Tag: Featured
Older Persons Month begins
(CNS Local Life): Older Persons Month 2017 officially opened with a church service at the Agape Family Centre on Sunday, 1 October. Government officials who attended included Acting Governor Franz Manderson and his wife, Nuvia Manderson; Acting Premier/Minister for Community Affairs Roy McTaggart; Acting Chief Officer for Community Affairs Teresa Echenique; and Department of Children […]
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.
Prospect Primary battle South Sound Schools
(PFL): The 2017 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) regular seasons began Saturday, 30 Saturday with games at various venues across Grand Cayman. In Prospect, Group B’s Prospect Primary and South Sound Schools opened the new season with two very entertaining games. In the Under 9 division, an energetic South […]
National Gallery showcases Caymanian craft
(CNS Local Life): The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) is presenting a new exhibition, “REVIVE! – Celebrating contemporary and traditional craft from the Cayman Islands”, which will run from Saturday, 7 October to January 2018. Curated by Natalie Urquhart, with support from Kerri-Anne Chisholm, Jessica Ebanks and Simon Tatum, the exhibition showcases the […]
Summer readers awarded for efforts
(CNS Local Life): About 40 students aged 6 to 17 racked up some 560 hours reading more than 500 books in this year’s Cayman Islands Public Library Service (CIPLS) Summer Reading Challenge. On Saturday, 23 September, a ceremony was held to reward their efforts. Ministry of Education Chief Officer Christen Suckoo took turns with district […]
Cayman delivers supplies to storm-ravaged TCI
(CNS Local Life): Ongoing recovery efforts in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) got a welcome boost following an aid mission Wednesday, 27 September to the hurricane-torn jurisdiction by officials from the Cayman Islands. Devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the islands are getting back on their feet with the help of essential supplies like […]
Students benefit from financial services programme
(CNS Local Life): The third annual Cayman Finance Student Education and Work Experience Programme recently wrapped up with 62 students graduating. The programme is coordinated by Cayman Finance in partnership with the Ministry of Financial Services and the Ministry of Education. “Together we have successfully pathwayed young talented Caymanians into the Cayman Islands financial services […]
Second relief mission sent to Anguilla
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Government’s second humanitarian relief mission to Anguilla in two weeks flew to the hurricane-torn island Tuesday, 26 September. Laden with more critical medical supplies donated by the Health Services Authority (HSA), Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) and the CTMH Doctors’ Hospital, as well as building materials, the flight included […]
TV paves way for weatherman’s lionfish hunt
(CNS Local Life): Weatherman and TV reporter Joe Avary has been given a paid vacation by his bosses at Hurley’s Media to hunt for lionfish while raising money for charity. A keen diver, Avary plans to catch and then sell his invasive catch for cash, which will then go to the local Cancer Society, the NCVO, One Dog […]
St Ignatius footballers triumph in opening rally
(PFL): The youngsters from St Ignatius Catholic School opened the 2017 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) season with a bang this past Saturday at the Annex Field as they took home the PFL Opening Rally title, defeating Red Bay Primary 2-1 in the final. Under cloudy skies and through intermittent rain showers, St Ignatius and […]
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 […]
Cayman shows up to support Hannah’s Heroes
(CNS Local Life): More than 1,000 people packed The Wicket in Cricket Square on Friday evening for the fifth annual Hannah’s Heroes Big Shave to raise funds for the St Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research. All together, 107 men, women and children shaved their heads to raise funds and demonstrate […]
Tennis Federation scores corporate sponsorship
(CNS Local Life): For the ninth consecutive year PwC is sponsoring the Tennis Federation of the Cayman Islands. The money supports the federation’s national junior circuit in which players in three age divisions (10-, 14- and 18- and under) compete for national ranking points in a series of tournaments throughout each year. About 40 youngsters […]
Cayman community asked to promote peace
(CNS Local Life): The Family Resource Centre (FRC) is encouraging the public to join it in observing International Peace Day today (21 September), which calls for individuals to put aside their differences and promote peace at home, in schools and the community. This year’s theme is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All”.
Competition winner training with community support
(CNS Local Life): Jenavieve Van den Bergh will be running her first ever half-marathon (13.1 miles) on Sunday, 3 December, and is busy training for the long run with a lot of support along the way from members of Cayman’s health and fitness community. Van den Bergh is the winner of the Intertrust Cayman Islands […]
Cayman Prep footballers take girls opening rally
(GPFL): The young ladies from Cayman Prep secured the first silverware of the 2017 primary football season Saturday, 16 September, at the Annex Field as they won the 2017 CUC Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) opening rally title with a 1-0 victory over Cayman International School (CIS). Cayman Prep’s ‘taliswoman’ Kayden Coles was the heroine […]
Health City performs brain surgery with patient awake
(CNS Local Life): In a first for the English-speaking Caribbean, neurosurgeons at Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) surgically removing part of a brain tumour while the patient was awake. The procedure – known as awake craniotomy or awake brain surgery – enables the surgeons to remove, partly or fully, tumours from the brain that would […]
Workshop leader donates to Lighthouse School
(CNS Local Life): The Lighthouse School benefited this summer from a joint initiative between the Kensington Management Group and the Cayman Islands Marketing Professionals Association (CIMPA). Paul Njoka, vice president at Kensington, ran a public-speaking workshop for CIMPA which focused on improving presentation and speaking skills. The workshop was attended by a mix of marketing […]
