officials recognised Mr. Ebanks, as well…
Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference to address issues that can affect health during childhood and adolescence
The Cayman Islands’ Healthcare Conference consistently brings together some of the most well informed speakers from around the world to discuss issues and topics that are of importance to the Caymanian and wider Caribbean community. This year’s theme is ‘The…
Cayman Islands: YCLA 2016 Road Trip: Weekly Tour to the Kimpton
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw All healthy societies need people who are willing dedicate themselves to making a difference. The 2016 YCLA Finalists all exhibit this quality of giving…
The Editor Speaks: Civil servants cleared of wrongdoing in Carepay investigation but found doing nothing. The safest option?
It was a pretty damning report that was executed by the Internal Audit Unit of the Cayman Islands into the Carepay procurement process that followed the imprisonment of Canover Watson, the former chairman of the Health Services Authority. Watson was…
