Archive for October 16th, 2015

Exciting football on display in primary league

Exciting football on display in primary league

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(PFL): It was an exciting day of youth football this past Saturday, 10 October, as the Island’s primary schools battled for school pride during the second week of the 2015/2016 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) regular seasons. In Group A at the Annex Field, Truth For Youth recorded their […]

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Marathon effort to raise ambulance funds

Marathon effort to raise ambulance funds

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(CNS): Cayman Islands resident David Stock is going the distance to raise money for the Cayman Heart Fund (CHF) through participating in three long races over three consecutive weeks, starting in Des Moines, in his native Iowa. The goal is to raise more than $10,000 towards the purchase of a new ambulance for the Health […]

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Geology Education Week a solid success

Geology Education Week a solid success

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(CNS): As part of Geology Education Week (12-16 October), the Water Authority Cayman (WAC) presented copies of a new textbook, Origin of Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks, to all participating high schools in the Cayman Islands. The book, written by geologist Dr. Brian Jones and his colleague Dr. Noel James, was published in August and will soon […]

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Computer Services head retires after 31 years in gov’t

Computer Services head retires after 31 years in gov’t

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(CNS): Gilbert McLaughlin, the director of Computer Services, who has been with that government department for 31 years, retired on Friday, 9 October. He joined the department as a programmer in 1984, after completing his bachelor’s degree in computer science, and became its head in 1997.

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Cayman teacher takes UWI valedictorian honours

Cayman teacher takes UWI valedictorian honours

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(CNS): A teacher at Cayman’s First Baptist Christian School was named class valedictorian out of 650 students across the Caribbean graduating from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus in 2015.   Nadesha Edwards, who graduated with a first class honours degree in early childhood development and family studies, delivered the speech at the ceremony […]

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