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Cayman Islands News, Articles and InformationLittle Cayman Centre partners with NOAACentral Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) and its research centre on Little Cayman are entering into a partnership with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through an international project to monitor coral reefs globally.This project is the Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON), and its partnership with CCMI will provide long-term data sets for Little Cayman that can be compared to all major US coral reef areas, according to information issued by CCMI. It will also provide near real-time feedback on conditions conducive to coral bleaching, as well as other coral reef models, and provide a platform for advanced analysis of the coral reef environment in near real-time. CCMI President, Dr Carrie Manfrino, told Cayman Net News what this partnership means for CCMI and the Little Cayman Research Centre (LCRC). Awaiting the judgment on low speed vehiclesI have recently completed the building of a little cottage on Little Cayman-and of course my only transportation is an electric vehicle which is locked up in my utility room.My house is about six miles from the grocery store. I greatly appreciated your recent article about electric vehicles and look forward to your follow up. Electric vehicles would be ideal for Little Cayman and I've met a surprising number of other people on Little Cayman who find this evolution in the law of great personal importance. Maybe you could nudge the officials to move a bit more quickly on this issue? - Thanking you Lucy Barker Editors Note: Starting on page one is the latest update on the position with these vehicles. Sadly the news is still not good for owners.
St Ignatius takes RBC Sailing ChampionshipsIn one of the more unusual school sports championships, a team from Saint Ignatius Catholic School triumphed in the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) School Sailing Championships at the Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC).Traditionally held at the culmination of the school year, the RBC School Sailing Championships enables teams from rival schools to compete against each other after a year of learning how to sail. RBC returned as the sponsor in 2006 after the event was postponed last year in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. Prior to the September 2004 hurricane, the RBC School Sailing Championships was one of the most exciting dates in the youth sports calendar in the Cayman Islands, and this year's event, held on 16 June, recaptured the unique spirit of past race days. Ocean to Sound Relay Hits the MassapequasRunners from all over the New York Metropolitan area and beyond are cordially invited to put together teams to participate in the 21st annual Ocean to Sound Relay, on Sunday, Sept. 10.The Relay brings the entire Long Island region together in an annual September tradition, with 150 teams of eight runners each traversing a 50- mile course that starts at 8 a.m. at Jones Beach State Park, heads north and east through Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa, Farmingdale and Old Bethpage before crossing into Huntington, hitting the Long Island Sound at Lloyd Harbor, returning to Nassau County via Cold Spring Harbor and Syosset, and then heading north again to a dramatic finish on the grounds of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay. Each runner on the team runs a leg of between five and seven miles.
Media Hijacking: Palestine DisappearedMedia Lens - Jonathan Cook - Few readers of a British newspaper would have noticed the story. In the Observer of 25 June, it merited a mere paragraph hidden in the World in brief section, revealing that the previous day a team of Israeli commandos had entered the Gaza Strip to detain two Palestinians Israel claims are members of Hamas.www.medialens.org . Cayman Brac prepares to host Brac Cup 2006Last years Brac Cup Football Tournament certainly proved that the people of Cayman Brac know how to put together a good weekend of top class football.Building on this success, the 2006 Brac Cup Football Tournament will be held over the weekend of 26 and 27 August in Cayman Brac. The Brac Cup started out eight years ago with the local nationalities forming teams to represent their respective countries as a tournament of pride for the local labour force. The last two years have seen Future FC from Grand Cayman taking part in the tournament and claiming wins in 2004 and 2005. The surprise package of last years tournament was the very competitive rookie team from Little Cayman Football Club. Many different nationalities are represented in the club, with Cayman, Jamaica, and Honduras making up the team. Great new restaurant on the BracI must tell the whole world of a brand new restaurant in Cayman Brac called Biggie's Restaurant. I was just recently on vacation there with my husband. One day while driving we saw the sign for this amazing looking restaurant and decided to stop in and try it.We were immediately greeted at the door by a wonderful and pleasant young lady named Trish. She always got us what we asked for no matter how big or small it was. She made our vacation an even more enjoyable and memorable one. We hope to be served by her again in the future. I congratulate the management for hiring such a wonderful person. We will definitely recommend this fine establishment to our friends back home. Mary Alison Back... Send us your comments! Send us your comments on this article for publication in our Readers' Forum. All fields are required and in the interest of openness and transparency we will no longer accept anonymous submissions. We therefore request that all submissions include a name for publication, regardless of content.Police lay down the law in North Side over speedingL-R Chief Inspector of Traffic Courtney Myles; Chief Superintendent John Jones of the Drugs Task Force (DTF); Deputy Commissioner Rudolph Dixon; Commissioner, Stuart Kernohan; Deputy Commissioner Anthony Ennis; Chief Inspector Adrian Seales; and, Inspector Alden Welcome face questions at the 26 June 2006 North Side Community meeting.According to police officers crime is now down in the North Side district, which is by far Cayman's safest district, police said. However, it was speed limits on the roads that created the biggest surprise at the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Community meeting on 26 June. How useful is the low speed limit of 25 mph on the Bodden Town Bypass? asked one resident who described it as "frustrating." |
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