Tag: Featured
Vocational school aims to boost youth employment
(CNS Local Life): Citing underreported figures for unemployment among young people, coupled with a need to provide affordable and accessible vocational training, Michael Myles, former government at-risk youth officer, is opening a facility to teach skills that he hopes will translate into job opportunities. Inspire Cayman Training (ICT) will be offering vocational skills courses at […]
HSA offers summer internships
(CNS Local Life): The Health Services Authority (HSA) is launching its revamped summer student internship programme and inviting interested young people in either high school or university to an “Informational Day” at the Cayman Islands Hospital on Saturday, 6 April from 9am to 1pm. The programme is aimed at students who would like to pursue […]
Jasmine opens doors to community
(CNS Local Life): A day after a royal ribbon cutting for Jasmine Villa, and the conferring of a Certificate and Badge of Honour on Felicia McLean, its director of operations and nursing, the new home for Cayman’s hospice held an opening party Friday, 29 March, to enable more of the community to share in the […]
Green celebration honours Prince Charles
(CNS Local Life): A diverse group of people gathered at Smith Barcadere Thursday, 28 March, to hold a “community beach celebration” organised by Sustainable Cayman in honour of the visit to Cayman of Prince Charles and Camilla, and to raise awareness of local environmental initiatives and challenges.
Lashonda Powell called to the bar
(CNS Local Life): Lashonda Powell has been admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands, with her application moved by Ogiers attorney William Jones before then-Acting Chief Justice Richard Williams on Tuesday, 26 March. Powell graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2016 with a bachelor of laws degree with honours. She then […]
An MBE for Franz at end of royal visit
(CNS Local Life): At the end of a long day touring the Sister Islands and Grand Cayman, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall attended their final event Thursday, 28 March, a reception at Pedro St James, where Prince Charles presented medals to three Caymanians. Deputy Governor Franz Manderson received an MBE, and Felicia […]
Duchess of Cornwall in packed tour of Grand Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, in her hectic solo tour of Grand Cayman on Thursday, 28 March, while Prince Charles was in the Sister Islands, officially opened Jasmine Villa, visited the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre and stopped by George Town Primary School. The ceremony to open the new home for what was […]
Prince Charles in whirlwind of events on Sister Islands
(CNS Local Life): The Prince of Wales had a busy morning of events in the Sister Islands Thursday, starting on Cayman Brac, where he arrived courtesy of Cayman Airways Express. While the Duchess of Cornwall attended various events in George Town on Grand Cayman, Charles started with a ribbon-cutting at the new swimming pool at […]
Training offered for violence prevention
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Red Cross (CIRC) and Ministry of Education are partnering to ‘train the trainers’ for a youth violence-prevention programme that has been in place here since 2017. The master training is for the “It’s Not Your Fault” initiative, an evidence-based programme created by the Canadian Red Cross more than 30 […]
Levi Allen named top employee for 2018
(CNS Local Life): Levi Allen, a manager in the Public Works Department (PWD), has been awarded Employee of the Year honours in a ceremony held Thursday, 21 March, in the Harquail Theatre. Allen was the only candidate in the civil service nominated in the category “Talent Development”.
Hospice awaits royal opening
(CNS Local Life): As the staff at Jasmine Villa, the new home for Cayman HospiceCare, prepares for the upcoming visit this week of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, the facility is also only “days away” from getting approval of its health practitioner’s licence. Felicia McLean, director of operations and nursing at Jasmine, explained that the […]
U13 girls take centre stage
(CIFA): The Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) youth leagues continued this past Saturday, 23 March with the Girls Under 13 league kicking off the day’s activities. The early game saw Sunset FC Fuego continue their march to the league title with a narrow 1-0 victory over Elite SC thanks to another Ashlyn Evans goal.
Anti-bullying legislation gathers dust
(CNS Local Life): More than half of young people in the Cayman Islands have been bullied, often causing severe mental health problems, and yet there has been little effort by parliament to act on the draft legislation to counter it, which has been around for years. At a recent presentation on bullying, for which only […]
Students ready for robotics challenge
(CNS Local Life): The fourth annual Cayman Islands SeaPerch Challenge, in which young aquatic engineers come together to build and compete with a remote operated vehicle (ROV), is set for tomorrow (Saturday, 23 March). This year’s competition, held at the Camana Bay Sports Complex pool beginning at 9am, has attracted 24 teams from eight high […]
Dressage riders take on international challenge
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) last weekend hosted the local leg of the Caribbean Dressage Challenge, annual international equestrian competition which also includes Antigua, Bermuda, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad. The challenge, organised by the Caribbean Equestrian Association (CEA) and held Sunday, 17 March, enables riders from CEA member countries to compete […]
Cayman has golden last day at Special Olympics
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s athletes added five more gold medals to their collection on the final day of competition at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, 20 March. The basketball team beat their Indian counterparts 31-26 in a close gold-medal match that was decided in overtime. On the track, the 800m […]
U17 Boys win second game in regional tournament
(CIFA): The Cayman Islands Under 17 Boys National Football team secured their second win in two days on Monday, 18 March, as they defeated the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) 3-0 in a Group A game at the CONCACAF Under 17 Boys Championships qualifying round at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Cayman’s medal count rises at Special Olympics
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s Special Olympians continued to make a mark at the World Games in Abu Dhabi, with Alec Cox swimming to gold and the unified basketball team clinching a spot in the gold medal game against India set for Wednesday, 20 March, the last day of competition.
