Archive for January 20th, 2015
Failure to complete surveys on time to be an offence
(CNS): The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development is proposing to give more legal teeth to the Economics & Statistics Office (ESO) in the collection of data via surveys and to make it an offense to fail to return a survey form within the given timeframe or to knowingly provide false information. Announcing the start of a public consultation process on proposed changes to […]
Special Olympians need funds for LA Games
(CNS): This year the Cayman Islands is sending its biggest team ever to the Special Olympic Games, which will take place in Los Angeles in July and August. However, the team is facing a hefty bill, needing around $170,000 to send the 37 athletes and support personnel to the Games. At a press briefing last week Andrew […]
Places still available in stop-smoking classes
(CNS): Smokers battling to give up cigarettes are being given assistance by the Public Health Department with a new series of stop-smoking classes starting next month. There are still a few places left on the free course, officials said. Classes start on 4 February at 5:15pm and last until 6:45pm every Wednesday evening for 7 […]
Girls encouraged to join in football festival
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) will host its inaugural Girls’ Grassroots Football Festival on Saturday as part of the goal to encourage more girls to take part in the game. “We hope to boost the women’s football programme by starting to teach our girls and young ladies about the basics of the game, […]
Cops urge public to come to district meetings
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) will be holding a series of community meetings later this month in the districts on Grand Cayman and residents are urged to come out and discuss the issues of security and safety impacting their districts with police. The meetings will be hosted by the district commanders and community officers […]
British naval patrol ship calls on Cayman
(CNS): The UK’s Royal Naval ship, HMS Severn, arrived in Cayman on Sunday for a short visit, having already paid a call on nine islands in the region over the last few weeks as it patrols the Caribbean Sea. The ship replaced HMS Argyll last month and it will remain in the region until July to […]
20% of Cayman has a conviction
(CNS): There are more than ten thousand people living in the Cayman Islands with a criminal or serious traffic conviction, according to the results of a freedom of information request made by a local defence attorney. With 20% of the population with some kind of rap sheet, the country is one of the most criminalized places […]
