Archive for 2016

Fire Service trots out safety lecture to riding school

Fire Service trots out safety lecture to riding school

| 19/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Members of the Cayman Islands Fire Service recently visited the Cayman Riding School (CRS) to teach young riders about fire safety in the stables as well as in the home. The school is affiliated with the British Pony Club and so runs a programme every Saturday afternoon for ages five and up to teach […]

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Registration deadline looms for Off The Beaten Track

Registration deadline looms for Off The Beaten Track

| 18/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Registration for the seventh annual Off The Beaten Track, one of Cayman’s most arduous sporting events, will be closing Friday, 19 February. Race director Anna Keating said the 50K event, set for Sunday, 21 February, will take runners through areas of untouched nature and provide a new challenge and tougher terrain for participants this year.

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New CIAA mascot flies in for Valentine’s Day

New CIAA mascot flies in for Valentine’s Day

| 18/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The new mascot of the Cayman Islands Airports Authority’s (CIAA) was on hand to offer Valentine’s greetings to travellers lining up at Owen Roberts International Airport. The six-foot-tall Cayman parrot named “Calypso”, CIAA’s latest customer-service and marketing initiative, took photos with passengers and received “high fives” as he made his way through the airport.

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Grammy-winning electric cellist joins Cayfest lineup

Grammy-winning electric cellist joins Cayfest lineup

| 18/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Grammy Award-winning electro-jazz cellist, trombonist and composer Dana Leong will be performing at the 2016 Cayfest showcase on Saturday, 27 February. Known for his musical stylings that fuse classical, jazz and pop to creative unique and pioneering compositions, Leong also taught Jazz at Stanford University starting at age 16.

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Local runner begins new marathon challenge

Local runner begins new marathon challenge

| 18/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Veteran marathon man Derek Haines is taking on yet another incredible and gruelling challenge to raise $1 million for a local heart charity. In 2016, the 67-year-old runner is planning to run In a 50K endurance race, scale three Bolivian mountain peaks and finish two marathons to raise cash for Have a Heart Cayman […]

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Geena Davis headlines PwC live webcast

Geena Davis headlines PwC live webcast

| 17/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): PwC is today (17 February) hosting its third global forum for students around the world, a live webcast set to begin at 11:30am. Themed “Take your career to centre stage. Lessons from the business of Hollywood”, the event is part of the “Aspire to lead” series on leadership and gender equality, which includes a number […]

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Maples help feed coffers of local charity

Maples help feed coffers of local charity

| 17/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Maples and Calder Corporate Services Department recently raised CI$2,250 for local charity Feed Our Future, by holding a bake sale for staff. The department’s biannual bake sales have raised more than CI$10,000 since 2013, with proceeds from previous events going to organisations such as Cayman’s ARK, the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre and Meals […]

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Local ‘ambassadors’ secure jobs in techy zone

Local ‘ambassadors’ secure jobs in techy zone

| 16/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Cayman Enterprise City recently recruited four Caymanians to its team which runs the special economic zone for tech-related companies. Although many of the firms that have set up shop in the ring-fenced zone created for technology, science, media and trading companies some four years ago have not yet delivered on the promised opportunities for […]

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Fire Service donates smoke detectors

Fire Service donates smoke detectors

| 16/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): As part of an ongoing fire-prevention and safety-awareness drive, the Fire Service installed free smoke detectors in a number of homes on both Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac. The recipients were five senior citizens, some of whom are house bound.

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Island Heritage drives charity fundraiser

Island Heritage drives charity fundraiser

| 16/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The fifth annual Island Heritage CharityDrive is set to take place on Saturday, 23 April, with new ways for the community to get involved and help raise money for charity. This year, instead of three charities taking part as in previous fundraisers, Island Heritage employees voted for their favourite organisation, and all proceeds will […]

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Webster given CIOC nod to cover Rio Olympics

Webster given CIOC nod to cover Rio Olympics

| 15/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Young Caymanian Jade Webster, who has already reported on the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, and is in Lillehammer, Norway, for the youth winter games, has been chosen by the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC) to cover the Rio Olympics in August.

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Dready kicks in with rugby fundraiser

Dready kicks in with rugby fundraiser

| 15/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Local artist Shane Aquart, known for his “Dready” character, has joined fundraising efforts to help finance the Borelli Walsh Cayman Rugby Sevens team’s trip to the Hong Kong Sevens, set for 8-10 April. Aquart, an avid rugby fan and player, has created the Cayman Rugby Sevens print, “Dready”.

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Cayman Arts Festival brings international acts to local stage

Cayman Arts Festival brings international acts to local stage

| 15/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The 2016 Cayman Arts Festival (CAF), which runs from 18-26 February, will showcase world-class performers including soloists from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, American violin virtuoso Elizabeth Pitcairn, African drummer Mokhtar Samba and his band, and a jazz trio featuring 12-year-old Indonesian child prodigy Joey Alexander.

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Poinciana Festival ready to blossom

Poinciana Festival ready to blossom

| 12/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The first-ever Poinciana Festival, held 27-31 January, proved a showcase of all things artistic in Cayman. The work of more than 100 musicians, filmmakers and artists were on display over the five days, and the festival culminated with a gala recognising 30 Poinciana Award winners.

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Air traffic control trainees soar to next level

Air traffic control trainees soar to next level

| 12/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Charles Kirkconnell International Airport’s air traffic control (ATC) trainees Eric Bodden and Carley Lazzari recently returned to Grand Cayman after completing four months of intensive training at the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Training Centre. The two young Caymanians travelled to Trinidad in September last year where they were trained in air traffic control […]

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Stingray holds Pete Ribbins swim meet

Stingray holds Pete Ribbins swim meet

| 12/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Stingray Swim Club (SSC) recently hosted the Pete Ribbins Consolidated Water Meet, which was a CARIFTA 2016 qualifying event for members of the National Junior Swim Team. Held 29-31 January at the Lions Aquatic Centre, the meet also featured athletes from the Camana Bay Aquatic Club (CBAC), Seven Mile Swimmers, Cayman Islands Special […]

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CASE mentors and students check out Kimpton

CASE mentors and students check out Kimpton

| 12/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Society of Architects, Surveyors and Engineers (CASE) and seven students from its mentoring programme were given a sneak peek of the Kimpton Seafire Resort and Spa, which is scheduled to open in November 2016. The programme runs from January to May each year and consists of four monthly one-day mentorship interactions, with […]

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DG’s 5K fun run for new ambulance

DG’s 5K fun run for new ambulance

| 11/02/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): As he limbers up for this year’s 5K Challenge, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson said he is hoping the runners can raise $50,000 for the Cayman Heart Fund toward their goal of raising $150,000 to buy a new ambulance for the public hospital on Grand Cayman to replace one of the two backup ambulances.

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