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Immigration officer stamped top employee for June
(CNS Local Life): Mervin Manderson, who has been with the Department of Immigration (DOI) since 2007, has been named Employee of the Month for June for being “most thorough”. He started as an immigration officer II and in 2013 was promoted to senior immigration officer. A year later he moved to senior immigration officer for […]
Miss Teen contestants receive their sashes
(CNS Local Life): Miss Teen Cayman Islands contestants were officially sashed by their sponsors on Saturday, 22 July, part of the activities leading up to the pageant, set for Saturday, 26 August, at the Lions Centre. The entrants thanked their sponsors and the pageant committee for all the work that is being done and each […]
Academy squads shine at US football tourney
(CNS Local Life): Academy Sports Club recently recorded their best performance ever at the 33rd annual Schwan’s USA Cup, returning with trophies for two championship and one runners-up, a semifinalist spot and two quarterfinalist positions. The club sent 96 players to the weeklong competition, representing the boys U10, U12, U13, U15 and U17, and girls […]
Swimmer Hew makes history for Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Though she did not come away with a medal, Lauren Hew, the lone swimmer representing Cayman at the just-completed FINA World Championships, notched several firsts for herself and her country. For one, Hew’s performance in the pool took the Cayman Islands into the top 50 female swimmers in the world championships.The competition, […]
Kanuga conquers second Badwater race
(CNS Local Life): Ultramarathon runner Kerri Kanuga has completed her second Badwater, which is considered the most demanding and extreme race on earth. As before, she was running for a cause – to raise money for Hannah’s Heroes and the St Baldrick’s Foundation, which funds childhood cancer research. Each year, 100 of the world’s best endurance athletes […]
Cayman notches fourth in high jump, personal bests in pool
(CNS Local Life): While not taking home any medals from the Commonwealth Youth Games, held 19-23 July in the Bahamas, athletes in the nine-member Cayman contingent earned fourth place in the high jump and recorded personal bests in swimming events. Overall, 1,300 young people, aged 14 to 18 years old, from 70 Commonwealth nations and […]
May visitors drive with US licence in Cayman?
My family will be coming to visit Grand Cayman soon. I am wondering if I can drive there using my US driver’s license? Auntie’s answer: You are not allowed to drive with only your foreign licence; you are required to get a visitor’s permit before taking a car out on the road here. But the […]
HSA expands trauma care
(CNS Local Life): The Health Services Authority (HSA) has hired a second trauma surgeon. With the two specialist physicians, as well as new and refitted equipment, the orthopaedic and trauma unit is able to expand the range of treatments available for lower limb injuries and fractures. The ability to perform advanced trauma care is “significantly […]
Craft market vendors show PRIDE in their training
(CNS Local Life): The vendors of the Cayman Craft Market recently received certificates for their PRIDE training, part of a number of changes the Tourism Attraction Board (TAB) is implementing to ensure the preservation and promotion of local arts and traditions at the George Town attraction. “Quality behavioural and operational service standards are essential in […]
Chamber takes award for communications
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce has been named one of three Communications Excellence Best in Show winners by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) at that organisation’s annual awards ceremony, held 18 July in Nashvillle, Tennessee. The ACCE represents more than 7,500 chamber of commerce professionals, and 1,300 chambers, […]
Breastfeeding Week focuses on overall benefits
(CNS Local Life): As part of initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of breastfeeding to the growth and development of healthy children, the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) will collaborate with several local groups on promotional activities during World Breastfeeding Week, set for 1-7 August. The annual world breastfeeding observance aims to emphasise […]
Local CPA to host youth event
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) will host a special event for Cayman Islands’ youth on Friday, 4 August 2017 at the Town Hall in George Town. The CPA Secretariat and Cayman’s MLAs will be bringing the “CPA Roadshow” for youth that is taking place this year across […]
National Gallery takes art on the road to CARIFESTA
(CNS Local Life): As part of the CARIFESTA XIII celebration of the visual arts, taking place 17-27 August in Barbados, the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) is supporting five Caymanian artists – Simon Tatum, Brandon Saunders, Kaitlyn Elphinstone, Nasaria Suckoo Chollette and Shane “Dready” Aquart – whose work has been accepted by the […]
Couple on rollover hopes to visit Cayman
I am on rollover and my spouse wants us to spend the summer holiday in Cayman. Can I apply for a visitor’s visa? My rollover is up in November of this year. Auntie’s answer: A similar question has come up before but it has been about a year, so it seems a good time to […]
Bodden Town Primary aims to help children play
(CNS Local Life): The parent teacher association (PTA) of Bodden Town Primary School has launched its “Revitalising Our Future” initiative that will benefit about 300 students with needed playground equipment and allow for designated areas for recreational activities. Law firm Harneys Cayman signed on as the first corporate sponsor for the project.
Italian consul general visits
(CNS Local Life): Italian Consul General Gloria Marina Bellelli paid a brief courtesy call on Premier Alden McLaughlin at his office in the Government Administration Building Monday, 24 July. Bellelli assumed her duties as consul general in Miami in September 2015, with jurisdiction for Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, […]
Allyson Speirs called to the bar
(CNS Local Life): Allyson Speirs has been admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands in proceedings held 19 July before Justice Charles Quin, following the completion of her articles with Higgs and Johnson. The admission application was made by partner John Harris, to whom Speirs had been principally assigned at the law […]
Are BB guns allowed in Cayman?
Is it legal to import BB guns or air rifles into the Cayman Islands? Auntie’s answer: The Firearms Law (2008 Revision) defines a firearm as “artillery, machine gun, sub-machine gun, rifle, shot gun, pistol, air gun, air pistol or any lethal barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or […]
