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‘Stuff the Bus’ school supply drive begins
(CNS Local Life): The annual “Stuff the Bus” drive is returning for the fifth year, with the 2019 campaign to collect donations of school supplies kicking off Friday, 26 July and running through 17 August. Since 2015, the initiative has collected more than 27,000 items and organisers hope this year’s campaign will bring the total […]
Joey Hew tours NiCE clean-up sites
(CNS Local Life): Two days ahead of the completion of the two-week National Community Enhancement (NiCE) initiative, which officially ended Friday, 19 July, Minister for Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure Joey Hew visited the temporary employees working at locations across Grand Cayman.
National Gallery seeks candidates for internship
(CNS Local Life): The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) is accepting applications for its 2019/2020 internship programme, which will provide a salaried yearlong training opportunity for a Caymanian graduate interested in a career in the field of museum and gallery management. Now in its 16th year, this entry-level position will introduce the intern […]
Cayman’s swimmers at world championships
(CNS Local Life): Newcomers to the major international swimming stage, Cayman athletes Raya Embury-Brown and Jordan Crooks are joining veterans Lauren Hew and Brett Fraser at the 18th annual FINA World Championships in South Korea. More than 2,500 competitors representing 194 countries are participating in the championships, which started 12 July and will run through […]
Summer interns gain experience at Water Authority
(CNS Local Life): A group of 21 students is taking part in Water Authority-Cayman’s summer internship programme, enabling them to gain hands-on experience working in a professional environment, while introducing the young people to the variety of careers available in the water and wastewater sector.
Martyn Bould to climb Mt Kilimanjaro for Red Cross
(CNS Local Life): One man’s efforts to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is merging with a Cayman Islands Red Cross (CIRC) campaign to raise hurricane awareness with the launch next month of the “Climb for Red: Peak of Preparedness” initiative. Martyn Bould, who has lived in Cayman for some 50 years, has been training the […]
Second class of RCIPS recruits being trained
(CNS Local Life): A class of 12 women and 12 men is in the sixth week of initial training as Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officers. The 24 local recruits comprising the second class of 2019 range in age from 19-41 and includes seven former auxiliary constables who are making the transition to police […]
CNCF to preview Cayman’s CARIFESTA performances
(CNS Local Life): The largest-ever Cayman contingent, comprising 50 delegates, will be travelling to Trinidad & Tobago next month for the 14th annual Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA) to show off the best of Cayman’s arts and culture, from music, dance and theatre to visual, culinary and heritage arts. Ahead of the festival, which […]
Group works to save historic Caymanian cottage
(CNS Local Life): A multifaceted group of heritage stakeholders is working to preserve a traditional Caymanian-style cottage built in the early 1800’s by relocating it to the Mission House property in Bodden Town. Towards that end, the Ministry of Culture has concluded the procurement exercise to move the Clayton Nixon home, which is located on […]
Cayman finishes strong at Island Games
(CNS Local Life): Cayman finished with a flurry of medals on the last day of competition, Friday, 12 July, at the NatWest International Island Games in Gibraltar to bring its final total to 30. The men’s basketball team, which easily won all five of its group and elimination games, beat Saaremaa 75-63, for its only […]
NiCE workers tackle sargassum on beaches
(CNS Local Life): Dedicated crews of National Community Enhancement (NiCE) summer project workers heaped wheelbarrows full of sargassum in coastal areas last week, shifting loads of the seaweed which is plaguing Cayman’s beaches. The 486 men and women taking part in this year’s project are focusing on the sargassum that is having a detrimental effect […]
Eight more medals for Cayman at Island Games
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s athletes took four silver and four bronze medals in various events Thursday, bringing their total hardware to 22, including eight golds. After finishing the fastest out of the heats, Jeavhon Jackson took silver in the 100m in 10.94, just .12 seconds off the gold medal pace of Guernsey. Sherlock Brooks also […]
Caymanian student receives insurance scholarship
(CNS Local Life): University student Jacie Mascarenhas (20) has been named the first recipient of the US$25,000 BritCay Insurance Scholarship, helping her continue her studies at Texas Christian University (TCU) College of Science and Engineering and bringing her closer to her goal of becoming an actuary.
Cayman adds five golds to Island Games tally
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s squash team continued its golden run at the 2019 NatWest International Island Games in Gibraltar on Wednesday, taking the top spots in men’s and women’s doubles as well as mixed doubles, following on from the individual golds they earned the day before. Overall, on the fifth day of competition, Cayman took […]
Actor awarded scholarship in pursuit of MFA
(CNS Local Life): Caymanian award-winning actor Rita Estevanovich has been named the recipient of a scholarship that she will use to help finance her studies for a master of fine arts (MFA) degree in the UK. Local company Nova awarded the second annual ‘Love Your Future’ $3,000 scholarship, presented to the applicant who demonstrates passion […]
Cayman takes two golds in squash at Island Games
(CNS Local Life): Individual gold medals in squash Tuesday (9 July), day four of the 2019 NatWest International Island Games in Gibraltar, brought Cayman’s gold total to three, with a second silver and bronze added as well. To date, Cayman’s athletes have notched seven medals overall. Cameron Stafford and Marlene West each earned the top […]
U19 cricket team drops first match in World Cup qualifiers
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands U19 cricket team has lost its first match to the US squad in the ICC Americas Regional U19 World Cup Qualifiers in Toronto, Canada, which runs through 16 July. The team and support staff travelled to Canada Saturday so did not have much down time before they had to […]
Cayman medals twice in day three of Island Games
(CNS Local Life): Cayman added a silver and a bronze to the gold Louis Gordon earned in the high jump Saturday, when sprinter Danika Lyn came second in the women’s 100m and in the pool Jordan Crooks took third in the men’s 50m backstroke, during Monday’s (8 July) action at the 2019 NatWest International Island […]
