Archive for 2016
Yellow Pages calls on community to recycle
(CNS): From now until 18 March, the Cayman Islands Yellow Pages is holding their annual recycling programme for the ubiquitous telephone directories. The “Yellow2Green” initiative encourages the community to collect and recycle their old phone books so they can be converted into usable material. To date the exercise has kept more than 150,000 directories out of […]
Flow gains broadcast rights to CARIFTA games
(CNS): Flow has signed a partnership with the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) to be the exclusive broadcast partner and sponsor of the Flow CARIFTA Games. This year, the games, which will be held in Grenada from 26-28 March, will be shown in 10 Flow markets on the brand’s recently launched sports […]
Financial Services employee’s diligence adds up to award
(CNS): Wendy Scott has been given the Chief Officer’s Award for November 2015 as the top employee for the Ministry of Financial Services, Commerce and the Environment. In gaining the honour, she was cited for her customer-service skills and dedication to her duties in registering companies, partnerships and trusts.
Sex abuse awareness campaign benefits companies
(CNS): As part of the “Protection Starts Here” project to promote awareness of child sexual abuse, a partnership of Cayman organisations recently made a presentation on the topic, including a local documentary, to car-supplies retailer Automotive Art. Company managing director Wayne Kirkconnell invited the Cayman Islands Red Cross and its supporting partners to present on this […]
Cayman Rugby 15s gear up to tackle World Cup qualifier
(CNS): Cayman Rugby’s national 15s team this weekend begins its preparation for the qualifying rounds of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. The first skirmish will be on Saturday, 27 February at 1pm at the South Sound Rugby Ground against a club select side coached by Mick Kehoe and Robbie True.
First cull of the year in effort to tame lionfish
(CNS): As part of continuing efforts to control the population of the invasive lionfish, the first cull of 2016 will be held 27-28 February. Lionfish tournaments are organised throughout the year under the mantle of the Cayman United Lionfish League [CULL]. Members of the public are invited to attend the weigh-ins for both days, from […]
Orchid show blossoms this weekend
(CNS): The Annual Orchid Show and Fundraising Sale, set for 27 and 28 February at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, will feature hundreds of blooming and non-blooming orchids and include a speech by world-renowned orchid hybridizer Gene Crocker. Hosted by the park and the Cayman Orchid Society, the show, which will run from 9am […]
Rugby team warming up for Hong Kong Sevens
(CNS): As part of their tune-up for the Hong Kong Sevens tournament in April, the Borrelli Walsh Cayman Rugby Men’s Sevens squad will play a University of Michigan team at the South Sound pitch on Saturday, 27 February at 3:00pm. The squad will then head to Las Vegas to compete at an international sevens tournament 3-5 […]
Records broken at swim championships
(CNS): More than 150 swimmers from three clubs — Camana Bay Aquatic Club (CBAC), Seven Mile Swimmers and Stingray Swim Club (SSC) — and one lone swimmer from Cayman Brac, took part in the recent 2016 CIASA National Swim Championships. The times that swimmers achieved at the four-day meet, many of them record-breaking, will help decide the […]
Secondary school athletes prepare for track and field meet
(CNS): Young athletes have been training to compete in the eighth annual Inter-Secondary Track and Field Meet, taking place 1-3 March at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. An important event on the athletics calendar, the meet will comprise athletes from John Gray High School, Clifton Hunter High School, Layman Scott Senior School, Cayman International School, […]
Award takes pride in Cayman’s youth
(CNS): One dozen young people have been recognised under the “Proud of Them” scheme which honours their efforts, achievement and potential. Youth Minister Osbourne Bodden presented this year’s recipients with certificates and $500 cash stipends at a ceremony held 18 February.
Young footballers gain experience in Las Vegas
(CNS): The under-16 boys’ team from the Cayman Islands Youth Football Programme and the Alliance FC under-17 girls’ team recently returned from the 2016 Mayor’s Cup International Showcase in Las Vegas, Nevada. The boys’ team, playing under the name Cayman Select, returned with a record of one win, one draw and two losses, finishing in […]
Local businesses ‘interview’ John Gray students
(CNS): Year 11 students at John Gray High School took part in mock interviews on Wednesday, 16 February as part of Career Activities Week. The interviews were intended to help the students prepare for future careers when they leave school. A number of local businesses sent staff members to interview the youngsters in simulated job […]
DG’s 5K Challenge gets first donation for ambulance
(CNS): The 2016 Deputy Governor’s 5K Challenge has received its first donation which will go towards the $50,000 target set to help purchase a new ambulance for the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Heart Fund is running the ambulance appeal and has been raising money since last summer for the final goal of $150,000 for the […]
Folk Singers set to entertain at Cayfest
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Folk Singers will be performing their concert, Home and Away, at the Harquail Theatre on Friday, 26 February, as part of the 2016 Cayfest Festival of the Arts. The performance of this particular show, which will feature Cayman’s best-loved folk songs and kitchen dance music, will mark its first-ever inclusion at […]
Guy Harvey named maritime award winner
(CNS): Artist, conservationist and entrepreneur Guy Harvey has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Seafarers’ House International Golden Compass Award. The honour is given to those who have achieved distinction in the maritime world, whose vocation or avocation has been the sea, or who have ministered to or otherwise assisted seafarers.
National Gallery gifted artwork from the 1990s
(CNS): Artwork by well-known local painter John Broad has been donated to the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) Permanent Collection. The acrylic on canvas titled “Over the Bridge” was gifted by Cassandra Greene, a long-time supporter of NGCI, and will join the gallery’s growing collection of more than 125 works of art.
Olympic coach speaks to John Gray students
(CNS): World-renowned swimming coach Bailey Weathers, who has worked with Olympic champions, gave a motivational talk to students at John Gray High School on Wednesday, 17 February. Weathers, who is the technical director of the Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association, most recently worked with US swimmer Allison Schmitt, who won five medals, three of them […]
