Archive for November 21st, 2016
Residential requirements for candidates
Does the candidate have to live in the area for which he is running? What happens if a district doesn’t have anyone wanting to run? Auntie’s answer: There have been several election-related questions of late, and I expect more to come as we get closer to May 2017. I have to say I am encouraged […]
Golden Spoons Review: Star Island
(CNS Foodie): Star Island on Cayman Brac is not a dinner venue. If you arrive for dinner you will likely find yourself at the only occupied table watching a series of customers collect take-away orders in an otherwise empty restaurant, which doesn’t make for the best ambience. Arrive at lunch time on a weekend and […]
Lands and Survey officer named employee of the year
(CNS Local Life): Philbert McFarlane, from the Lands and Survey Department, has won the Deputy Governor’s Award 2015-2016, selected from the 12 finalists who took home the individual Employee of the Month honours over the year. Governor Helen Kilpatrick and Deputy Governor Franz Manderson hosted the award ceremony, which was held 16 November at Government […]
Inmates’ skills paraded at Pirates Week
(CNS Local Life): Inmates from HM Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) put their carpentry skills to work, building a wagon that was featured in the Pirates Week float parade, held 12 November 2016. Members of the prison workshop built the wagon at the request of the Cayman Islands’ Civil Service Association Co-operative Credit Union, whose […]