Tag: National Heroes Day
CIG to hold public Heroes Day ‘after’ party
(CNS): The National Heroes Day celebrations will take place on Monday morning, where the Cayman Islands’ latest national treasures will receive local gongs and badges. There will also be a celebration of culture later in the afternoon on Cardinall Avenue featuring local food, craft vendors, live entertainment and fireworks. According to a release from the […]
Volunteers are Cayman’s ‘social capital’, says premier
(CNS): At the 20th National Heroes Day awards ceremony on Monday, Premier Wayne Panton said that the “selflessness, kindness, and love of country” of volunteers and charities had “created a roadmap for success that we can and should follow to preserve the most beautiful parts of our culture and people”. In his address on this […]
Heroes Day 2023 to celebrate volunteers
(CNS): The Ministry of Youth, Sports, Culture and Heritage (MYSCH) has opened the nominations for National Heroes Day 2023 and is asking the public to put foward the names of local people or organisations for their volunteer work and charitable services. The nomination period for the local gongs is open until 16 October and will […]
Bust of latest hero unveiled at pared-down event
(CNS): National Heroes’ families and members of the Cayman Islands Government celebrated National Heroes, uniformed services and nation builders at a National Heroes Day ceremony in Heroes Square Monday, although the celebration was curtailed as a result of the current rampant spread of the COVID-19 virus through the community.
Government turns to sports for newest heroes
(CNS Local Life): The government is looking to give out its next batch of local gongs to sports women and men who have excelled in their fields. The 2018 National Heroes Day is still more than five months away but the nominations committee has already held their first meeting and begun planning the annual national […]
CIG names another National Hero
(CNS): The PPM administration has named the late Dr Roy Edison McTaggart as the country’s ninth official National Hero 32 years after his death. McTaggart was described by government officials as a “pioneering politician, businessman, dentist, cultural guardian and philanthropist”, best remembered for retaining Cayman’s position as a British colony when Jamaica became independent in […]
Nominees still needed for annual hero awards
(CNS): Government officials are still urging the community to put forward the names of local people, dead or alive, for the 2016 National Heroes Day honours in relation to agriculture. There is just one more week for people to put forward farmers, growers and anyone involved in cultivation for the various awards for agriculture pioneers throughout […]
Farmers fail to inspire hero nominations
(CNS): Government officials could be faced with an embarrassing problem in the New Year with few farmers to honour National Heroes Day in January. A government release on Tuesday revealed that so far very few names have been submitted for the agricultural heroes awards, as the nomination period passes the halfway mark. With only two weeks to […]
Health heroes on show at library exhibition
(CNS): Following the celebrations on National Heroes Day this week, when pioneers, veterans and current members of the health profession were honoured, the library is hosting an exhibition of photographs and artefacts that tell the story of the development of health services in the Cayman Islands. On Monday 114 professionals, including doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, […]
