Archive for July, 2016
Water Authority joins Lions fight against male cancers
(CNS): Water Authority-Cayman is again supporting the Lions Club of Grand Cayman by sponsoring the fifth Annual Delano Hislop Memorial Journey For Life, through a $2,500 donation. The 15-mile walk/run, which aims to raise awareness about prostate and colon cancer, is scheduled to take place Sunday, 11 September 2016. PACCE (Prostate and Colon Cancer Event) […]
Dress-down day benefits museum
(CNS): Civil servants and staff members of the Cayman Islands National Museum recently dressed down to fundraise ahead of the “Looky Ya! Mango Season” event at the museum, held Saturday, 16 July. T-shirts were sold downstairs in the Government Administration Building for several days, raising nearly $1,000 for the conservation and preservation of the museum […]
YSU officer set to empower young people
(CNS): Camille Angel is the new Youth Empowerment Officer for the Youth Services Unit. Angel, 26, who began working with the unit in early June, will be tasked with relaunching in September the Financial Awareness Now programme at Clifton Hunter High School that will teach students financial tips and other valuable life skills. Angel noted […]
Golden Spoons Review: Cayman Creperie
(CNS Foodie): Cayman Creperie is one half of the combined eatery on the second floor of Bayshore Mall, Lucky Slice Pizza being the other. It is, therefore, perfectly positioned to attract the cost-conscious cruise tourist as well as the time-conscious 9-5 denizens of George Town. As a card-carrying member of the latter group, the question […]
The right to wear a burka in Cayman
I am just wondering what Cayman’s policy is on Muslim women wearing burkas in public in Cayman. Also, do they have to remove them when coming through the airport security as they do in France? It was the strangest sight to see a woman with full face covering and long black robes at a local […]
National Museum hosts tasty celebration
(CNS): The Cayman Islands National Museum is celebrating all things mango Saturday, 16 July, from 3pm-8pm. The first annual Mango Season at the Museum is free and open to the public. Among the attractions are food and mango products, a mango peeling and eating competition, music by local artists, and arts and crafts for children.
The rules of the road for school buses
What are the rules in regard to where school buses can stop? Twice now I have seen a school bus stop on the roundabout by Hurley’s (on the inside lane) to allow children to disembark. It appears incredibly dangerous to me to expect all traffic entering the roundabout to stop. Auntie’s answer: It seems almost […]
New therapy reduces hair loss in chemo patients
(CNS): The Health Services Authority (HSA) chemotherapy unit is offering a special therapy that may help prevent or reduce hair loss among chemo patients. The Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) recently donated 50 hypothermia caps, also known as “cold caps” and a biometric freezer to the unit. The caps will be used for scalp hypothermia, a […]
Father and son off to Iowa to cycle for charity
(CNS): A father and son from Cayman leave today (13 July) for a biking adventure in the US, where they and another local rider will be joining a group of friends and several thousand others on a weeklong 500-mile trip across Iowa. Tim Dailey and his son Alex, 9, are taking part in RAGBRAI (the […]
Motorised carts at supermarkets
Do local supermarkets have or are they required to have motorised shopping carts? Auntie’s answer: A government official who deals with access issues said at the moment there is no legal requirement for supermarkets to offer “personal assistive units” to enable disabled customers to shop on their own, but thought that the stores would, on their […]
Kanuga faces ultimate challenge to fight childhood cancer
(CNS): Local real estate agent and ultramarathon runner Kerri Kanuga will undertake her biggest endurance challenge to date this month in aid of the St Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research. On Monday, 18 July, Kanuga will set out to complete Badwater, the most demanding and extreme running race on earth, covering […]
Last chance to sign up for arts camp
(CNS): Registration closes Friday, 15 July, for children who want to take part in the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) Summer Arts Camp. Set for 11-19 August, the camp is open to students aged 7-16, with children 6 years old accepted if an older sibling is enrolled in the camp. Participants will engage in activities […]
Proper use of four-way flashers
What are the rules in regard to moving vehicles with four-way flashers on? I often see vehicles towing trailers (including the police) with four-way flashers on. What does this mean? I learned to drive in the UK where the rules stated it was for the purpose of identifying a stationary vehicle that may be a […]
Applying for a Cayman Islands passport
I have Cayman status through the “right to be Caymanian” through one of my parents. I do not have a Cayman passport. Do I just apply for a Cayman passport? Or do I need to be naturalised? I ask because I have heard both yes and no and some individuals actually had to and some […]
Workshop tackles issues facing older people
(CNS): About 90 people attended a recent workshop focused on social, economic and healthcare issues affecting older persons in the community. The event, held Friday, 1 July, offered members of the public, their advocates and other community members an opportunity to have a say on these topics in relation to the upcoming National Older Persons […]
U-17 team in final prep for World Cup qualifiers
(CNS): The Under-17 Boys National Football Team left today (12 July) for Sunrise, Florida, to take part in a final training camp in preparation for competing in Group 2 of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifiers, which are scheduled for 20-24 July at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in Grand Cayman. The 24 […]
High school students ACT to prevent crime
(CNS): More than 200 John Gray High School Year 10 students saw firsthand the consequences of making bad life choices during a Youth Crime Prevention Day held Tuesday, 28 June. Instead of going to their regular classes, the students went to the Family Life Centre to attend workshops on the causes and consequences of crime, […]
Olympic sailor Allan in final training push
(CNS): Cayman Islands Olympic sailor Florence Allan, and her coach, Raphael Harvey, have just returned from training in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, ahead of the Summer Olympic Games. Allan trained for two weeks learning the local climate patterns, tides and currents to prepare to compete in her first Olympics, which will begin in less than […]
