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Celestial light shows over Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Nature provided some excellent picture shows in the sky Saturday after a beautiful sun halo emerged at lunchtime followed by a stunning full flower (blue) moon rising in the evening. A sun halo is caused by very high, thin clouds made from ice crystals. The properties of the ice crystals reflect and […]
Dash cam evidence: On Cayman’s roads (Part 3)
(CNS Local Life): Continuing our series of dangerous driving caught on dash cam video, this example happened behind a school bus along South Sound Road. The person who took the video said this was on the 18 April at 6:49am, and that they and the bus were travelling at 33m/h. The owner of the errant […]
Dash cam evidence: On Cayman’s roads (Part 2)
(CNS Local Life): About a year ago someone sent us video evidence, taken by a dash cam, of appalling driving on Grand Cayman’s roads, which we published here. At the time we invited people to send us similar videos, and though it’s been a while, we now have Part 2, sent by a CNS reader […]
Application process for early childhood funding now open
The Ministry of Education provides financial assistance through the Early Childhood Assistance Programme (ECAP) fund for young Caymanian children who will be between the ages of 3 years old and 4 years old before September 1, 2019. ECAP applications are now being accepted to assist with payment of fees at any early childhood centre once […]
Measles Awareness Urged
International health body, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), recently alerted health departments around the Caribbean to be on the lookout for measles and rubella as a precaution. In light of this, the Public Health Department of the Cayman Islands is issuing an alert to the community of the need to be aware of the […]
Registration for government schools now open
Registration for students enrolling in, or transferring to, government schools for the 2019/2020 school year will open on Monday, 1 April and will close on Friday, 28 June. Registration for government Reception is open for qualifying children aged 4 Years 0 months before 1 September 2019. That means a child born between 1 September 2014 […]
Expect delays in garbage pickup
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) advises residents of Grand Cayman to anticipate delays in residential garbage pick-up in some communities scheduled for collection today (Wednesday, 27 March 2019). These delays are the result of a series of mechanical failures experienced by some of our trucks at the beginning of this week. Personnel from the […]
Cayman Airways passenger advisory
Cayman Airways advises passengers who are travelling on Wednesday and Thursday this week (March 27 & 28) to review the advisories issued by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) regarding road closures and parking lot closures at, and around, Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) before, during, and after the arrival of their Royal Highnesses, […]
Traffic diversions for royal visit
Wednesday, 27 March: Arrival of Their Royal Highnesses and Opening of ORIA Terminal Building. There will be diversions for traffic travelling in and around the Owen Roberts International Airport, between 2:30PM and 7:00PM. All traffic traveling to the airport for pick-up or drop-off of passengers or to attend these events should approach from North Sound Road (vicinity […]
Trinity College interviewing Cayman students
(CNS Local Life): Representatives from Trinity College School (TCS), a boarding school located in Ontario, Canada, are coming to the Cayman Islands to test and interview students applying for a full-tuition scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. Introduced in 2015 to commemorate the school’s 150th anniversary, the merit-based scholarship offers full tuition for the next […]
Premier’s New Year’s Message
Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin writes: 2018 was a year to Celebrate Cayman as we began a two-year journey to commemorate the 60th anniversary of our Coat of Arms in 1958, and our first Constitution in 1959.
Speaker’s New Year’s Message
Cayman Islands Speaker McKeeva Bush writes: As we approach and countdown to the New Year, we ought to take the opportunity to reflect and prepare for what is ahead.
Opposition Leader’s New Year Message
Opposition Leader Ezzard Miller writes: As we count down to the new year, we once again have an opportunity to reflect on the past year and to re-commit ourselves to goodwill, harmony and personal and shared responsibilities for the year ahead.
CNS raises profile of job seekers with video resumes
(CNS Local Life): In a recent column, “CNS offers help to job seekers“, Auntie explained how CNS is hoping to give job seekers an additional and positive way to reach potential employers. We are offering space to present video resumes, which is a growing trend worldwide and gives people looking to hire another way of assessing […]
World Habitat Day message
Health Minister Dwayne Seymour: Each year, the United Nations designates the first Monday in October as World Habitat Day, reflecting on the fact that, while we all have a right to decent housing, we all also share a responsibility to make our communities and homes cleaner and safer.
NCVO gears up for Radio Telethon
(NCVO): The National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is hosting its annual Radio-Telethon on Saturday, 20 October. The fundraiser takes place at the Prospect Playhouse and is broadcast simultaneously on Radio Cayman and Cayman 27 from 7:00pm to midnight. This is the largest fundraiser held by the NCVO each year, and money raised helps to […]
Wants refund on school fees
I have enrolled my three young children in one of the private schools in West Bay. We weren’t happy with the school and transferred them back to their old school but the West Bay school is telling us that they have a rule of no refund. We paid an annual tuition fee for all three […]
Heroes needed to support childhood cancer research
(Hannah’s Heroes): With just a week to go until this year’s Hannah’s Heroes Big Shave, organisers are making final preparations for this year’s event and encouraging supporters to join the fight against childhood cancer by supporting the St Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research in the United States.
