Archive for December, 2015
Runners step up for Special Needs Foundation
(CNS): The ‘50/50’ $50,000 marathon appeal to raise funds towards programmes for children supported by the Special Needs Foundation of Cayman (SNFC) has passed its target. More than 50 runners signed up to participate in the various races involved in the initiative (marathon, half marathon or relay) and all helped in collecting donations.
Fire officers welcome back sick colleague
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service turned out on the Owen Roberts International Airport tarmac to welcome Station Officer Percival Whorms back to the Islands on Monday, 21 December. Whorms had spent the last six months in Miami undergoing surgery and receiving treatment for a serious medical condition.
Law firm donates gifts to foster home
(CNS): Staff at a law firm in Cayman have gotten into the holiday spirit by participating in the “Harneys Angels” project, purchasing Christmas gifts for children at the Nadine Andreas Residential Foster Home. Harneys employees were invited to pick an ornament from the firm’s Christmas tree, with each identifying a child, their age and their desired […]
Champion spellers impress at competitions
(CNS): The annual national spelling bees ended in tense tiebreakers for both primary and secondary school students at finals held on 1 and 2 December. In the 32nd Lions Club of Grand Cayman Secondary Schools Spelling Bee, 14 students vied for the title.
Helicopter delivers Santa to George Town
(CNS): Santa Claus landed in George Town to give gifts to children at a family fun day on Saturday, 19 December. After arriving with his little helpers by helicopter, Santa sat down to hand out the presents and give each child a hug. The Cayman Islands Fire Service Sports Club and the Kiwanis Club of […]
Court of Appeal president retiring in January
(CNS): Sir John Chadwick will be officially retiring next month as president of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal after seven years in that position. He held his last sitting in that post in late November. His successor, Sir John Goldring, is scheduled to be sworn in as president on 20 January.
Student-designed holiday stamps issued
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Postal Service earlier this month released a new stamp issue which features, for the first time, the artistic expressions of Cayman’s students, in a series themed, “What does Christmas in the Cayman Islands mean to you?” The stamp-design project began a year ago when the Postal Service invited students to submit artwork […]
Immigration staffers bring Christmas to children’s ward
(CNS): Representatives of the Department of Immigration visited the paediatric ward at Cayman Islands Hospital on Friday, 18 December to deliver presents for the young patients. Through drives at immigration headquarters and its location at Cayman Centre, staff collected more than three boxes and three bags full of toys and books.
Community affairs ministry gives back for Christmas
(CNS): Staff of the Ministry of Community Affairs delivered Christmas gifts on Friday, 18 December as part of its “Give Back to the Community” initiative. The programme began in 2014 with a focus on the eastern districts, where civil servants visited with residents and staff of the Francis Bodden Girls Home, Caribbean Haven and East […]
Senior officer secures assistant collector’s job second time around
(CNS): Philip West beat out six other candidates recently to secure the Assistant Collector of Customs (ACC) post in his second go at trying out for the management position. Senior customs officer of the year in 2014, West has served more than 24 years in the department. As a certified instructor he has played a […]
New tourism ambassador named for 2015-16
(CNS): Justyce Rivers has won this year’s Tourism Speak-Off debate, earning her the title of Cayman’s Tourism Ambassador for 2016. She came out on top of three other finalists chosen based on previously written essay submissions, who debated tourism-related topics in front of a panel of three judges and an audience at the Westin Grand […]
Girl plays Santa to bring Christmas cheer to others
(CNS): Young Nadia Simmonds has used her holiday celebration to collect gifts to give to less-fortunate children in Cayman this Christmas. When inviting her friends to her Christmas party earlier this month, the 11-year-old asked them to take along one wrapped gift to give away, collecting 25 presents that she handed over last week to the […]
Community gives back to DCFS to provide holiday cheer
(CNS): The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has received dozens of wrapped presents, baskets of groceries, gift certificates and cheques that will benefit 600 families this Christmas. The gift-giving and donation programme seeks assistance from individuals and community groups in providing gift items and food during the holiday season to be distributed to […]
Deputy Governor awards two civil servants
(CNS): Temar Clarke and Travis Walters have been named the two latest employees of the month for the civil service. Clarke, payments and payroll officer with the Treasury Department, was honoured for September; and Walters, a statistician with the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) took home the award for October.
New stamps mark museum’s quarter century
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Postal Service has issued a new stamp series to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Cayman Islands National Museum. The four-set series, a collaboration between the two entities, features various artefacts from the museum collection.
Miss Lassie’s home gets a Christmas cleaning
(CNS): The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) carried out traditional Christmas preparations last week by cleaning up the yard of Miss Lassie’s 130-year-old wattle-and-daub home in South Sound. Known as “Mind’s Eye -The Visionary World of Gladwyn K. (Miss Lassie) Bush”, the home of the iconic artist is a Heritage Watch site.
Cayman Prep and Red Bay undefeated in U-11 playoffs
(PFL) The second round of games in the 2015/2016 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) playoffs were played Saturday, 12 December at the Annex Field. In the PFL Under 9 Champions Cup, defending champions Cayman Prep secured their first win in the playoffs with a 2-0 victory over Sir John […]
Students help clean up Brac beaches
(CNS): Cayman Brac high school students recently took part in a beach cleanup organised by the GREEN Team for the Sustainable Sister Islands for Recycling (SSIR). The “Trash for Treasure” event covered two beaches on the south coast of the island that do not usually get cleaned, with a total of 234 pounds of litter […]
