Archive for August 8th, 2019

Why Christmas cards arrived this summer?

Why Christmas cards arrived this summer?

| 08/08/2019 | 16 Comments

Last week three Christmas cards arrived in my Cayman Brac post office box, two from within the Cayman Islands and one from the UK. While it’s always fun to get Christmas mail in the middle of summer, I’m very curious about where it’s been all this time. Are there deep dark corners of the postal […]

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Credit Union awards $200,000 in education grants

Credit Union awards $200,000 in education grants

| 08/08/2019 | 0 Comments

(CNS Local Life): This year the Cayman Islands Civil Service Association (CICSA) Co-operative Credit Union has awarded $200,000 in education grants to 163 students in post-secondary education locally, overseas and online. The students are working to attain their A-Levels, tertiary degrees or professional certifications. Grant recipients are selected based on a variety of criteria including […]

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Does government keep tally of Caymanian staff?

Does government keep tally of Caymanian staff?

| 08/08/2019 | 6 Comments

When they compile public sector statistics, how do they know if people are Caymanian? From what I have read, there is no central record, and being born here or having a Cayman passport means nothing. Auntie’s answer: This question came as a comment on a recent CNS story on the increasing number of public sector […]

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