UPDATE: Motor vehicle accident today (TUE), 19 June, at Intersection of Shedden/North Sound Rd – Cayman Islands Fire Service vehicle involved
UPDATE From RCIPS (6:02 PM) Further to the below, North Sound Road was cleared at approximately 3:30PM, and it can further be confirmed that a Cayman Islands Fire Service vehicle was involved in the collision. The collision is under police…
Five things to know about Mia Mottley, Barbados’ first female prime minister
BY NDUTA WAWERU From FACE2FACE Africa The Caribbean Island of Barbados has elected for the first time a female prime minister, Mia Mottley. Mottley was on Friday sworn in as the eighth prime minister and the fifth female head of…
Cayman Islands Minister Rivers visits departments
The Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Tara Rivers, recently began meeting with the management and staff of the Ministry’s departments to review first year achievements and discuss strategic priorities going forward. “I first met with senior management in all Departments…
Cayman Islands DCR offers Female Empowerment Services
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Department of Community Rehabilitation (DCR) established a Female Empowerment Services Project to expand the gender specific services they offer to female offenders in the Cayman Islands. As part of this project, the DCR launched a…
Cayman Islands National Hurricane Exercise announcement
From HMCI The National Hurricane Exercise began at 4 pm on May 1st with a meeting of the full National Hazard Management Council in the main conference room (1038) on the ground floor of the Government Administration Building. The exercise…
Mass casualty training
First responders train in Cayman Islands Incident Command Systems and Mass Casualty Management Approximately 40 first responders from frontline agencies have been receiving training in Mass Casualty Management (MCM) and Incident Command Systems (ICS) during a five-day course last week….
Cayman Islands Chamber launches briefing sessions for key industry sectors
Beginning with financial services on April 18th, the Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of briefing sessions featuring government’s senior policymakers. “The sessions focus on specific industries and is a way for us to bring our members closer to…
Cayman Islands Deputy Governor’s Award Employees of the Year 2016-2017
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – In a break from tradition, Deputy Governor and Head of the Civil Service, Franz Manderson, gave the most coveted civil service award to two honourees on Wednesday, 7 March 2018, as part of the Deputy Governor’s…
Results of the Cayman Islands Fire Service organisational review announced
The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the results of an organisational review recently conducted on the Cayman Islands Fire Service. A press conference was held today (Wednesday, 7 February 2018) to present the review findings and explain the approach…
Cayman Islands Government & Motorola Agreement signed
The Cayman Islands will soon be home to the most modern radio system for public safety and emergency communications in the Caribbean, after signing an agreement with Motorola Solutions on Thursday, 14 December 2017. During a press conference the Ministry…