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Two young footballers earn trip to Trinidad
(CNS Local Life): Two Cayman footballers, Victor Thompson, Jr, 15, Molly Kehoe, 13, will be making their way to Trinidad after qualifying this past weekend for the final of the Flow Skills 2018 Ultimate Football Experience. The pair prevailed over a group of their counterparts in the points-based competition put together by Flow and Manchester […]
Cayman Heart Fund thanks governor
(CNS Local Life): The board of directors for the Cayman Heart Fund (CHF) recently took the opportunity to say thank you to Governor Helen Kilpatrick for her support of the nonprofit organisation. During a luncheon, CHF emeritus Suzy Soto commended the governor for her commitment to all the charities in the Cayman Islands.
Special Olympics gets corporate boost
(CNS Local Life): Special Olympics Cayman Islands (SOCI) has received three years of sponsorship totalling $45,000 from the Red Sail Group, which extends its support through 2020 at $15,000 annually. Red Sail Group first became a SOCI corporate partner in 2015, contributing funds towards the nonprofit’s annual operating budget, though as an individual company, it […]
Civil servant records two employee awards
(CNS Local Life): Omara Whittaker, who works in the General Registry Department, has been named Cayman Islands Government Employee of the Month for November. At the same time, she also merited the Chief Officer’s Choice Award from the Ministry of Financial Services and Home Affairs (MFSHA) for being most helpful, committed and professional.
Culture ministry helps add to National Gallery’s art collection
(CNS Local Life): The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands has acquired five works of art for its National Art Collection, with the support of the Ministry of Culture. Each artwork is by a significant Caymanian artist, working in a contemporary context. As part of the gallery’s acquisition strategy, significant works of art by Cayman […]
Date set for Off The Beaten Track
(CNS Local Life): One of Cayman’s most gruelling athletic events has returned for 2018 with the ninth annual Off The Beaten Track (OTBT) taking place Sunday, 25 February 2018. This one-of-a-kind race will lead participants on a 50KM ultra-marathon through tropical bush, sandy beaches and the back roads of Grand Cayman. Kenneth Krys, CEO of […]
Ancestral swords donated to Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Ancestral swords belonging to descendants of the original Eden family members were given to Pedro St James national historic site from Alabama, Tuesday, 23 January 2018. Descendants of the original settler – mariner and owner of Pedro St James Great House, William Eden of Devizes (UK) – were united with distant family […]
Education officers praises YMCA at conference
(CNS): Christen Suckoo, the chief officer in the education ministry, had lots of good things to say about the YMCA, which runs government’s after school programme, when he attended the association’s 3rd Annual Leaders for Youth Conference held here in Cayman. During his opening remarks, he reflected on the conference theme of the power of perspective, which […]
Local boxers hoping to smash Gold Coast Games
(CNS Local Life): Brandy Barnes, who won a gold medal in boxing at the Caribbean Championships in December, will be heading to London next month to prepare for this year’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. Barnes, who will be sparring with tough competition ahead of the Games, and veteran boxer Dariel Ebanks will attend the Elite Marble […]
Hospital promotes healthcare careers at school fair
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) was tempting Clifton Hunter High School students into the healthcare profession last week at the school’s career fair. HSA’s interactive booth featured displays from various departments throughout the authority, including the pathology laboratory, dental unit, dietary services and EMS. Experts from each of the departments were on hand […]
Students offer free advice to small businesses
(CNS): Students from the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) are honing their newly emerging business skills by working with established small businesses facing challenges that they might be able to help resolve. The Student Consulting Programme is a partnership between the commerce ministry, UCCI and Cayman National Bank which matches participating small business owners […]
Sports pioneers celebrated on National Heroes Day
(CNS Local Life): A total of 316 honours were bestowed on pioneers in sports at the National Heroes Day 2018 celebrations yesterday, including nine “Early Pioneers”, 79 “Pioneers” and 26 “Emerging Pioneers; 168 were given “Long Service Certificates” and 34 were placed on the “Memorial Scroll”. Two people, a Department of Environment conservation officer and […]
Flow and Man United support young footballers
(CNS Local Life): Forty up and coming youth footballers between the ages of 12 and 16 will have their skills put to the test at the 2018 Flow Skills Ultimate Football Experience, a points-based competition put together by Flow and Manchester United Football Club and supported by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The boys and […]
Campbells welcomes new articled clerk
(CNS Local Life): Demi McLean is the latest articled clerk to join Campbells’ training programme. Originally from Cayman Brac, McLean is a graduate of the BPP University in Manchester, where she was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Law and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Campbells said in a release. Driven by a need to […]
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 […]
Graduates gain Passport2Success
(CNS Local Life): The Passport2Success programme recently held its 19th graduation at which 19 young adults were celebrated as the newest alumni of the workplace-preparedness programme. Earning certificates at the 14 December event were Ashley Allen, Shamar Bodden, Gabriella Carbajal, Toni-Ann Chambers, Abigail Ebanks, Keeron Ebanks, Shania Ebanks, Abigail Ferguson, Coriah Hill, Christina Lynch, Jonassi […]
Show to benefit Zak Quappe scholarship
(CNS Local Life): For two nights only, 19 and 20 January 2018, Cocktails and Cabaret will again be gracing the stage at Prospect Playhouse with a Broadway show, Cayman-style, in aid of the Zak Quappe Memorial Scholarship Fund (ZQSF). Originally presented in 2012 by Melanie Ebanks, the production was put on for three straight years […]
DCFS plays Santa for needy families
(CNS Local Life): The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), in partnership with businesses and private citizens, has once again held its annual Christmas gift drive for those children and families that may not have been able to purchase gifts for the holidays. This year the donors’ generosity exceeded all expectations, with the department […]
