Tag: Featured
Get your glow on for the National Trust
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands is partnering with KPMG to host the third annual Glow Run 5K on Saturday, 4 June. In keeping with the theme “Light up the Night for a Brighter Future”, participants are encouraged to dress in bright costumes, face paint and luminous accessories. This popular run, set for […]
Manchester City thrashes Cuba to take U-15 cup
(CNS): Manchester City FC won the 2016 Cayman Airways Invitational Youth Football Cup with an emphatic 8-0 victory over the Cuba National U-15 team at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex on Sunday, 15 May. Dominating the ball from the get-go, the youngsters from Manchester City took the early lead thanks to a third-minute strike from […]
Cayman Prep wins senior Battle of the Books
(CNS): Following a tense morning of literary combat in this year’s Lera Parchment Battle of the Books competition, held Saturday, 7 May at John A Cumber Primary School, the Cayman Prep Demi-Gods emerged as the senior division champions. The winning group scored a total of 338 points, pushing them just ahead of the John Gray […]
One semi berth set, rest up for grabs at Youth Cup
(CNS): A lot remains at stake as the Cayman Airways Invitational Youth Cup heads into the final day of group play today (13 May), after all the action at the Ed Bush Sports Complex on Thursday. Seattle Sounders became the first team to seal their spot in the semifinals as they have done enough to […]
Cayman mounts show jumping contest
(CNS): The Equestrian Centre on Linford Pierson Highway is hosting a two-day invitational show jumping competition with riders from Jamaica and the US going against local riders. The free event starts 8am on both Saturday and Sunday, 14 and 15 May. Local riders will share a horse with visitors for the weekend. Class heights will […]
Forbes breaks record and rises in rankings
(CNS): Cayman’s 110-metre hurdler, Ronald Forbes, has broken his own national record and become one of the fastest hurdlers in the world this year. With less than three months to go before the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the elite local athlete clocked a time of 13.36 at the NTC Star Sprint Series in […]
UCCI students off to study in Spain
(CNS): Two Caymanian students from the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) are heading to Malaga, Spain in July for a three-week language programme at the eSPEAK Academy. Funding for the trip was arranged through the Honorary Consulate of Spain. Lacey Quesada and Lydia Ebanks were selected as recipients of the consulate scholarship to […]
Celebrity reading day opens Child Month
(CNS): Child Month 2016 got off to a literary start in the Sister Islands on Monday, 2 May, with a number of schools hosting a celebrity reading day. To mark the occasion, several well-known figures in the Cayman Brac community took time to share a story with young pupils from Creek and Spot Bay Primary […]
UCCI observatory records Mercury transit
(CNS): Cosmic experts at the University College of the Cayman Islands joined astronomers around the world on Monday in recording the transit of Mercury across the Sun. The solar system’s smallest planet and the one closest to our star was captured on film by Dr Bill Hrudy at the Observatory he founded at UCCI. Over […]
Schools tune up for choir competition finals
(CNS): The Lions Club of Grand Cayman will be hosting their second annual all-island Youth Choir Competition, with the finals set for Thursday, 26 May. The preliminary round of the competition was open to all public and private schools in Grand Cayman, and nine schools all together will be competing in three categories at the […]
Law firm supports Cayman HospiceCare
(CNS): Cayman HospiceCare has received another donation toward setting up a multi-purpose inpatient and operations facility in their new building. Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has donated $6,000, continuing their support of the non-profit organisation which is devoted to caring for those suffering from end-stage terminal diseases as well as their families. Over the […]
Auditions open for summer arts programme
(CNS): Aspiring actors, dancers and musicians are invited to audition for Cayman National Cultural Foundation’s (CNCF) Young at Arts (YAA) Summer Theatre Arts Intensive. The six-week programme, which trains young artists in the practical disciplines of performing arts, is supported by Butterfield. Participants, aged 14-22, will receive instruction from qualified performing arts instructors and practitioners in […]
Local team ready to take on international competition
(CNS): A select team from Academy Sports Club will represent the Cayman Islands against other under-15 football teams from England, the US, Cuba, Honduras and Jamaica in the Cayman Airways Youth Football Cup, set for 10-15 May. The tournament is being organised by the West Bay Sports Foundation (WBSF) and features the recently crowned under-15 […]
Rundown premieres next week
(CNS): Actors will take to the stage next week for the opening of Rundown. Now in its 24th year, the annual comedy revue, which is the brainchild of Dave Martins, lampoons the latest happenings in the Cayman Islands and features a cast of performers mimicking the newsmakers of the day. The show will run from 12-29 […]
Cayman dressage teams named for Caribbean competition
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) has selected its teams for the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s (CEA) Caribbean Dressage Challenge. The adult team consists of Amara Thompson, Jessica McTaggart-Giuzio and Jenn Cowdroy, while Chloe Fowler, Anja van Genderen and Ashley van den Bol round out the children’s squad. The teams were chosen based upon the […]
Bodden Town Primary students visit marine unit
(CNS): The RCIPS Joint Marine Unit recently hosted 32 Year 1 Bodden Town Primary School students during their daylong field trip to various emergency-response departments. During their visit on Friday, 28 April, Senior Captain PC Hugh Bush and Customs Officer Randolph Jackson presented the duties of the police marine officers, describing a typical day for […]
Students get imaginative at competition
(CNS): Three schools participated in the second annual Destination Imagination (DI) tournament, held Saturday, 16 April 2016, at Cayman International School (CIS). The Cayman Islands has more 100 students, ranging from kindergarten to year 12, experiencing the DI programme. Destination Imagination is a leading, educational nonprofit dedicated to teaching students the skills needed to succeed […]
CIFEC students build golf cart for charity
(CNS): Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) students participated in the annual golf cart-building project sponsored by The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman during two consecutive Saturdays, 16 and 23 April. The cart was built under the supervision of project manager Tom Sperandeo and the final touches were completed in preparation for auction in early June. The proceeds […]
