Civil Service
Cops return from BVI post-hurricane deployment
(CNS): The last group of RCIPS officers who were sent to the British Virgin Islands to support law enforcement officials there in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria last September came home this week. The return of the seven officers, who remained in BVI over the holiday period, marks the end of the RCIPS deployments […]
Cayman government’s youngest CFO eyes top jobs
(CNS): The chief financial officer for the community affairs ministry, Joel Burke, who is not yet 27, is one of government’s youngest ever CFO, and he has eyes on an even bigger role one day. In the short term, Burke aims to strengthen his twelve-member staff making them a “top notch team within core government”. But […]
Mission House gets a Christmas clean-up
(CNS Local Life): Members of the Ministry of Health, Environment, Culture and Housing (HECH) spent Monday morning (11 December) sprucing up the Mission House in Bodden Town. The team swapped office attire for yard clothes to clean, sweep, work in the garden and carry out general maintenance at the historic site to get it ready […]
Civil service marks disability day
(CNS Local Life): Civil servants, six percent of whom self-identified as persons with a disability in a recent survey, wore yellow and marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a photo opportunity outside the Government Administration Building on Monday, 4 December. The observance, whose 2017 theme was “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for […]
Labour official named top employee
(CNS Local Life): Leticia Goring has been name the Cayman Islands Government Employee of the Month for October for being most helpful and efficient when executing her duties as Assistant Director of Labour and Pensions (DLP). Employed within the Ministry of Human Resources and Immigration (HRI), she started her service as a research analyst in […]
Law enforcement agencies seek recruits
(CNS Local Life): The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Recruitment Fair 2017 welcomed job seekers on Thursday, 9 November 2017 at the George Town Town Hall. The drive was co-hosted by Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, Cayman Islands Fire Service, Department of Immigration, Department of Labour and Pensions, Department of Public Safety Communications, the […]
Special Constables attend law enforcement conference
(CNS Local Life): Three RCIPS Special Constables recently attended the VLEOA 2017 International Reserve Training Conference in Dallas, Texas. Hosted by the Volunteer Law Enforcement Officers Alliance, the conference, held 1-4 November, brought together volunteer law enforcement officers from Singapore, the US, Canada, the UK, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands, to participate in classes […]
RCIPS sends third group of officers to BVI
(CNS Local Life): A third contingent of Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers travelled to the British Virgin Islands on Thursday, 26 October, following the return of 16 officers earlier that day who had completed a three-week deployment to offer support in the wake of the destruction caused in BVI by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Elections Office staffer voted top employee
(CNS Local Life): Gina Whittaker has been named the Cayman Islands Government’s Employee of the Month for September, recognised as the most appreciated. She earned this distinction as a result of the praise she has received from both external and internal clients, stated a government press release. Her job title is receptionist/ID technician in the […]
Retiring DoT officer honoured for service
(CNS Local Life): Alma McKenzie, senior tourism training and development officer for the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism (DoT), has retired after 27 years of service which focused on the development of youth and infusion of tourism education into schools’ curriculums. To commemorate her legacy, a luncheon was recently held in her honour.
Former Cayman police commissioner dies at 90
(CNS Local Life): Andrew Greiff, who served as the Cayman Islands Commissioner of Police from 1973 until his retirement in 1990, died last week at the age of 90. He met Thomas Russell in the Solomon Islands while travelling around the Pacific between 1967 and 1973. At the time he was acting as Police Advisor […]
Work ethic adds up for top employee at Treasury
(CNS Local Life): Karen Rivers, a budget and planning manager in the Treasury Department, has been named Cayman Islands Government Employee of the Month for August for being the most driven. She started her career with government in November 1998 as a budget and administration officer and was promoted five years later to an analyst.
Government workers read to Lighthouse students
(CNS Local Life): Civil servants recently celebrated International Literacy Day by reading aloud and donating books to Lighthouse School students. On Friday, 8 September, seven volunteers from the Portfolio of the Civil Service and the Internal Audit Service (IAS) took part in the first such initiative of its kind at the school, reading to 25 […]
Community Affairs chief officer retires
(CNS Local Life): After 32 years as a civil servant, Ministry of Community Affairs Chief Officer Dorine McGee (nee Whittaker), will retire at the end of September 2017. A former educator, McGee joined the ministerial level of government as an assistant secretary in 1996. She went on to serve as senior assistant secretary and deputy […]
Immigration staff get management training
(CNS Local Life): The Department of Immigration (DOI) recently partnered with The University of the West Indies (UWI) – Open Campus, Cayman Islands, in a strategic talent management initiative. The goal was to ensure that DOI employees are equipped with the skills required for effective and efficient delivery of immigration services. A group of 10 employees […]
Prison officer earns top employee nod
(CNS Local Life): Prison Officer Marlon Watson, with Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, has been named the department’s employee of the month for May. As the officer in charge of the prison’s workshop, Watson is responsible for the overall operation and for the well-being of all inmates who take part in the programme.
Inmates give back to the community
(CNS Local Life): Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) rolled out its new community works programme this month, as inmates hit the streets with trash bags in hand, ready to give back to the community. “We are thrilled to launch this pilot clean-up project called ‘Prison Community Work Party’,” Prison Director Neil Lavis said.
Prison Service promotes Caymanian officer
(CNS Local Life): Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) has promoted the department’s newest Caymanian prison officer. Roxanne Walton started her career as an operational support grade officer in October 2015. After working for more than a year in that position and then understudying senior officers, Walton was selected for the promotion.
