Appendices
1.
Physical Features
2.
The People and their History
3.
Cayman Islands Government
4.
Cayman Islands Economic Data
5.
Miscellaneous Information Section
6.
Maps
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The Cayman Islands comprises Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. The three islands are
situated in the western Caribbean, about 150 miles south of Cuba, 480 miles south of Miami, Florida, and 180
miles northwest of Jamaica. George Town, the capital, is on the western shore of Grand Cayman.
This lush tropical trio of islands located in pristine Caribbean waters has today maintained much of its
natural flora and fauna for the enjoyment of residents and tourists alike. Its prime attraction lies in its
beautiful coral reefs, but while the abundant marine life and its astonishing variety have claimed much
attention, great effort continues to be placed on terrestrial conservation and preservation.
Location, Geography and Ecology
of 1 1/4 miles. Its terrain is the most spectacular of the
three islands. The Bluff, a massive central limestone
outcrop, rises steadily along the length of the island up to
140 ft. above the sea at the eastern end.
Little Cayman lies five miles west of Cayman Brac and
is approximately ten miles long with an average width of
just over a mile. The island is low-lying, with a few areas
on the north shore rising to 40 ft. above sea level.
Together, Cayman has a land area of about 100
square miles. There are no rivers on any of the islands, but
there are large areas of luxuriant vegetation.
The coasts are largely protected by offshore reefs and
in many places by a mangrove fringe that often extends
into inland swamps that play a key role in the Islands’
ecology.
The temperature in the Cayman Islands, summer or
winter, seldom goes lower than 70 deg. F. or higher than
90 deg. F. The average temperature in 2001 was 76.8 deg.
F. in the winter and about 85 deg F. in the summer. The
average humidity in 2001 was 78%.
Geographically, the Cayman Islands is part of the Cayman
Ridge, which extends westward from Cuba. The Cayman
Trench, the deepest part of the Caribbean at a depth of
over four miles, separates the three small islands from
Jamaica, 180 miles to the southeast.
Grand Cayman, the largest of the three, is
approximately 22 miles long with an average width of four
miles. Of its total area of about 78 square miles, almost half
is wetland. The most striking feature is the shallow, reefprotected lagoon, the North Sound, which has an area of
about 35 square miles. The island is low-lying, with the
highest point only about 60 feet above sea level. The
island’s main communities are George Town and West
Bay, with the heaviest tourism-related development in the
three islands concentrated on the western peninsula
between them. The smaller communities are Bodden Town,
the fastest growing district; North Side and East End, all of
which are connected by a road that follows the coastline.
Cayman Brac lies about 89 miles northeast of Grand
Cayman. It is about 12 miles long, with an average width
Appendix 1: Physical Features
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Between May and October, the prevailing winds are
from east to south; from November to April, the coolest
season of the year, prevailing winds are from the northeast
to northwest. The hurricane season typically lasts from
June to November, but the Cayman Islands has been very
fortunate in escaping serious damage or fatalities.
The Silver Thatch Palm
The tall, slender silver thatch palm is especially
conspicuous at the eastern end of all three of the islands,
where they sway in the trade winds high above the low,
dry thickets of native trees and shrubs. Up to the early
1960s, the silver thatch palm played an important role in
the lives of Caymanians. Bearing the scientific name,
Coccothrinax proctorii, after renowned botanist Dr. George
Proctor, its leaves are what give this tree its common
name.
Unusually tough, the leaves have a variety of uses,
from roofing for houses to the weaving of hats, baskets and
fans. In earlier years, straw rope made from the thatch
palm was highly prized in Cuba and Jamaica for use in
shipping, fishing and sugar industries.
Wildlife
Over the last two million years, parts of the Cayman
Islands remained continually above water despite dramatic
fluctuations in the global sea level. During that time the
islands were gradually colonised by animals and plants
from the neighbouring Greater Antilles, particularly Cuba
and Jamaica, and also from Central America and the
eastern Caribbean. As time passed, many of these evolved
into species and subspecies unique to the Cayman Islands.
Celebrated as our national symbols of flora and fauna,
the silver thatch palm, banana orchid and the Cayman
Parrot are all unique to the Islands. About 2,000 parrots
inhabit Grand Cayman, while the quieter, smaller Cayman
Brac Parrot maintains a stable population of about 400.
Nesting in tree holes in old-growth forests, the colourful
parrots depend on undisturbed woodlands and black
mangrove forests for survival.
Other Trees
Further inland, there are still areas of undisturbed forests,
full of an amazing diversity of West Indian hardwood
trees, including Cayman’s own unique ironwood tree. The
ironwood was traditionally used in house building: its
wood is so hard that termites cannot damage it!
The Wild Banana Orchid
The woods provide shelter for several varieties of flowering
plants, including orchids. Probably the best known of
Cayman’s 26 species of orchids is the wild banana orchid,
of which there are two varieties: Schomburgkia
thomsoniana var. thomsoniana, which originated on Grand
Cayman, and Schomburgkia thomsoniana var. minor,
which came from Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.
Both varieties have scented flowers with purple lips,
although the petals are predominantly white on the Grand
Cayman variety, while the Sister Islands’ has slightly
smaller flowers, with pale yellow petals. The flowers
appear at the top of a long curved spike at the bottom of
which cluster banana-like pseudo-bulbs that give this
orchid its name.
The Cayman Parrot
Cayman parrots are two sub-species of the Cuban Parrot
(Amazona Leucocephala). Cayman’s parrots have
iridescent green feathers with darker edges over the body,
a white eye ring, red cheeks, black ear patches and brilliant
blue wing feathers which are only obvious when the bird
is in flight. The tail has blue outer edges, with some red and
yellowish-green underneath. The Grand Cayman Parrot
(Amazona leucocephala caymanensis) also has a pink
flush to its whitish forehead. The Cayman Brac Parrot
(Amazona leucocephala hesterna) is slightly smaller, with
more black trim on its green feathers. The crown is pure
white, and there is a large maroon area on the abdomen.
It is now found only on Cayman Brac. Although it used to
inhabit Little Cayman, it was apparently wiped out from
there by the 1932 hurricane.
Parrots have a long-standing association with people.
In early Caymanian folklore, pirates were described as
having a Cayman parrot on their shoulder and old “Polly”
was a common family pet. Today, however, it is illegal to
take a parrot from the wild and keep it as a pet.
Other Wildlife
Cayman’s spectacular coral reefs, teeming fish and deep,
clear waters provide some of the best scuba diving in the
world. Divers can approach large marine animals such as
turtles, stingrays and tarpon, as they swim over
magnificent coral buttresses and deep sand chutes.
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Other notable wildlife include Grand Cayman’s rare
and endangered Blue Iguana, which can be viewed at the
Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, large soldier crabs which
can be seen lumbering along the Mastic Trail, eight species
of native bats, and several unique, non-poisonous snakes
and lizards. After dark, a chorus of tree frogs, katydids
and croaking geckoes defines the tropical night.
Throughout the Cayman Islands, birds of many kinds
abound. Many seem quite unafraid and will closely
approach a quiet observer. Forty-six Cayman Islands
breeding birds are joined in the winter months by hundreds
of species of migrant water birds and songbirds, many of
which breed during the summer in the USA and Canada.
Protected Areas
More than 2,000 acres of dry forests and mangrove wetland
are protected by the National Trust for the Cayman
Islands. An internationally acclaimed system of marine
parks are managed by the Government's Department of
Environment.
(Text on the national symbols provided courtesy of
the National Trust for the Cayman Islands. See also Chapter 13
– Preservation and Conservation of the Natural Environment.)
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The population and history of the Cayman Islands demonstrate the possibilities and progress that can emerge
from the blend of cultures and races that comprise the Cayman Islands. Its history begins with the romantic
picture of uninhabited lands roamed by crocodiles, iguanas and numerous turtles, setting the stage for its
colourful period of Spanish and English buccaneers and pirates.
A new era began with land grants bringing permanent settlers, with an assembly soon following in 1831.
The subsequent arrival of missionaries laid the foundation for education and development, culminating more
than a hundred years later in 1959, in the Islands’ first written constitution granting women the right to vote,
and in 1966, in landmark legislation introducing the banking industry.
The flowering of this growth was perhaps best symbolized in 1996 with the first-time selection of national
symbols that have historically played a role in the lives of the people of the Cayman Islands.
Population
The largest groups of foreign workers come from the
West Indies and Central America, followed by the United
States of America and Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The largest number of permits were issued to persons in
the service industries, followed by those working as
domestics, in the construction industry, and in the tourism
and finance sectors
The 1999 Census, conducted 10 October, reports the
population of the Cayman Islands at 39,410, compared to
the 1989 Census figure of 25,355, an average annual
growth rate of 4.5%. Caymanians were 53% of the
population. The estimated population in 2001 was 41,400.
There were 622 live births in 2001. The crude birth rate in
2001 was 15.0 per 1,000 population, the same rate as 2000.
The death rate among residents was 3.5 per 1,000
population, a slight increase compared to 3.3 in 2000.
According to the 1999 Census, most of the population
resides in Grand Cayman, with 1,822 in Cayman Brac and
115 in Little Cayman. George Town, the capital, has the
largest population with 20,626, followed by West Bay
with 8,243. Bodden Town is the third most populous with
5,764 residents and is the fastest growing district.
A significant factor in the population growth is the
number of non-Caymanians admitted to residence with
work permits. The employed labour force on Census Day
(10 October 1999) was 25,459, with a Caymanian
composition of 42%.
History
The Cayman Islands were first sighted by European
explorers on 10 May, 1503, owing to a chance wind that
blew Christopher Columbus’ ship off course. On his
fourth trip to the New World, Columbus was en route to
the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican
Republic) when his ship was thrust westward toward
“two very small and low islands, full of tortoises (turtles),
as was all the sea all about, insomuch that they looked like
little rocks, for which reason these islands were called Las
Tortugas.”
The two islands were Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.
Appendix 2: The People and their History
Significant Dates ..........................................................................................................................205
Chief Magistrates, Commissioners, Administrators and Governors -- 1750 - 2002..................................206
National Symbols .........................................................................................................................206
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A 1523 map showing all three Islands gave them the name
Lagartos, meaning alligators or large lizards, but by 1530
the name Caymanas was being used. It is derived from the
Carib Indian word for the marine crocodile, which is now
known to have lived in the Islands. This name, or a variant,
has been retained ever since.
An early English visitor was Sir Francis Drake, who
on his 1585-86 voyage to these waters reported seeing
“great serpents called Caymanas, like large lizards, which
are edible.” It was the Islands’ ample supply of turtle,
however, that made them a popular calling place for ships
sailing the Caribbean and in need of meat for their crews.
This began a trend that eventually denuded local waters
of the turtle, compelling the local turtle fishermen to go
further afield to Cuba and the Miskito Cays in search of
their catch.
The first recorded settlements were located on Little
Cayman and Cayman Brac, during the 1661-71 tenure of
Sir Thomas Modyford as Governor of Jamaica. Because of
the depredations of Spanish privateers, Modyford’s
successor called the settlers back to Jamaica, though by
then Spain had recognised British possession of the Islands
in the 1670 Treaty of Madrid. Often in breach of the treaty,
British privateers roamed the area taking their prizes,
probably using the Cayman Islands for replenishing
stocks of food and water and careening their vessels.
During the 18th century, the Islands were certainly well
known to such pirates as Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Neal
Walker, George Lowther and Thomas Antis — even after
the Treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, was supposed to have ended
privateering.
The first royal grant of land in Grand Cayman was
made by the Governor of Jamaica in 1734. It covered 3,000
acres in the area between Prospect and North Sound.
Others followed, up to 1742, developing an existing
settlement, which included the use of slaves, though their
conditions were less oppressive than in other colonies.
On 8th February, 1794, an event occurred which grew
into one of Cayman’s favourite legends, The Wreck of the
Ten Sail. The convoy of more than 58 merchantmen sailing
from Jamaica to England found itself dangerously close to
the reef at Gun Bay, on the east end of Grand Cayman. Ten
of the ships, including HMS Convert, the navy vessel
providing protection, foundered on the reef. With the aid
of Caymanians, the crews and passengers mostly survived,
although some eight lives were lost.
The court martial of the fleet’s leader, Captain Lawford,
revealed that a current had unexpectedly carried the fleet
20 miles north of its course. The incident underscores how
common shipwrecks have been in the history of the
Islands, and how much Caymanians themselves have
depended on the sea.
The first census of the Islands was taken in 1802,
showing a population on Grand Cayman of 933, of whom
545 were slaves. Before slavery was abolished in 1834,
there were over 950 slaves owned by 116 families.
Emancipation paved the way for development of a
homogeneous society, which remains happily free of
racial or other divisions.
Though Cayman was always regarded as a
dependency of Jamaica, the reins of government by that
colony were loosely held in the early years, and a tradition
of self-government grew, with matters of public concern
decided at meetings of all free males. In 1831 a legislative
assembly was established comprising two houses: the
eight magistrates appointed by the Governor of Jamaica
and ten elected representatives or vestrymen.
The constitutional relationship between Cayman and
Jamaica remained ambiguous until 1863 when an act of the
British parliament formally made the Cayman Islands a
dependency of Jamaica. When Jamaica achieved independence
in 1962, the Islands opted to remain under the British Crown,
and an Administrator appointed from London assumed the
responsibilities previously held by the Governor of Jamaica,
taking the title of Governor in 1971.
Cayman Islanders have a tradition of hardiness and
independence of spirit, which sustained them through
many difficult years when their home was sometimes
referred to as “the islands time forgot.” In those years they
earned a livelihood at sea, either as turtle fishermen or as
crew members on foreign-owned ships, or by working in
North and Central America. In 1906 more than a fifth of
the population of 5,000 was estimated to be at sea, and even
as late as the 1950s the government’s annual report said
that the main “export” was that of seamen whose
remittances were the mainstay of the economy.
Since those days the economy has grown in remarkable
fashion, to be a model envied in other parts of the region.
Over the last 30 years, governments have pursued policies
aimed at developing the infrastructure, education, health
and social services of the Islands, fostering the stability
which is an important factor in the continued growth of
Cayman’s two main industries, tourism and finance.
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Pedro Castle on 5th December. Elections follow on
10th and new Assembly passes first legislation on
31st December. Population is approximately 2,000.
Significant Dates
1503
1586
Columbus sights the Sister Islands and names
them Las Tortugas. Over the next 100 years, the name
Caymanas or Cayman becomes common.
Sir Francis Drake’s fleet of 23 ships stops for two
days at Grand Cayman. The island is not inhabited,
but crocodiles, alligators, iguanas and numerous
turtles are recorded.
Governor Sligo of Jamaica lands in Cayman to
declare all slaves free in accordance with the
Emancipation Act of 1833.
1830s
First missionaries from the Anglican and
Wesleyan churches visit and a church is built in
George Town.
1830s-1940s First schools established by the Mico Charity
and Wesleyans.
1655 England captures Jamaica from the Spanish.
1670
1835
Under the Treaty of Madrid, Spain recognizes
England’s sovereignty over Jamaica and various
other Caribbean islands, including Cayman.
1846
Presbyterian church established by the Rev.
James Elmslie.
Permanent settlement has probably begun by
this time with a few families, notably Boddens,
living on Grand Cayman.
1863
Act of the Imperial Parliament in London makes
Cayman a dependency of Jamaica (although Cayman
had been loosely “governed” as such from 1670).
1734-42 Five land grants in Grand Cayman are made by
the Governor of Jamaica. Mahogany and logwood
are being exported to Jamaica. Population perhaps
100-150.
1888
Edmund Parsons appointed as the first paid
"Custos" or Chief Executive Officer of Government.
1898
Frederick Sanguinetti, an official in the Jamaican
Government, appointed as the first Commissioner
of the Cayman Islands. Cayman will be governed
by Commissioners until 1962.
1920
A major Education Act provides for government
schools in all districts.
1937
1700
1773
1780s
First survey or “map” of Cayman made by the
Royal Navy. Population is 400, approximately half
free, half slaves.
Cotton, turtle, sarsaparilla and wood being
exported to Jamaica.
1790
Fort George constructed, probably to ward off
attacks by French or Spanish.
The first cruise ship, The Atlantis, visits. This
signals the beginnings of tourism, with the first
tourist booklet published.
1794
“Wreck of the Ten Sail” occurs. Ten ships,
including HMS Convert, the navy ship leading a
convoy of 58 merchantmen, wrecked off East End.
1939-45 During World War II, a “Home Guard” is formed
to provide protection and surveillance of enemy
shipping.
1798
First record of a magistrate in Cayman being
appointed by Governor of Jamaica.
1950s
A number of hotels open as tourism begins to
increase.
1820s
Local laws being passed by a self-appointed
group of “principal inhabitants.”
1953
An airfield is opened in Grand Cayman,
eventually replacing the seaplane service which had
operated since the 1940s.
1831
Decision to form an elected assembly taken at
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1953
1959
1962
1966
The George Town Hospital is opened. Barclays
Bank, the first commercial bank, opens.
Cayman receives its first written constitution,
which grants the vote to women. Cayman ceases to
be a dependency of Jamaica.
Following Jamaica’s independence from Great
Britain, Cayman chooses to remain a Crown Colony,
governed by an administrator who reports directly
to Westminster.
1931
1934
-
1940
-
1941
1946
1952
1956
1960
-
Administrators
1962
1964
-
Landmark legislation is introduced to encourage
banking industry.
1968
1970
Population of the Cayman Islands is 10,249, with
only 403 visitors.
1972
New Constitution introduced under which
Cayman is governed by a Legislative Assembly,
Executive Council and a Governor.
Governors
1971
-
(Prepared and produced courtesy of the Cayman Islands
National Archive).
Chief Magistrates, Commissioners,
Administrators and Governors –
1750 to 2002
Chief Magistrates or Custodes
1750
William Cartwright
1776
William Bodden
1823
James Coe the Elder
1829
John Drayton
1842
James Coe the Younger
1855
William Eden
1879
William Bodden Webster
1888
Edmund Parsons
Commissioners
1898
1907
1912
1919
1929
-
-
1972
1974
1982
1987
1992
-
1995
1999
2002
-
Ernest Arthur Weston
Allen Wolsey Cardinall, CMG (later
Sir Allen)
Albert Colinridge Panton Snr., MBE
(acting)
John Penry Jones
Ivor Otterbein Smith (later CMG, OBE)
Andrew Morris Gerrard CMG
Alan Hilliard Donald
Jack Rose, MBE, DFC (later CMG)
Jack Rose, MBE, DFC (later CMG)
John Alfred Cumber, CMG (later Sir
John)
Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long,
CMG, CBE
Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long,
CMG, CBE
Kenneth Roy Crook (later CMG)
Thomas Russell, CMG, CBE
George Peter Lloyd, CMG, CVO
Alan James Scott, CVO, CBE
Michael Edwards John Gore, CVO,
CBE
John Wynne Owen, MBE (later CMG)
Peter John Smith, CBE
Bruce Harry Dinwiddy
National Symbols
Flora and Fauna
Responding to a national campaign in 1996, the people of
the Cayman Islands voted overwhelmingly in favour of
the Silver Thatch Palm, the Wild Banana Orchid, and the
Cayman Parrot as their national symbols of flora and
fauna.
They are all wild species unique to the Cayman
Islands, can be found on all three islands, and historically
and traditionally have been of value to the Caymanian
people.
(See Appendix 1 for more information on these national
symbols.)
Frederick Shedden Sanguinnetti, ISO
George Stephenson Shirt Hirst
Arthur C Robinson
Hugh Houston Hutchings
Captain G H Frith
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garland. This flag is flown when the Governor is in residence,
the regular Union Flag being flown when he is not.
Any person in Cayman may fly the Union flag and
there is general encouragement to do so. The Cayman
Islands flag takes prominence when two or more flags are
being flown.
Flags that are torn, faded or otherwise damaged
should not be flown.
Coat of Arms
The Cayman Islands coat of arms consists of a shield, a
crested helm and the motto. Three green stars representing
the Islands are set in the lower two-thirds of the shield. The
stars rest on blue and white wavy bands representing the
sea. In the top third of the shield, against a red background,
is a gold lion “passant guardant” (walking with the
further forepaw raised and the body seen from the side),
representing Great Britain. Above the shield is a green
turtle on a coil of rope. Behind the turtle is a gold pineapple.
The turtle represents Cayman’s seafaring history; the
rope, its traditional thatch-rope industry; and the
pineapple, its ties with Jamaica.
The Islands’ motto, He hath founded it upon the seas, is
printed at the bottom of the shield. This verse from Psalms
24 acknowledges Cayman’s Christian heritage.
The proposal for a coat of arms was approved by the
Legislative Assembly in 1957, and public input was sought
on its design. The Royal Warrant assigning “Armorial
Ensigns for the Cayman Islands” was approved by Her
Majesty’s command on 14th May, 1968.
Song
Cayman’s national song, Beloved Isle Cayman, was written
by the late Mrs. Leila Ross Shier in 1930. Regarded as the
unofficial national song for many years, it was designated
as such by the Cayman Islands Coat of Arms, Flag and
National Song Law, 1993.
National Heroes
In 1993, the Legislative Assembly passed the National
Heroes Law, providing for the declaration of persons who
have rendered exceptional service, as national heroes.
The first national hero, the late Executive Council Member,
Hon. James (Jim) Manoah Bodden, was named in 1994. In
1996, the second hero, Mrs. Sybil Ione McLaughlin, first
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, was named.
Flag
The flag of the Cayman Islands was adopted in 1959. Prior
to that, the Islands had used the British flag for all official
occasions. Set on a navy blue field, the flag features the red,
white and blue British Union Jack in its upper left-hand
corner, and the Cayman coat of arms encircled in a pure
white ground in the right-hand centre of the field. The
maritime flag features a red field.
Flag Flying Information
Flags are to be flown from sunrise to sunset, from 0600
hours (6:00 am) to 1800 hours (6:00 pm). These times are
to be used throughout the year.
The Governor may authorise that flags be flown at
half-mast at Government House or on public buildings on
the death of any member of the British Royal Family or
the Head of State. The Governor may do the same for any
local person of national importance. When flags are to be
flown at half-mast, the flag must first be raised to the
normal position and then lowered to a distance one-third
below the normal flying position.
The personal flag of the Governor is the Union Flag,
superimposed in the centre with a white disc bearing the
Cayman Islands’ Coat of Arms and surrounded by a green
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Chief Officers, at 31 December, 2001
Governor of the Cayman Islands: Mr. Peter J. Smith, CBE
Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands: The Hon. Anthony
Smellie, QC, JP
Speaker of the House: The Hon. Julianna O’ConnorConnolly
Portfolio of Internal & External Affairs
Chief Secretary: The Hon. James M. Ryan, MBE, JP
Deputy Chief Secretary: Mr. Donovan Ebanks, MBE
Permanent Secretary, Personnel: Mr. Colin Ross
Deputy Permanent Secretary/Personnel: Mr. Graham Wood
Cayman Islands Government Representative in the United
Kingdom: Mrs. Jennifer Dilbert
Commissioner of Police: Mr. David Thursfield, QPM
Chief Immigration Officer: Mr. Orrett Connor
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly: Ms Wendy Lauer Ebanks
Chief Information Officer: Miss Pat Ebanks, MVO
Clerk of the Executive Council: Ms Carmena Watler
Passport Officer: Mrs. Janice McLean
Accountant General: Mrs. Sonia McLaughlin
Collector of Customs: Mr. Carlon Powery
Registrar General/Registrar of Companies: Mr. Delano
Solomon, JP
Director, Cayman Islands Shipping Registry: Mr. Peter
Gibbs
Director of Economic Research: Dr. Elizabeth Parsan
Director of Internal Audit: Mrs. Anne Owens (acting)
Director of Budget and Management Unit: Mr. Peter
Gough
Chief Statistician: Mr. Brian Boxill
Ministry of Tourism, Environment,
Development and Commerce
Member of the Executive Council: The Hon. McKeeva
Bush, OBE, JP
Permanent Secretary: Mr. Charles Clifford
Director of Tourism (Interim): Ms Pilar Bush
Director, Department of Environment: Mrs. Gina EbanksPetrie
Chief Fire Officer: Mr. Kirkland H. Nixon, QFSM, MBE
Ministry of Planning, Communications,
Works
and Information Technology
Portfolio of Legal Administration
Attorney General: The Hon. David Ballantyne
Solicitor General: Mr. Samuel Bulgin
Director of Legal Studies: Mr. Mitchell Davies
First Legislative Counsel: Mrs. Myrtle Brandt
Portfolio of Finance and Economics
Financial Secretary: The Hon. George A. McCarthy, OBE, JP
Deputy Financial Secretary: Mr. Joel Walton, JP
Member of the Executive Council: The Hon. Linford
Pierson, OBE, JP
Permanent Secretary: Mr. Kearney Gomez, MBE, JP
Director of Planning: Mr. Kenneth Ebanks
Postmaster General: Mrs. Mona Banks-Jackson, MBE
Chief Engineer, Public Works: Mr. Colford Scott
Director, MRCU: Dr. William Petrie
Director, Department of Environmental Health: Mrs.
Theresa Kuczynski
Director of Lands & Survey/Registrar of Lands: Mr. Clark
Appendix 3: Cayman Islands Government
Financial Services Regulatory Regime ....................……..................................................................210
Government Web Site Directory ...................................................................................................212
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Buchanan
Director, Computer Services: Mr. Gilbert McLaughlin
Manager, Information Technology Strategy Unit: Mr.
David Archbold
The Judiciary
Ministry of Education, Human Resources and
Culture
Member of Executive Council: The Hon. J. A. Roy Bodden, JP
Permanent Secretary: Mrs. Joy Basdeo, MBE, JP
Chief Education Officer: Mrs. Nyda Flatley
Chief Inspector of Schools: Mrs. Mary Rodrigues
Director of Employment Relations: Mr. Walling Whittaker
Director, Cayman Islands National Archive: Dr. Philip
Pedley
Librarian, Public Library: Ms Benedicta Conolly (acting)
Chief Justice:
Puisne Judges:
The Hon. Anthony Smellie, QC, JP
The Hon. Henry Graham, JP
The Hon. Dale Sanderson, JP
Magistrates:
Mrs. Grace Donalds, JP
Mrs. Margaret Ramsey-Hale, JP
Miss Nova Hall, JP
Court Administrator: Mrs. Delene Cacho, JP
Clerk of Courts: Ms Audrey Bodden, JP
Cayman Islands Audit Office
Auditor General: Mr. Nigel Esdaile
Ministry of Health Services, District
Administration and Agriculture
Statutory Authorities
Chairman, Public Service Commission: Mr. Athelston
C.E. Long, CMG, CBE
Director, Civil Aviation Authority: Mr. Richard Smith
Director, Port Authority: Mr. Paul Hurlston
Director, Water Authority: Dr. Gelia Frederick-van
Genderen
Manager, Housing Development Corporation and the
Agricultural and Industrial Development Board (AIDB):
Mrs. Angela Miller
Managing Director, Cayman Islands Monetary Authority:
Mr. John Bourbon
Chief Executive Officer, Cayman Islands Stock Exchange:
Ms Valia Theodoraki
President, Community College of the Cayman Islands:
Mr. Sam Basdeo
Director, Cayman Islands National Museum: Miss Anita
Ebanks, Cert. Hon.
Member of the Executive Council: The Hon. Gilbert
McLean
Permanent Secretary: Ms. Andrea Bryan, JP
Director of Health Services Department: Mr. Mervyn
Conolly
Deputy Director of Health Services: Mrs. Eloise Reid, MBE
Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Bryan Heap
Medical Officer of Health: Dr. A Kiran Kumar
Chief Dental Officer: Dr. John Vlitos
Chief Nursing Officer: Mrs. Ivy Collins
Chief Financial Officer: Mr. Robert Flake
Chief Administrative Officer: Mrs. Cathy Gomez
Medical Officer in Charge, Faith Hospital: Dr. Marjorie
Yee Sing (acting)
Director of Broadcasting: Mr. Loxley Banks
District Commissioner: Mr. Kenny Ryan
Deputy District Commissioner: Mr. Ernie Scott
Chief Agricultural Officer: Dr. Alfred Benjamin
Ministry of Community Service, Women’s
Affairs, Youth and Sports
Member of the Executive Council: Dr. The Hon. Frank
McField
Permanent Secretary: Mr. Carson Ebanks, JP
Director of Social Services: Mrs. Deanna Look Loy
Director of Youth & Sports: Mr. Charles Branche
Director of Substance Abuse Services: Mrs. Karen Ferruccio
Director of Prisons: Mr. John Forster
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operations, compliance, and policy and research. Its
senior management has a combined 170 years of regulatory
and/or industry experience.
Within the framework of the Authority’s internal
risk-based assessments and the operative international
standards such as the Basle core principles for banking
supervision, the IOSCO principles for securities regulation,
and the IAIS guidelines for insurance supervision, the
Authority’s teams of analysts use a three-pronged approach
in supervision procedures.
The off-site surveillance programme is documentbased, using quarterly prudential returns and annual
audited financial statements. Licensees are able to submit
quarterly reports electronically.
This enhances the
efficiency and timeliness of data collection as well as the
analytical capability of the Authority. The authority also
holds regular prudential meetings with directors and
senior officials of licensed entities to discuss the
institutions’ financial conditions and business plans. The
third element, a formal programme of on-site inspections,
was introduced in 1998; it is an integral feature of the
regulatory approach.
A hallmark of Cayman’s regulatory system is rigorous
adherence to the know your client rules. They operate at the
individual level, where service providers interact with
existing or potential clients, as well as at the institutional
level, where financial entities that wish to be licensed by the
Cayman Islands to operate here are screened for competence
and probity. It is no surprise, therefore, that the “household
names” in Cayman’s financial services community include
the top names globally, including virtually all of the top 50
international banks.
The Authority’s international regulatory cooperation is receiving increasing emphasis,
commensurate with the increasing global volume of
cross-border financial services activity and Cayman’s
participation therein. For example, in February 1999 the
Monetary Authority signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the Central Bank of Brazil that
enables the latter to conduct prudential reviews of Brazilian
banks operating in Cayman, in accordance with
consolidated supervision arrangements and under
conditions protecting confidentiality. The authority has
also hosted consolidated supervision visits by regulators
from Bermuda, the Isle of Man, the UK, the US and
Switzerland and has itself conducted such visits in the US
and a number of Central American jurisdictions.
Financial Services Regulatory Regime
The proper supervision of the financial service industry
continues to be an indispensable cornerstone of Cayman’s
success as a premier international financial centre.
Appropriate supervision ensures that the industry remains
sound, secure and competitive and, as importantly, that
the jurisdiction is protected from abuse by entities with
illegitimate purposes. To this end, Cayman has
progressively reinforced the regulatory regime to produce
an integrated set of laws, international agreements and
industry guidance. Further, an access policy is maintained
that admits into the Cayman Islands respected institutions
with a strong compliance culture and therefore a mutual
stake in safeguarding the reputation of the jurisdiction.
Thus an independent review of financial regulation
in the Cayman Islands by KPMG published in October
2000 found “a visible commitment to achieving
international standards;” “strong international cooperation arrangements;” and “positive evidence of
Cayman’s commitment to prevent money laundering.”
The review, in addition to commending Cayman’s
“proactive approach” to banking supervision and sound
regulation of the insurance sector, also recognised the
Cayman Islands for having a regulatory system for trust
companies, company managers and fund administration,
positive features that, the review noted, were not found in
many other countries.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has daily
oversight of the industry as required by various regulatory
laws covering banks and other deposit-taking institutions;
trust companies; insurance companies; mutual funds and
company management. The Authority also manages the
Cayman Islands’ currency, a function inherited from the
former Cayman Islands Currency Board.
The Authority’s regulatory oversight role includes
monitoring for compliance with the anti-money laundering
regulations. The Authority is also responsible for the
issuance of formal guidance notes to the industry on antimoney laundering compliance. Developed in collaboration
with the private sector, the guidance notes give practical
guidance to institutions in preventing money laundering
and deals with customer identification, record keeping,
training, systems and controls, and reporting requirements.
The Authority is structured in eight divisions:
operations, banking supervision, fiduciary services,
investment services, insurance supervision, currency
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throughout the Caribbean region. It has served as president
of the CFATF, and it has provided substantial assistance
to neighbouring states in the region. It has demonstrated
exemplary co-operation on law enforcement matters, and
uncovered several serious cases of fraud and money
laundering otherwise unknown to authorities in FATF
member states. ”
The Cayman Islands has always recognised the right
to financial privacy – except when criminality is involved.
In 1984 Cayman pioneered along with US, our major
trading partner, the Narcotics Agreement, which provided
a well-defined and controlled gateway for the exchange
of information for the investigation and prosecution of
drug-related crime. This agreement was broadened in
1986 by the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),
covering fraud and other crimes punishable under US and
Cayman laws by imprisonment of more than one year. To
date, more than 200 primary information requests have
been dealt with under the treaty, and the mutual evaluation
is that it serves its purpose in a completely satisfactory
manner.
True to its leadership role, Cayman is engaging with
international bodies such as the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the challenging
area of tax information “exchange.” As a result, the
Cayman Islands was not designated as a harmful “tax
haven” by the OECD and as importantly, sits on the OECD
Global Forum working group that has the responsibility
for developing the international standard for tax
information protocols. The OECD members and nonmembers such as Cayman have committed the Forum
group to balance privacy and due process concerns with
effective information protocols. Implementation of such
protocols will be the responsibility of a separate entity
within the Cayman Islands government, within an
appropriate legal framework.
Cayman’s standing as a first-rank international
financial centre is underpinned by the understanding that
arbitrary and indiscriminate regulation does not add
value, and that effective and efficient regulation should
properly feature a consultative process of governance.
This has allowed the Cayman Islands to continue attracting
high-quality industry partners who have a strong
compliance culture and are committed to the jurisdiction’s
vigilance in protecting the financial services sector from
illicit activity. The Private Sector Consultative Committee,
which includes the heads of all financial services
The introduction of The Monetary Authority
(International Co-operation) Law 2000 enhanced the
Authority’s functions in the area of international cooperation on regulatory matters. Up to the end of 2001,
the Authority dealt with over 100 requests for regulatory
assistance from 31 countries, and expects to be at the
forefront in international supervisory co-operation in a
way that respects both the rights of licensees and the
responsibilities of industry regulators.
The Cayman Islands is a principal and founding
member of a number of regional and international
regulatory organisations. Membership in these bodies
not only enables Cayman to be at the leading edge of
industry developments, but provides a convenient forum
for the general exchange of information and experiences.
Cayman is a member of the Basle Offshore Group of
Banking Supervisors, the Caribbean Group of Banking
Supervisors, the Association of Latin American and
Caribbean Banking Supervisors, the International
Association of Insurance Supervisors, the Offshore Group
of Insurance Supervisors, and the Offshore Group of
Collective Investment Scheme Supervisors.
The Cayman Islands continues to be a model for other
countries in developing legal and institutional capability
in the fight against money laundering. Cayman is a
founding member and past chair of the Caribbean Financial
Action Task Force (CFATF), the regional affiliate of the
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), formally established
in 1996 to promote anti-money laundering efforts in
member countries. Cayman’s Financial Reporting Unit is
also a member of the Egmont Group. In March 2000, the
Cayman Islands hosted an inaugural United Nations
meeting that attracted 90 participants from 42 countries
and thereby helped launch the UN Global Programme
against Money Laundering.
A Vienna Convention (1988 UN Convention against
Illicit Trafficking in Narcotics and Psychotropic
Substances) country since 1995, Cayman was among the
first to enact “all crimes” anti-laundering legislation in
1996 in the form of the Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Law
1996. This Law was updated in 2000 and 2001 to ensure
continued compliance with international anti-money
laundering standards. As a result, an FATF review of
Cayman’s anti-money laundering regime in concluded in
June 2001 that it was compliant with FATF standards and
observed also that “[The Cayman Islands] has been a
leader in developing anti-money laundering programmes
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associations, plays a vital role as the pulse of the industry,
and the government consults with the Committee
regularly on matters of importance including major policy
initiatives and legislation.
Pedro St. James National Historic Site
www.pedrostjames.ky
Government Web Site Directory
Planning Department
www.planning.gov.ky
Pirates' Week National Festival
www.piratesweekfestival.com
Government Portal
For access to web sites for ministries, portfolios,
Immigration, recruitment (Personnel), the Women’s
Resource Centre, MRCU, the Weather Service and the
Public Service Pensions Board (the Law School and Radio
Cayman will soon be added), and links to all other
Government web sites (including those listed below):
www.gov.ky
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service
www.rcip.ky
Port Authority
www.caymanport.com
Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park
www.botanic-park.ky
Government Sites
Cayman Airways
www.caymanairways.com
Quincentennial Celebrations Office
www.cayman500.ky
Cayman National Cultural Foundation
www.artscayman.org
Stock Exchange
www.csx.com.ky
Department of Environment
http://DoE.8m.com
Turtle Farm
www.turtle.ky
Department of Tourism
www.caymanislands.ky
www.divecayman.ky
Human Rights
www.humanrightstoday.ky
Portfolio of Finance and Economics
www.caymanfinance.gov.ky
Monetary Authority
www.cimoney.com.ky
National Museum
www.museum.ky
National Drug Council
www.ndccayman.com
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APPENDIX
SUMMARY OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND
EXPENDITURE
1999-2001 IN (CI$000s)
REVENUE
Duty
Charges
Licences
Sale
Fees
Fines
Services
Rentals/Lease
Loans/Interest
Miscellaneous
Contributions/Repayments
Fund Transfers
Loan Receipts
REVENUE
1999
(Actual)
133,854
20,887
26,320
5,112
71,140
1,478
2,033
2,420
3,069
898
12,341
__
__
________
279,552
________
2000
(Actual)
125,098
21,888
24,178
5,867
79,651
1,504
1,719
714
2,867
3,816
5,887
11,144
__
________
284,333
________
2001
(Unaudited)
115,405
22,260
26,408
6,130
91,326
1,257
1,719
797
2,049
4,637
10,509
7,000
30,159
_______
319,656
_______
1999
(Actual)
18,242
2000
(Actual)
23,778
2001
(Unaudited)
19,545
2,700
12,350
__
__
7,254
__
_______
__
2,432
1,596
_______
__
__
__
_______
28,196
_______
40,156
_______
19,545
_______
CAPITAL INCOME
Loan Receipts
Contributions from:
General Revenue
Environmental
Protection Fee
Infrastructure Dev. Fund
Road Development Fund
TOTAL CAPITAL
INCOME
Appendix 4: Cayman Islands Economic Data
Recurrent, Capital & Statutory Expenditure....................................................................................214
Imports and Exports and Balance of Trade .....................................................................................215
Work Permits (at year-end) .........................................................................................................215
Work Permits by Occupational Group ..........................................................................................216
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RECURRENT EXPENDITURE (by Portfolio) (CI$000s)
1998
1999
2000
(Actual)
(Actual)
(Estimated)
Office of the Governor
4781
4,849
5,670
34,482
38,610
38,429
2,409
2,945
3,526
Finance & Economic
Development
26,840
32,707
33,368
Education, Aviation & Planning
42,386
38,705
38,905
Tourism, Commerce
Transport & Works
39,498
40,362
39,469
Comm. Affairs, Sports,
Women, Youth, & Culture
11,652
13,171
13,544
Health, Social Welfare
Drug Abuse Prev. & Rehab.
50,724
53,936
58,124
21,526
________
234,298
________
21,973
________
247,258
_________
27,839
________
258,874
________
Internal & External Affairs
Legal Affairs
Agriculture, Comm., Envnmt.,
& Natural Resources
Total
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (CI$000s)
Capital Acquisitions
Capital Development
Public Buildings
Roads
Recreational & Cultural
Facilities
Cemeteries
Harbours & Docks
Purchase of Lands
Land Fill Development
Health Care Facilities
Agricultural Development
Design Development & Costing
Total Capital Expenditure
1999
(Actual)
2000
(Actual)
2001
(Unaudited)
7,295
4,715
3,941
7,991
11,196
15,487
16,686
10,616
7,198
1,522
176
389
5,216
82
3,541
146
59
———
30,318
______
37,613
1,650
99
70
2,552
111
1,356
107
398
———
38,516
______
43,231
848
86
1,372
64
1,819
137
15
———
22,156
______
26,097
______
______
______
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STATUTORY EXPENDITURE (CI $000s)
Public Debt Charge
Other Statutory Expenditure
Total Recurrent, Capital and
Statutory Expenditure
1999
(Actual)
2000
(Actual)
2001
(Unaudited)
18,761
13,585
______
21,321
15,565
______
20,721
26,247
______
32,346
______
36,886
______
46,968
______
304,257
======
327,375
======
331,939
======
Source: Annual Accounts of the Cayman Islands Government
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AND BALANCE OF TRADE, 1994-2001
Imports (CIF)
$millions
Exports (FOB)
$millions
Balance of trade
$millions
1994
272.9
2.0
-270.9
1995
332.5
3.4
-329.1
1996
314.9
2.2
-312.7
1997
428.3 r
1.8
-426.5
1998
447.8 r
1.0 r
-446.8
1999
457.4 r
1.2
-456.2
2000
558.7 r
2.0
-556.7
2001
510.7*
2.4*
-508.3
r
= Revised from the figure stated in the 2000 Annual Report & Official Handbook
*
= Estimate
WORK PERMITS (AT YEAR-END)
Nationality
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
UK & Eire
USA & Canada
West Indies &
Central America
Rest of World
1,211
1,899
1,154
1,767
1,357
2,345
1,439
2,282
1,460
2,533
6,225
682
6,494
627
7,664
893
7,998
1,166
8,629
1,382
10,017
10,042
12,259
12,885
14,004
Total
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WORK PERMITS BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP
OCCUPATION
19951
1996 (R) 1997
1998
1999
2000R
2001
Administrative/Managerial
786
676
755
698
674
718
604
Professional
668
554
788
968
1,017
940
856
Skilled
4,606
4,741
5,455
6,331
6,494
6,723
5,893
Semi-Skilled/Unskilled
4,138
3,980
4,316
4,888
4,952
4,498
4,004
All
10,198 9,951
13,137
12,879
11,357
11,314 12,885
SOURCE: Immigration Department, Cayman Islands Government
1
Includes short term permits
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APPENDIX
Hurricane Information
The Cayman Islands is located in a hurricane belt and the official hurricane season runs for a full six months, from 1
June through 30 November. While we have been fortunate in escaping any serious storms in recent years, Cayman still
maintains a constant state of readiness. The following is some useful information to ensure the population is well
protected in the event of a hurricane or tropical storm.
National Hurricane Committee
The Cayman Islands’ National Hurricane Committee is a multi-agency committee that administers the National
Hurricane Plan, a guide for hurricane preparedness and response for all three islands. The NHC monitors hurricanes
and tropical storms that could affect Cayman. Once a storm system becomes a threat to the Islands, the plan is
implemented and the Islands are put on guard.
Warning terms
Official public advisories are issued according to the following phases:
Alert:
Watch:
Warning:
All Clear:
hurricane or tropical storm conditions are likely to affect the islands within 48 hours. (Once the NHC declares
an alert, it becomes the official source for local information and instructions.)
hurricane or tropical storm conditions are likely to affect the islands within 36 hours.
hurricane or tropical storm conditions are likely to affect the islands within 24 hours. (A warning remains
in effect until the system has passed or is no longer a threat.)
the hurricane or storm has passed or no longer poses a threat
Hurricane and storm signals
Hurricane and tropical storm advisories from the NHC are issued through the local media. In addition, the flying of
flags at selected sites throughout the Islands indicates the various stages. There is a different flag for each stage. Flags
indicating hurricanes are square while those for tropical storms are triangular.
Appendix 5: Miscellaneous Information
Hunting and Fishing Seasons ........................................................................................................220
Public Holidays, 2002 – 2003 .......................................................................................................221
Overseas Representation in Cayman ..............................................................................................221
Service and Social Clubs...............................................................................................................222
A-Z of Popular Sports....................................................................................................................231
Notaries Public ............................................................................................................................237
Justices of the Peace.......................................................................................................................239
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Hurricane flags (square)
Alert – one square red flag
Watch – one square red flag with a black square in the centre
Warning – two square red flags with a black square in the
centre of each
All Clear – one square green flag
Tropical storm flags (triangular)
Alert – one triangular red flag
Watch – one triangular red flag with a black square in the
centre
Warning – two triangular red flags with a black square in
the centre of each
All Clear – one triangular green flag
What to do when advisories are issued
ALERT – “take precautions”
• Check emergency supplies and stock up on items
needed. After a storm, electricity and water supplies
may not be available and stores and supermarkets may
not be able to open. Ensure you have enough nonperishable food, water, first aid and other survival
supplies for each person for five to seven days. Do not
forget any prescription medication your family may
need and special items for the young and elderly.
• Assess your home and make necessary repairs to roofs,
etc. Decide now whether you need to go to a shelter or
to stay with friends or relatives. Find out which shelter
is closest to you and decide how you will get there.
People in ocean-side houses or condos should prepare
to move inland.
• Obtain plywood and nails for battening down your
home or business if you do not have custom-make
shutters. It is best to make these precautions at the start of
the hurricane season, as suppliers will quickly run out of
stocks once an alert is declared.
• Fill vehicles with gasoline and, if necessary, withdraw
some cash from the bank.
• Remove overhanging limbs and fruit from trees.
• If you have to go to a shelter you will not be able to
take your pet with you. Some local kennels offer
boarding but space is limited. Make arrangements
early.
• Stay tuned to radio and local television for the latest
official notices from the National Hurricane
Committee.
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WATCH – “batten down”
Outside
• Put up shutters or board up windows, glass doors and
skylights. Wedge sliding glass doors and windows to
prevent them from lifting from their tracks.
• Bring in or securely tie down everything that could
be blown away, such as outdoor furniture, potted
plants, clothes racks, garden tools, garbage pans, etc.
• Remove antennas and satellite dishes to prevent
damage or loss.
• Disconnect downspouts from cisterns and close all
cistern openings.
Inside
•
Sterilize bathtub, pans, jugs and bottles, and fill with
water.
• Turn refrigerator and freezer to the coldest setting
and open as little as possible.
• If your area is prone to flooding, raise furniture,
appliances and other valuables off the floor.
If your house has more than one storey, take valuables
to upper floors.
WARNING – “take refuge”
Before the storm strikes
• Close curtains and blinds to minimize the danger of
flying glass if windows are broken.
• Turn off outside gas cylinders and disconnect gas
pipes.
• If you intend to stay with relatives or friends, or to
take pets to a kennel, go now.
• Bring pets indoors. If you have to leave home and
cannot find accommodations for your pet, leave them
indoors along with dry food and litter. Tape the toilet
seat in an upright position and brace the bathroom
door open so they will have drinking water if water
containers get knocked over. Make sure they are
wearing identifying collars with metal/plastic tags.
• Shelters will usually open during this phase. If you
intend to go to a shelter, listen for announcements
that the one nearest you is open. Before you leave,
turn off the main power and fuel supply and take the
items you have prepared.
• Park vehicles inside the garage or away from trees.
• If you are remaining at home, go indoors and stay
there.
• Use telephone only for emergencies.
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•
Stay tuned to local media for official notices and
instructions from the National Hurricane Committee.
During the storm
• Stay on the downwind (leeward) side of the house,
away from windows.
• Do not go outside while the eye is passing unless
absolutely necessary. Winds will return unexpectedly
from the opposite direction, sometimes with greater
force.
• If your roof or walls begin to fail, go to an inner room
(preferably one without windows), cupboard or
passageway and shield yourself with a mattress.
•
•
•
•
•
•
ALL CLEAR – “beware”
• Help injured or trapped persons, but:
• Do not move seriously injured persons unless they
are in immediate danger of further injury. Give first
aid, where appropriate. Call for help.
• Do not touch loose or damaged wires or anything that
is touching them. Do not step in pools of water where
such wires could be grounded.
• Avoid trees, signs, buildings and other structures that
appear damaged.
• Do not go sightseeing; you may interfere with rescue
work.
• If you have been away from home, do not return until
advised by the authorities that it is safe to do so.
• Be very careful about entering your home.
• Beware of scorpions or other insects driven from
their usual habitat by floodwaters.
• Electrical - Do not turn on the main electrical switch
until you have checked the system; water may have
shorted out the wiring. Look for damage. If you see
sparks, broken or frayed wires, or if you smell hot
insulation, turn off the electricity at the main fuse box
or circuit breaker. If you have to step in water to get
to the fuse box or circuit breaker, call an electrician
first for advice.
• Water and Sewage – Check for water and sewage line
damage. If you suspect the sewage lines or cesspool
are damaged, avoid flushing the toilets and contact a
plumber.
• Property and Utility damage - Make a list of damage
to your property. Report fallen electricity poles and
wires to CUC, damaged phone lines to Cable and
Wireless, and broken water pipes to the Water
•
Authority or Consoliated Water. There is a public
sewage system along West Bay Road. If you live in
that area and suspect sewage line damage, call the
Water Authority.
Before starting clean-up, take pictures of damage,
inside and out. They will be important documentation
for any insurance claim.
If there has been window or roof damage, try to
protect your home from further rain damage.
Open windows and doors to ventilate and dry your
home.
Continue to drink bottled water until your regular
water supply has been tested safe.
Check refrigerated foods for spoilage.
Listen for official information from the National
Hurricane Committee. Such information will include
locations of post-hurricane shelters, and arrangements
for relief and medical services.
Use telephone for emergencies only.
Emergency Telephone Numbers
GRAND CAYMAN
Police, Fire, Hospital
Divers Recompression Chamber
Caribbean Utilities
Water Authority
Consoliated Water Company
GIS Information Hotline
(Activated during Alert phase)
911
911
945-1282
916-1000 or
949-6352
947-4347
946-3333
CAYMAN BRAC
Police
Fire
Hospital
Electricity
911/948-0223
911/948-1245
911/948-2225
948-4224
LITTLE CAYMAN
Police
Fire
911/948-0042
911/948-0011
Advice for visitors
When a hurricane threatens, visitors are advised to leave
the country since it is impossible to predict the extent of
the damage, and how long it will take essential services
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to return to normal. Food and water supplies may also be
affected. The airports will remain open and evacuation
flights will continue for as long as possible. Visitors who
are unable to leave will be housed at the nearest hurricane
shelter.
These shelters are manned by trained wardens and
equipped with emergency supplies and stand-by
generator power. Certain shelters are also designated
emergency medical centres. Once the storm is over, visitors
will not be allowed back into their hotel/condo rooms
until all systems are restored, and the building is once
again habitable.
The National Hurricane Committee strongly urges
visitors to take evacuation advice very seriously.
West Bay:
East End:
North Side:
Bodden Town:
Savannah:
Health Centre
Civic Centre
Civic Centre
Primary School Multipurpose Hall
Primary School Assembly Hall
Little Cayman
Public Works Department Building
Cayman Brac
Aston Rutty Centre
Hunting and Fishing Seasons
Birds
•
Public Hurricane Shelters and
Emergency Medical Centres
•
Public Hurricane Shelters
Grand Cayman
George Town:
West Bay:
East End:
Turtle
John Gray High School Assembly Hall
George Hicks High School
Multipurpose Hall
Primary School Assembly Hall
Community College Hall
Red Cross Building
•
•
•
•
Town Hall
Primary School (part classrooms)
Primary School Assembly Hall
Community Hall
Bodden Town:
Civic Centre
Cayman Brac:
West End Primary School
Gerrard Smith Airport
Closed season runs from 1 May through 31 October
each year.
Catch limit: six per licence.
Minimum catch size is 120 lbs. for green turtles and
80 lbs. for loggerhead turtles.
Possession of turtle eggs is prohibited at any time.
Lobster
•
•
Primary School (part)
Gun Bay Community Hall
Breakers:
Closed season runs from 1 February through 31 July
each year.
Catch limit: either 12 white-wing doves, 12 whitecrowned pigeons or any combination thereof, and
three blue-winged teal.
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Closed season runs from 1 March through 30
November each year.
Catch limit: three per person or six per boat per day,
whichever is less.
Six-inch tail minimum catch size.
No one may purchase or receive more than three
lobsters from Cayman waters in any one day.
Conch
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Emergency Medical Centres
Grand Cayman
George Town:
John Gray High School, Islay Connolly
Hall
Closed season runs from 1 May through 31 October
each year.
Catch limit: five per person or ten per boat per day,
whichever is less.
No one may purchase or receive more than five conch
from Cayman waters in any one day.
Whelks
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taken from Cayman waters at any time.
Catch limit: two-and-a-half gallons in the shell or
two-and-a-half pounds of processed whelks.
No one may purchase or receive more than two-anda-half gallons in the shell or two-and-a-half pounds
processed from Cayman waters in any one day.
MONDAY, 17 JUNE - QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY
MONDAY, 1 JULY - CONSTITUTION DAY
MONDAY, 11 NOVEMBER - REMEMBRANCE DAY
WEDNESDAY, 25 DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS DAY
THURSDAY, 26 DECEMBER - BOXING DAY
2003
Grouper
WEDNESDAY, 1 JANUARY- NEW YEAR’S DAY
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WEDNESDAY, 5 MARCH - ASH WEDNESDAY
Grouper spawning sites off the east end of each of the
three islands are protected.
• A further five sites are expected to be designated as
such by year-end 2002: either end of the 12 mile
banks, an area south of Sand Cay and areas of the west
ends of both Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.
• Line fishing only is permitted in areas cited above, by
individuals normally resident in Cayman.
• Closed season: 1 January through 31 December 2003,
and every alternate year thereafter in designated
spawning areas only.
• Twelve-inch length minimum catch size.
• Catch limit: twelve per boat per day.
• No one may purchase or receive more than 12
groupers from Cayman waters in any one day.
FRIDAY, 18 APRIL - GOOD FRIDAY
MONDAY, 21 APRIL - EASTER MONDAY
MONDAY, 19 MAY - DISCOVERY DAY
MONDAY, JUNE - QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY
(Celebrated locally on Monday following Saturday
designated in the UK for official celebrations)
MONDAY, 7 JULY - CONSTITUTION DAY
MONDAY, 10 NOVEMBER - REMEMBRANCE DAY
THURSDAY, 25 DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS DAY
FRIDAY, 26 DECEMBER - BOXING DAY
Overseas Government Representatives
in the Cayman Islands
United States of America
Consular Agent
Ms. Gail Duquesnay
Tel: 945-1511
Box 31119 SMB
Other Fish
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Jew fish, tilefish (whities), filefish (pipers) and
angelfish (including grey, French and queen angels)
may not be taken from Cayman waters at any time.
Eight-inch minimum catch size on all other fish
except goggle eyes, herring, anchovies, silversides,
sprats and fry.
India
(Unofficial) Representative
Mr. Ravi Kapoor
949-8853
P.O. Box 1424 GT
NOTE:
Persons are encouraged to familiarize themselves with
the marine conservation laws and regulations as other
provisions apply to activities in Cayman waters.
Panama
Honorary Consular Agent
Vacant
Public Holidays
Costa Rica
Honorary Consular Agent
Vacant
2002
TUESDAY, 1 JANUARY - NEW YEAR’S DAY
WEDNESDAY, 13 FEBRUARY - ASH WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH - GOOD FRIDAY
Brazil
(Unofficial) Representative
Mr. Douglas Ramiro Capela
MONDAY, 1 APRIL - EASTER MONDAY
MONDAY, 20 MAY - DISCOVERY DAY
MONDAY, 3 JUNE - QUEEN’S GOLDEN JUBILEE
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IGA, and Cable & Wireless. The weeklong events include
a half-marathon walk, a candlelight vigil, a gala dinner,
and a cancer awareness symposium. This year’s gala
dinner and symposium were held at the Westin overlooking
the water.
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society
P.O. Box 1514 GT
Telephone: (345) 949-7618
[email protected]
www.caymanislandscancersociety.org.ky
Tel: 949-5907, Fax. 949-8872
Bank of Brazil, P.O. Box 1360 GT
United Kingdom
Trade Representative
Mr. Peter Dutton
Tel: 949-7600, Fax 949-2316
P.O. Box 488 GT
Canada
Commercial Representative
Mr. Peter Thomson
Tel: 949-5200
The Cayman Humane Society
The Cayman Humane Society (CHS) is a local, non-profit
organisation dedicated to the care of animals and education
of pet owners. Founded in 1972, the CHS models itself
closely after the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals and the Humane Society of the United States.
The CHS’ goals are:
• providing humane treatment for animals, including
care and shelter for deserted and stray animals, while
simultaneously attempting to re-home these pets;
• providing information and financial assistance to
control the pet population;
• supporting full enforcement of the Animals Law; and
• educating Cayman’s children and adults in the humane
treatment of animals and responsible pet care.
In 2001 the CHS aggressively pursued its goals through
increased advertising, education and spay/neuter efforts.
This resulted in an increase in annual number of adoptions
increasing, a decrease in the number of unwanted animals
and a consequent decline in euthanasia.
The CHS continued its free spay/neuter. The
programme encouraged pet owners to take responsibility
for preventing unwanted litters. Spaying/neutering cats
and dogs is ultimately the most humane and effective
solution to pet overpopulation and stray animals.
Accordingly, the CHS continues to budget more than
$30,000 a year to this programme.
As a private charity, the CHS relies heavily on
community support, membership fees, and generous
donations and sales from its thrift shop and bookshop. In
2001 CHS took an aggressive step and hired a fourth staff
member to manage the Claws It thrift shop. Thanks to the
many donations of clothing and articles from the
community, and the manager and volunteers’ efforts, this
decision has proved to be beneficial.
With only three paid staff members managing the
Jamaica
Honorary Consular and Trade Representative
Mr. Robert Hamaty
Tel: 949-6332, 949-9526, Fax 945-7294
P.O. Box 2307 GT
Barbados
(Unofficial) Representative
Ms Juliette Gooding-Ebanks
Tel: 949-9008, ext. 3065
Service and Social Clubs
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society
The Cancer Society’s goal is to provide services to the
community, with respect to both those dealing with
cancer and those wanting to learn more about it. Available
programmes include educational sessions, a smoking
cessation programme, and a cancer-patient support group.
Along with helping needy cancer patients pay medical
bills, the society also lends out equipment such as beds and
wheelchairs.
The Cancer Society provides information services to
the medical and non-medical community on all types of
cancer. All services and programmes are offered free of
charge.
The Cancer Society started informally in 1982 and
officially became the Cayman Islands Cancer Society in
1988.
Major Events
Cancer Awareness Week is the Cancer Society’s biggest
fund-raising and educational event, with major corporate
support from Foster Brothers Ltd., Foster’s Food Fair-
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animal shelter, the society continues to depend on
volunteers for everything, including walking dogs, cat
care, pet fostering, running the thrift shop Claws It, Book
Loft, and organizing fund-raisers, education programmes,
welfare investigations and the free spay and neuter
programme. This keeps the overhead to a minimum,
allowing every donated penny to be maximized.
CHS will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in the
year 2002.
Cayman Humane Society
P.O. Box 1167GT
Telephone: (345) 949-1461
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.humane.ky
by Rotary International in November 1965.
Some of its current programmes and initiatives are:
• Meals on Wheels - this programme delivers a hot,
nutritious lunch to the infirm and needy five days a
week in George Town and three days weekly in West
Bay, totalling 18,200 meals annually.
• Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Programme of
the Cayman Islands – in August 2001 the club was
instrumental in the donation of two vehicles to the
programme, which is run by the Community
Relations Department of the Royal Cayman Islands
Police Service (RCIP), allowing it to be extended to
all schools on Grand Cayman.
• DWI Prevention – in December 2001 the club presented
16 roadside hand-held intoxylizers to the Traffic
Department of the RCIP, allowing officers to test
drivers for drunken driving at the scene of incidents.
• Adult Literacy – the club continues its long-standing
support for the Cayman Islands Reading Aids Programme,
in which trained individuals work on a one-on-one
basis to assist adults. Much of the effort is aimed at
the prison population.
• Prisoner Rehabilitation – through the Prison Director,
who is a club member, the club assists with the
rehabilitation of prisoners. This year the club is
sponsoring a number of prisoners who are taking a
correspondence course to obtain their GED diploma,
which will give them the fundamental qualification
needed to succeed in the job marketplace when they
return to society.
• Christmas Tree Lighting – one of the longest-running
club programmes, this ceremony, broadcast live
from the heart of George Town, heralds the start of
the festive season.
• Senior Citizen’s Party – each year the club hosts a party
on Boxing Day, attended by most of the Island’s
senior citizens.
• School Lunches – Since start of 2002 the club has been
meeting the cost of school lunches for a group of
George Town Primary children.
• After-school Programmes – in year 2002 – 2003, the key
theme will be Youth of the Nation, focusing on assistance
and involvement with after-school programmes to
help alleviate growing youth problems.
• Around the World – the club assumed a heavy
programme of financial assistance in 2001: providing
schoolbooks in Guatemala, housing in Haiti and Fiji, and
Cayman Horse Association
The Cayman Horse Association (CHA), a registered, nonprofit organization, was formed to bring horse enthusiasts
together to accomplish three goals.
The Three goals are:
• improving the care and husbandry of horses in the
Cayman Islands;
• increasing knowledge, through training, of horses
and riders; and
• increasing the opportunities for horse-related
enjoyment for all who are interested.
Since its formation the CHA has established a council
that disseminates information on horse care and
investigates, in conjunction with the Department of
Agriculture, claims of mistreatment of horses. It has
established a horse registry that has registered about
three-quarters of the horses in Cayman and has
started holding competitive horse shows.
CHA clinics train horses free of charge. The association
has established riding trails and the Horse Source, a
service that contacts US agents to locate horses for
purchase by enthusiasts in Cayman.
Cayman Horse Association
Telephone: (345) 945-1988
Rotary Clubs
There approximately 1.2 million members of some 30,000
Rotary Clubs in more that 160 countries worldwide.
Rotary Club of Grand Cayman
This, the first Rotary club in the Cayman Islands, was
sponsored by the Rotary Club of Boston and was chartered
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process of donating funds for a facility in the Scranton
community.
help for the handicapped in Brazil. It also supported AIDS
education and hurricane relief in Belize, adult literacy in
South Africa, assistance to the handicapped in Turkey and
a home for wayward boys in Jamaica.
In addition to all these good works, the members of
the club find plenty of time for enjoying the companionship
and fellowship with each other that is such an important
part of the Rotary movement all around the world. The
club meets at 12.30 pm every Thursday at Ottmar’s
Restaurant, Grand Pavilion Commercial Centre, on West
Bay Road, just north of the Hyatt hotel.
To learn more about Rotary and the Rotary Club of
Grand Cayman visit their award-winning website
www.rotary.ky and see how they are putting into action
2002’s Rotary theme:- MANKIND IS OUR BUSINESS.
The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman
P.O. Box 802GT
Tel (345) 949-8206
Fax (345) 949-8895
Fund-raising & Donations
The club holds fund-raising events such as a music
extravaganza and raffle and then invests in the community.
Funds have been donated to the Rehoboth Centre, Canaan
Land Home, the Frances Bodden Children’s Home, the
Cayman Islands Marine Institute and The Pines Retirement
Home. The club’s emergency funds help Caribbean
neighbours with hurricane relief.
Rotary Club Central
P.O. Box 30245SMB
Telephone: (345) 949-8198
Or (345) 945-1199
Rotary Club of Cayman Brac
The Rotary Club of Cayman Brac services the local
community with a full calendar of events, including a
bikeathon, the Barracuda Bonanza fishing tournament, the
Christmas tree lighting ceremony and the senior citizens’
Christmas party.
Rotary Club of Cayman Brac
Telephone: (345) 948-1515
Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central
The Rotary International theme for 2001 was Create
Awareness, Take Action.
Programmes for Children & Youth
The club operates the Junior Achievement Programme,
co-sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, and sponsors
Rotary youth arms Rotaract and Interact. The club’s interschools debating competition continued with the
assistance of sponsor British Caymanian Insurance
Company. The programme’s goal is fostering world
understanding and awareness among Cayman’s youth.
The club awarded two scholastic and two vocational
scholarships; it also sponsored and chaperoned students
to the Rotary Youth Leadership Association convention
and World Affairs Seminar.
The Inner Wheel Club of Grand Cayman
The Inner Wheel Club of Grand Cayman celebrated its 30th
anniversary of service to the community in 2001.
Membership is open to all wives of Rotarians. The club
aims to further international friendship while providing
services to the community.
Each year the club organizes fund-raising activities to
continue its programme of direct financial assistance to
those in need. The club distributes food baskets at Easter
and has raised funds for hurricane relief.
A member of the International Inner Wheel, the local
club is part of the world’s largest women’s organization.
The Inner Wheel Club of Grand Cayman
P.O. Box 258GT
Telephone: (345) 947-1649
Community Service
The club was involved in the struggle against domestic
abuse and helped sponsor television programmes on the
issue. In addition, through activities such as bowling and
beach trips, members provided social opportunities for
mentally and physically impaired persons. The annual
Take a Kid Fishing programme continues to be a success,
with about 200 primary school children enjoying the
outing. Rotary Central also contributes annually to the
Pines Retirement Home.
Other major projects included installing more bus
stop shelters and assisting Youth for Christ with its West
Bay building project. Club members are also in the
Lions Clubs
Lions Club of Grand Cayman
Since the opening of an eye clinic in 1992, jointly constructed
with government, the club has sponsored several eye-care
programmes. To raise funds, the club holds an annual
White Cane Week, which features a public awareness
campaign on vision impairment.
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The club also sponsors an in-school dental hygiene
programme and funds the Quest programme as part of the
anti-drug education curriculum in local schools.
The Lions Community Centre was built by the club
and is used by the Lions and other service organizations
and community groups to host entertainment events.
Club members hold entertainment and fellowship
sessions with residents at the Pines Retirement Home at
least once a year. Visits to, provision of food baskets and
gifts, and repairs to homes of the elderly are carried out
through the club’s geriatric and social service programmes.
The Lions Club of Grand Cayman was officially
chartered in 1972, when sight preservation was adopted
as its major project.
Lions Club of Grand Cayman
P.O. Box 1400GT
Telephone: (345) 945-4667
Lions Club of Tropical Gardens
The Club’s Breast Cancer Awareness programme is one of
its most significant and successful areas of contribution.
These include a massive mammogram drive, community
workshops in collaboration with health professionals,
distribution of the symbolic pink ribbons, fundraising
activities aimed at lending a helping hand, and the crucial
partnerships formed with members of the community.
The words, Early detection is the best prevention, are central
to the club’s educational thrust, complementing the Lion’s
motto, We Serve.
Other major fund-raisers include the annual
aerobathon, luncheons/bake sales and street collection
drives.
Youth development is another focus, fostering strong
links with several schools and with the Young Parents
Programme. In September 2001 the club, in collaboration
with other socially conscious groups and individuals,
launched a highly successful after-school programme, at
the Scranton Community Centre. Approximately 60
children, ages 7 to 12 years, benefit every afternoon of the
week from a nutritious snack and stimulating activities
supervised by volunteers.
Christmas visits to the Cayman Islands Hospital,
Central Police Station, selected fire stations, Maple House,
Sunrise Cottage for the Elderly (in East End) continue to
be highlights of the club’s activities.
The Lions Club of Tropical Gardens was chartered on
8 May 1993 as part of the international family of Lions
Clubs. Since that time, as a major contributor to the social
fabric of the Cayman Islands, the club has been recognized
for its efforts at district and international levels. General
meetings of this all- female club are held on the first and
third Tuesday of every month.
Lions Club of Tropical Gardens
P.O. Box 31124SMB
Telephone: (345) 945-4667
Fax: (345) 949-7962
Big Brothers / Big Sisters of the Cayman Islands
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Cayman Islands is a nonprofit, youth-service organization based on the premise
that a one-to-one friendship with an adult can provide the
support a child needs to grow and mature.
A project of the Lions Club of Grand Cayman, the Big
Brothers/Big Sisters serves children ages 5 to 14, and
accepts mentors 18-and-older. The one-on-one friendship
is carefully screened to ensure the best possible match.
Factors such as personality, life experiences, strengths,
hobbies and geography are considered. The adult and
child spend three to five hours per week in activities that
will help develop a significant long-term relationship.
In 2000, the organization:
• acquired an office;
• formed a social and fund-raising committee;
• increased public awareness of the programme;
• provided numerous social activities for “bigs” and
“littles;”
• sent two members to an international training
conference;
• began publishing The Compendium newsletter; and
• increased the number of active matches by more than
100%.
Big Brothers / Big Sisters of the Cayman Islands
Telephone: 945-6315
Fax: 945-6317
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.bbbscay.org.ky
The Lions Club of Cayman Brac
The Lions Club of Cayman Brac undertakes several
community service projects annually. It traditionally
distributes gifts to children and the elderly at
Christmastime, in addition to assisting throughout the
year needy families and individuals with food, clothing,
financial aid and home repairs. Members also collaborate
with other organizations.
Lions Club of Cayman Brac
P.O. Box 140SB
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Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman
P.O. Box 1263GT
Telephone: (345) 945-4021
Telephone: (345) 948-0314
Kiwanis Clubs
The Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman
The Kiwanis Club of Seven Mile Beach
Celebrating 26 years of service, the Kiwanis Club of
Grand Cayman welcomed incoming president Frank
Banks in September 2001 and said farewell to outgoing
president Wanita Pilcher. President Pilcher graciously
thanked all of the club members and directors for making
her year a success. She reviewed the year’s highlights,
major fund-raisers that included Kiwani-bike, Road Angel
Awards Dinner, Joie Patterson Memorial Golf
Tournament and the 5K Fun Run/Walk. These activities
contributed more that $40,000 to various projects.
The Kiwanis Club of Seven Mile Beach is involved in
several areas of community work. Its major project is the
annual Santa Claus landing, to which all children are
invited. The club also sponsors John Gray High School’s
Key Club.
The club is a member of the Florida District of
Kiwanis International, falling under the supervision of
Florida District Six of Kiwanis (Division 25). It meets at the
Golden Pagoda Restaurant at 7:30 pm every Wednesday.
Officers are Basil Roberts, president; Karen Barnett,
secretary; Ken Chand, treasurer; and Loxley Banks,
immediate past president.
Kiwanis Club of Seven Mile Beach
P.O. Box 10702APO
Telephone: (345) 949-0007
Club Projects
Donations were made to CASA’s Youth to Youth
Programme, George Town Hospital’s Paediatric and
Maternity departments, the Lion’s Club of Tropical
Garden’s After-school Programme, Drug Awareness
Week, the Special Olympics and Cayman Hospice Care,
among others.
The Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman is also well
known for its youth initiatives. Kiwanians sponsor and
provide guidance for three Key clubs, at John Gray High
School, Triple C and George Hicks High School.
In addition to care and maintenance of Smith Cove
Public Beach, club members also hosted an annual
Christmas Party for the children of the Rehoboth Centre.
Kiwanians supported the clubs in Earth Day clean up and
with Watler’s Road seniors’ Christmas and Easter projects.
The Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman has just over 40
members from more that a dozen different nationalities
who come together in fellowship and service for the
benefit of the children of the Cayman Islands.
Club secretary Carvin Forbes and treasurer Roger
Bodden were returned to the executive committee for
another year, while Gregory McKnight was welcomed as
the new vice president of the club.
President-elect Elaine Brown was chosen for the
prestigious “Kiwanian of the Year” award for 2001, for
her untiring efforts in both fund-raising and membership
recruitment.
The Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman meets for lunch
weekly at Comfort Suites Resort, on Wednesday at 12:30
p.m.
The Business & Professional Women’s Club
The Business & Professional Women’s Club is a nonpartisan charter group of the International Federation of
Business & Professional Women founded in 1930. Its
major goals remain to foster world fellowship among
women, to co-operate on common interests and to work
for high standards of service to their communities and to
all nations.
In Cayman, the BPW Club has focused on enhancing
the well being of women and girls. Among its first
projects was a joint effort with community professionals
to provide district counselling services dealing with
financial, family and health issues. It soon became apparent
that many gaps existed that could appropriately be
responded to by BPW. For more information, please write
to: BPW Club P. O. Box 31925SMB Grand Cayman
BPW’s activities for year 2001 are:
Year 2001
Jan. - Dec.
• continued support to the public through the Legal
Befrienders’ Clinic, chaired by Sara Collins-Francis
and assisted by two other BPWC members
• continued financial support to one scholarship
recipient.
• sponsorship of two other scholarship recipients
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the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in
the achievement of the church’s goals.
The fellowship also seeks to empower women for
growth and service. The motto is By Love, Serve. Seven
branches located in Gun Bay, East End, North Side, Bodden
Town, Savannah, George Town and West Bay convene
monthly, supporting and providing services to the young
and elderly. The fellowship plays an active role in the
Young Parents Programme, Frances Bodden’s Children’s
Home, Sunrise Cottage and the Pines Retirement Home.
At Christmastime, members distribute gifts to the
sick, needy, elderly and youth of the various homes
throughout Grand Cayman. They also visit the prisons.
The women assist persons in their congregations, visiting
the sick and home-bound. When possible, they provide
financial aid. Executive committee meetings, attended by
representatives of each branch, are held quarterly.
Religious retreats and annual conferences take place
locally and in Jamaica.
Officers for 2001 are its president, Mrs. Lucille McLean;
vice-president, Mrs. Yvonne Miller; secretary, Mrs.
Ernestine Powell; and treasurer, Mrs. Vernicia Watler.
The United Church Women’s Fellowship
Telephone: (345) 949-7965; Or 947-1910; 947-2532
March
• hosted annual Candlelighting Ceremony
• hosted Woman of the Year ceremony; honouring
women for their dedication to voluntary service to
the community
September
• attended a special worship service in gratitude for
BPWC’s 25 years of public service
• sponsored two nurses at the La Paz Nursing School in
Mexico. This project falls under our support for
International Projects
• continued financial support to triplets in Cuba (Int’l
Projects)
• hosted 25th Anniversary Awards Night
October
• hosted second Annual Silent Witness March
supported Lions of Tropical Gardens during Breast
Cancer Awareness Month
Nov. - Dec.
• hosted our 6th annual 16 Days of Activism against
Gender Abuse. The slogan for 2001 was Respect their
past.…Protect their future.
• sponsored two sessions of the CITN television Focus
programmes on domestic abuse.
• conducted workshops in various schools on issues
relating to teen violence, including incidents
occurring during dating.
• hosted the BPW’s first Annie Huldah Bodden Lecture
Series focusing on “ Women Empowering Women”
• hosted our second Annual Golf Scramble
December
• assisted sister club (BPW Cayman Brac) with its
Candlelighting Ceremony
The BPW Club continues to work in conjunction with the
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service in eradicating
domestic abuse.
The BPW greatly appreciates support for its work,
whether by individual or corporate sponsors, and hopes
that such benevolence will be rewarded ten fold.
The Business and Professional Women’s Club
P.O. Box 31925SMB
Telephone: (345) 945-8044 Fax: (345) 945-4547
Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship
International
The Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International
is a Christian layman’s organization that began in the US
in 1953. There are more than 6,000 chapters in 180 nations.
The Grand Cayman chapter was started in 1983, and
Cayman Brac’s in 1994. Meetings are held twice a month
on Grand Cayman and monthly on Cayman Brac.
The Full Gospel Business Fellowship International
P.O. Box 544GT
Telephone: (345) 949-5720
Youth Clubs
The Cayman Islands Scout Association
District groups continue to meet weekly in 2001. The
divisions - Beaver, Cubs and Scouts - follow a progressive
scheme of work relevant to age group.
Special activities offered include:
• sailing;
The United Church Women’s Fellowship
The theme of the United Church Women’s Fellowship is
United Into the 21st Centuary: Grant Us Wisdom, Grant Us
Courage. The organization’s aim is to unite the women of
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recreational and ceremonial drill;
community service;
watersports;
band;
camping and hiking;
nature study; and
outdoor games and activities.
Efforts were made to resuscitate the equestrian,
rowing and aviation programmes. Boys are also
encouraged and prepared to pursue the many proficiency
badges (merit badges) based on their individual interests,
skills and talents.
becoming positive and responsible adults.
The scheme was established locally in 1969, with
units in many schools and youth organisations. The
Cayman Islands is a member of the Caribbean Award
Scheme Council (CASC) and represented at regional and
international seminars and expeditions. The national
chairman, Katherine Jackson, is also the regional
chairman.
Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme
P.O. Box 678GT
Telephone: (345) 949-5753 or 244-2167
Administration
The Girls Brigade
The executive committee, headed by Chairman Antonio
Hawkins and Chief Commissioner Orrett Connor,
provides direction and guidance for the movement. The
scouts also benefit from the support of the Islands’
Governor who traditionally has served as Chief Scout.
New leaders were recruited in 2000. Volunteers who
serve on committees or assist with special projects have
further strengthened the structure.
The Cayman Islands Girls Brigade, formed in 1946, is
sponsored by the United Church of Jamaica and the
Cayman Islands and has companies in Bodden Town, East
End, George Town, North Side, Savannah and West Bay.
There are more than 300 members overall, growth
that continues to require additional leaders.
Council activities include:
• attendance and participation at the monthly youth
service at church;
• Annual Cookie Week, held the week before Easter
break;
• participation in the Queen’s Birthday Parade in June
and the Remembrance Day Parade in November;
• a birthday party at The Pines in September;
• the sale of Christmas cards, in collaboration with the
NCVO;
• a church service for Brigade International Day, held at
Savannah United Church;
• attendance at the annual Girls Brigade Fellowship
Conference; and
• the Island Camp, for all girls in the six companies.
Girls Brigade National Council
P.O. Box 121GT
Telephone: (345) 914-0410
Fax: (345) 945-1457
Inter-organizational Links
The association works with the Girl Guides, Red Cross,
CASA, NCVO, Girls Brigade, the Agricultural Society,
CIMI, Cayman Flying Association, Cayman Islands
Sailing Club, the Seafarer’s Association and the Duke of
Edinburgh Award Scheme.
International Events
The association has close ties with the Inter-American
Scout Office in Santiago. The annual Jamboree-on-the-Air
promotes international relationships by enabling local
scouts to communicate with other scouts worldwide via
HAM radio.
National and Civic Functions
The Queen’s Birthday Parade and Party, Remembrance
Day Parade, Commonwealth Day Service, Pirates Week,
the Agricultural Fair, Earth Day and the Miss Cayman
pageant are included in yearly activities.
Cayman Islands Scout Association
P.O. Box 1160GT
Telephone: (345) 949-1515
The Guide Association, Cayman Islands Branch
The Guide Association of the Cayman Islands is a branch
of the Guide Association of the United Kingdom. Other
branch-members are Anguilla, British Virgin Islands,
Turks & Caicos, Montserrat, Gibraltar, and St. Helena and
the Falkland Islands. In keeping with tradition, Mrs.
Suzanne Smith, wife of the Governor, served as president
in 2001.
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, known by other
titles worldwide, assists youth ages 14 to 25 years in
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The association has more than 300 members, including
adult leaders, the executive committee, the council and
Trefoil Guild members. Rainbow units (ages 4-6) are
attached to Grace Academy, John A. Cumber Primary
School, St. Ignatius School. Brownie units (ages 6-10) are
attached to John A. Cumber, George Town, Red Bay,
Bodden Town, Savannah and Stake Bay primary schools,
with one group meeting at the South Sound Community
Centre. There are Guide companies (ages 10-14) in South
Sound and George Hicks High School.
The association continues to live the belief that
Guiding has a powerful role to play in the development
of autonomous, responsible and committed young women
in a truly equal society. Every single member is given the
opportunity to grow and lead by building self-confidence
and self-esteem, and learning to value co-operation and
teamwork. They are also exposed to experiences to
strengthen ability to cope with changes that require
flexibility and adaptability. They are assured a safe
environment within which to take risks, while developing
a sense of identity, belonging and positive value systems.
Youth-adult relationships are strengthened and peergroup learning is encouraged.
The young women do have fun as they explore the
varied challenges that help to develop their minds, souls
and bodies as they serve God and become alert and
sensitive to community needs. The celebration of the
internationally observed World Thinking Day and the
Advent Kristingle Service are among several annual
events that the association sponsors.
Volunteers are always needed as some units/
companies are temporarily closed because of lack of
leaders. The local training team assists new leaders and
promotes personal development of all leaders. A trainer
from headquarters in London visits to train leaders. The
girls meet weekly during school terms, and camping and
pack holidays are popular activities.
Guide Association, Cayman Islands Branch
P.O. Box 1230GT
Telephone: (345) 949-5583 or 945-1859
members, the club blends home, school and community
service with leadership training.
The George Hicks High School Key Club
Despite many challenges, the George Hicks High School
Key Club, under the leadership of President Patrick
McConvey, carried out many projects to demonstrate
effectively the club’s motto: Caring — Our Way of Life.
The club year starts in April after the District
Convention in Orlando, Florida.
The highlights of the club year 2001-2002:
• Earth Day clean up, 28 April
• Pre-school visits on various occasions
• NCVO Fair, 21 May
• Ushering at Taster’s Day, June
• Major emphasis Project, in which the club took a
group of boys from the local Boys Home on a picnic
to the Botanic Park
• Participation in the annual Kiwanis Bikeathon
• Celebrating with an elderly person International
Day of the Elderly
• Collection of funds for NCVO telethon
• Key Club’s Teacher Appreciation luncheon
• Pool party the Boy’s Home
• Entertainment for groups from the Pines and
Lighthouse School.
The George Hicks High School Key Club, sponsored by
the Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman, was founded in 1995.
An elected president, vice-president, secretary and
treasurer administer the club along with five appointed
committee chairpersons
George Hicks High School Key Club
President: Francis McConvey
c/o George Hicks High School
Telephone: (345) 949-9488
The John Gray High School Key Club
The John Gray High School Key Club is sponsored by the
Kiwanis Club of Seven Mile Beach. There are about 35
active members, meeting once weekly to plan projects
and fundraisers. The Key Club seeks to impart to high
school students responsibility and unity, allowing them
to offer their services to persons in need. A president, vice
president, secretary, and treasurer, along with five
appointed committee chairpersons form the board,
administering the club’s affairs. There is at least one
faculty advisor overseeing and guiding activities.
During this Key Club year (April 2001 – 2002), the
Key Clubs
In 2000, the three Key Clubs in Cayman – at George Hicks,
John Gray and Triple C high schools - became part of the
Florida District of Key Club International. Key Clubs are
affiliated with Kiwanis, with “KEY” denoting Kiwanis
Educate Youth. Represented in 15 countries with 140,000
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JGHS Key Club assisted the NCVO with its local Family
Fair Day, supervising various booths/stalls, and with its
annual Telethon, collecting some $400 at the three major
supermarkets and from pencil sales at school.
Other activities included a walk-a-thon to raise funds
to help eliminate Vitamin A deficiency in young children
a new Key Club International worldwide service project.
Members also visited Little Angels Pre-School, interacting
with enrollees. Members plan to make Valentine’s Day
fruit baskets for residents at the local Hospice Care Centre.
In April 2002, about 12 of the club’s most involved
members will attend the district convention held annually
in Orlando, where they participate in workshops, caucuses
and assemblies with hundreds of other Key Clubs from all
over Florida.
John Gray High School Key Club
P.O. Box 1108GT
Telephone: (345) 949-9444
Leo Club of Grand Cayman
P.O. Box 1533GT
Telephone: (345) 914-3418
The Community College Interact Club
The institution’s only service-oriented club, the Interact
Club of the Community College of the Cayman Islands
was established in 1994. Interact is an international
organization of service and social clubs for young people
fostering leadership and responsible citizenship, and
promoting international understanding and peace.
Combining the word “international” and “action”
created the name “Interact,” a programme of Rotary
International. Rotary clubs provide guidance and
inspiration, but the Interact clubs are self-governing and
self-supporting.
Each year, the Interact club completes at least one
community service project and at least one that furthers
international understanding and goodwill. During the
school year (Sept. 2001 – Jul. 2002), the club visited the
Lighthouse Primary School; organized its annual
Basketball Tournament; and cleaned the path beside the
John Gray High School that connects Walkers Road with
the Community College. From proceeds from a teen
dance, the club donated over $700 to a West Bay multiple
sclerosis victim. In February the club also held a fashion
show and dance, “Valentine Extravaganza,” its biggest
fund-raising event for the school year.
Through the club’s service activities, Interators learn
the importance of developing leadership skills and
personal integrity, demonstrating helpfulness and respect
for others, understanding the value of individual
responsibility and hard work, and advancing
international understanding and goodwil — all while
having serious fun.
The club meets every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. Board
members are President Nicosia Lawson; Vice President
Katherine Powell; Secretary Matthew Hilton; Treasurer
Shareena Ebanks; and Honorary Member Carolett
Hibbert. Mr. Ray Jones serves as Rotary Advisor.
The Interact Club of the Community College
P.O. Box 2073GT
Telephone: (345) 949-7027
Fax: (345) 949-7396
The Triple C Key Club
The Triple C School Key Club has a busy and active annual
calendar of events. Members make monthly visits to the
Pines Retirement Home, assist with the annual Kiwanis
Bikeathon and work with the National Trust on various
projects.
Regular fund-raisers support club projects. Delegates
frequently represent the Islands at the Key Club
International Convention and the annual district
convention.
Triple C High School Key Club
P.O. Box 10498APO
Telephone: (345) 949-6022
Fax: (345) 949-6803
Leo Club of Grand Cayman
With 22 members between the ages of 14 and 28, the Leo
Club of Grand Cayman, established in 1974, is the youth
arm of the Lions Club. The club donates to many charities.
A major fund-raising event is the Miss Teen Cayman
Islands competition that annually nets the organization
about $10,000.
Leos maintain, on a quarterly basis, the Public Beach
facilities on West Bay Road. Each month the club donates
dry goods and health and beauty products to an elderly
needy resident identified by the Department of Social
Services.
Foremost among the club’s projects is the National Child of
the Year General Knowledge Quiz.
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sport. It is a member of both the Caribbean Regional
Badminton Confederation and the International
Badminton Federation. Tournaments are sponsored by
the private sector each year.
This club meets every Monday and Wednesday at Prep
School, 7:30pm – 9:30pm, and on Sundays at 8:00pm.
CI Badminton Club
President: Mr. Wray Banker
Contact: Mr. Mark Frye
P.O. Box 30172 SMB
Tel: 949-3322
Fax: 949-3282
A-Z of Popular Sports
The following are the major sports practised in the Cayman
Islands. Included are telephone numbers and addresses of
the various sporting associations, which may be contacted
for further information.
Athletics
Track-and-field athletics are governed by the Cayman
Islands Amateur Athletics Association, which runs local
training practices and competitions and organizes
participation in overseas events. Cayman has become
more prominent in regional and international
competitions, largely due to performances of such
homegrown stars as Cydonnie Mothersill and Kareem
Streete-Thompson. Both represented the Cayman Islands
in the C.A.C World Outdoor Championships and the
European Circuit. Although they did not win any medals
in the Olympics, they both have world rankings. Ms
Mothersill is ranked 9th in the 200-m while Mr. StreetThompson is ranked 6th in the long jump. In 2001 Mr.
Streete-Thompson took the silver medal in the World
Indoor Championships. He and Ms. Mothersill both placed
5th in their events at the World Championships.
Recent local track-and-field programmes instituted
by the national coach have focused on developing coaching
skills, training junior talent and selecting national teams.
Several young athletes currently attend universities and
colleges in the USA on partial and full athletic scholarships.
In 2001 CIAAA member organizations offered
expanded athletics opportunities to the wider community.
As an example, the Phoenix Athletic Club organized
activities for participants aged from six years to more than
60 years. One such event was the 10km “Going to Hell and
Back,” and the “Cinco De Mayo,” and several other events
around the Islands. Another highlight was the Intersecondary School Athletics Meet, organised by Phoenix,
which brought together competitors from local high
schools for the year’s only intra-mural meet.
CI Amateur Athletics Association
President: Mr. Bernie Bush
P.O. Box 527 G.T, Grand Cayman
Telephone 949-8588/916-3169
Fax 949-7325
Basketball
Basketball’s popularity in the Cayman Islands has grown
by leaps and bounds over the past few years. The Cayman
Islands Amateur Basketball Association is in charge of the
Islands’ basketball league programmes and competitions.
The regular leagues include those for senior men,
senior women, boys U19, co-ed U16, and primary school.
There is also a two-week basketball summer camp, led by
the national coach. In 2001 Cayman sent a referee to
officiate in the senior men and women’s Islands Games
Tournament in the Isle of Man. The men obtained a silver
medal, with the women, a gold.
CI Basketball Association
President: Mr. Tony Scott
P.O. Box 186 GT
Grand Cayman
Tel: 947-2511
Fax: 947-9380
Bodybuilding
A small group of bodybuilders took part in the
International Police and Fire Games in Indianapolis where
Cayman obtained one gold medal and two silver. The
Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation also organized local
competitions for men and women.
CI Bodybuilding & Fitness Association
President: Ms Angela Sealey
P.O. Box 1335 GT
Tel: 945-2616
Fax: 945-6988
Boxing
The Cayman Islands Amateur Boxing Association is a
non-profit club, open to all wishing to participate. The
gym is located behind the library in George Town.
Associate members attend every Monday, Wednesday,
Badminton
The Cayman Islands Badminton Association governs the
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P.O. Box 456 GT
Tel: 916-1162
Fax: 949-2681
and Friday evening.
A small group of boxers took part in the International
Police and Fire Games in Indianapolis, where Cayman
obtained one silver medal and two bronze.
Professional boxer Charles Whittaker presently
trains in the U.S.A.
CI Boxing Association
President: Mr. Timothy Ebanks
P.O. Box 1997 GT
Tel: 947-2347
Fax: 947-9614
Darts
In common with many other sports in the Cayman Islands,
darts is played year-round, although the winter league
attracts the most interest. Local competition includes
national championships (singles and doubles), held
annually for both male and female players.
CI Darts Association
President: Mr. Trevor Lloyd
Cricket
Dominoes
Cricket is one of the earliest established sports in the
Cayman Islands and has made significant progress in the
last few years. The Cricket Association is the body
responsible for the sport and has been granted associate
membership in the West Indies Cricket Umpires
Association. The Youth and Sports Department has on
staff a cricket coach who has developed, along with the
association, an expanded junior programme, in addition
to the senior men and women’s league. Another step
forward has been the development of a cricket oval in
West Bay. West Indies cricket often airs in the local media,
and the sport has a large following.
The year 2001 was a significant and historic one for
the U19 Cayman National Team as the association
participated for the first time in the America’s Cup, which
was held in Bermuda. For the second time the senior team
participated in the International Cricket Council’s
Americas Associates Tournament in Jamaica. Cayman’s
team won the tournament.
CI Cricket Association
President: Mr. Courtney Myles
P.O. Box 1201GT
Tel: 244-3024
Dominoes continue to be a very popular social activity,
with the Dominoes Association meeting on the last
Thursday of every month. CIDA is a member of the
International Domino Federation in the United Kingdom,
and local teams have competed in regional and
international competition.
CI Dominoes Association
Contact: Mr. Derek Elliot
Tel: 946-6254
Fax: 946-6118
Field Hockey
The Cayman Islands Field Hockey Club has an active
membership of 25 male and female players. Members
organize pick-up matches on Tuesdays and Fridays at the
Field of Dreams facility, on Aspiration Drive. New
members and visitors are welcome.
The Cayman Islands (Field) Hockey Club
Secretary: Mr. Ivan Burges
P.O. Box 1543 GT
Football (Soccer)
Football is a popular sport in the Cayman Islands. It
benefits from increasing improvements and facilities,
and has the largest number of competitive sports persons
in the Cayman Islands.
The Cayman Islands Football Association, which is
responsible for the local leagues and programmes, reached
a major milestone in its development with its acceptance
as a member of the International Football Association
(FIFA).
The game is organized and played at all levels and
includes a women’s league. Major competitions held each
year include a national league, the Football Association
Cycling
The Cycling Association continues to develop young
cyclists and prepare teams for participation in major
international games. The association has a national coach
who assists riders at all levels.
CI Cycling Association
President: Mr. Craig Merren
VP: Mr. Mitchell Smith
Treasurer: Mr. Alfred Ebanks
Secretary: Mr. Ted Grey
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participants. The private sector and sponsors, coaches and
parents raise funds, and players as well as parents give
enthusiastic support. One thousand persons of 20 different
nationalities are involved in its various programmes.
The association has purchased 16 acres of land near
George Hicks High School and is engaged in fund-raising
to develop the property into a multi-field complex known
as the “Field of Dreams.” A million-dollar loan has been
arranged with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to
allow the league to build four fields, which were completed
in 1998. The fields feature artificial “field turf” surfaces of
professional quality.
The Little League softball programme is a co-ed
programme covering a wide athletic range appropriate
for both boys and girls between six- and 16-years-old.
Teamwork, participation and good sportsmanship are
emphasized.
The T-ball programme for the youngest children is
primarily an instructional league.
In its eleventh year in 2001, the softball league has
four age-group divisions and a total of 32 teams. Teams
may be sponsored at a cost of $2,000 per year. The season
begins in March and ends in July.
Little League baseball is a co-ed youth programme in
competitive baseball (hardball), using the “Babe Ruth”
format and rules that emphasize skills and competitions.
In its seventh season, there are four divisions and a total
of 14 teams, ranging in age from 8 to 17 years. International
tournaments with visiting teams or off-island games are
part of this programme. Team sponsorship in this league
costs $2,000 per year. The season runs from January
through March.
The league is seeking corporate donors and in 2001
received a grant from the Dart Foundation to help repay
the “Field of Dreams” loan. Each field as well as the
clubhouse will be named for major sponsors.
CI Little League Association
President: Mr. Robbie Cribb
Contact: Mr. J.C. Calhoun
P.O. Box 32308 SMB
Tel: 945-4411
Fax: 945-4307
Cup, and the Western Union Cup.
Youth may participate in events at numerous agegroup levels as well as in a summer camp held each year.
The association has put a focus on the development of a
National Football Academy programme. There are senior
national men and women’s teams and well-established
U19, U14, U12 programmes.
Spectators are always welcome at events, and
information on coming games is featured in the local
press. In addition, it has become a regular practice for
Radio Cayman to broadcast games live. Highlights are
also regularly shown on the sports report of the local
television station.
CI Football Association
President: Mr. Jeff Webb
P.O. Box 178 GT
Tel: 949-5775
Fax: 945-7673
Golf
The Cayman Islands Golf Association (CIGA) was formed
in 1992 to foster the development and growth of golf in the
Cayman Islands. The association has 240 adult and 100
junior members. It organizes several adult tournaments
each year and at least two competitions for junior members.
CIGA sends teams to the Caribbean Amateur Golf
Championships and the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf
Championships. In 2002 the club will host the regional
junior golf championships. It also expects to send two
junior golfers to the Junior Open Championships in St.
Andrews, Scotland.
There are presently three golf facilities in the Cayman
Islands. The Links at Safehaven is an 18-hole championship
course. There is also a nine-hole championship or 18-hole
executive course at Britannia, and a nine-hole executive
course at the Sunrise Family Golf Centre.
CI Golf Association
President: Mr. Neil Cruickshank
P.O. Box 31329 SMB
Tel: 947-1903
Fax: 947-3439
E-mail: [email protected]
The Cayman Islands Little League Association
Martial Arts
The Cayman Islands Little League Association manages
youth softball and baseball programmes. It is a non-profit
organization, which began in 1990. The league provides
all equipment, training and facilitation at no cost to
Three non-profit groups administer martial arts in the
Cayman Islands. The Judo, Karate and Taekwondo
federations are founding members of the Cayman Islands
Martial Arts Federation. Established in 1990, the federation
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placed seventh among 16 teams competing in theU16
Caribbean Netball Championship in St Vincent. In addition
the Cayman Islands hosted several regional netball
competitions in 2001.
The association has launched a campaign to ensure
that all umpires are fully qualified, and a national netball
coach works through the Youth and Sports Department.
In 2001 the association continued its Young Leaders
Programme, which aims to teach values such as good
sportsmanship and citizenship to young netballers.
CI Netball Association
President: Ms Lucille Seymour
P.O. Box 1915 GT
Tel/Fax: 947-1079
is an umbrella body charged with maintaining the quality
of martial arts. In addition to judo and taekwondo, karate
disciplines include kenpo, shotokan, don jitsu-ryu and
gojo-ryu.
The CI Taekwondo Federation (CITF) is a member of
the Cayman Islands Olympics Committee. Internationally,
the CITF enjoys an affiliation with the Pan-American
Taekwondo Union and the World Taekwondo Federation.
These affiliations enable suitable local practitioners to
enter sub-Olympic meets such as the Pan American Games.
In order to reach all levels, the training centre now
provides classes for pre-schoolers, children, teens and
adults.
The Cayman Islands Karate Academy teaches kenpo
karate, which incorporates all areas of Martial Arts,
especially ju jitsu.
Olympics
The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee comprises 18
member-associations. Cayman was represented at the
Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and from 15 September
to 1 October 2000 the Cayman Islands competed in sailing as
well as track-and-field athletics. Information on CI Olympic
Committee activities can be obtained from any member of
the executive committee, which comprises President: Jerris
Miller, Vice-President: Carson Ebanks, Secretary General
Donald Mclean and Treasurer Bernie Bush.
CI Olympic Committee
President: Mr. Jerris Miller
P.O. Box 30323 SMB
Tel: 949-4381
CI Martial Arts Federation
President:-Mr. Claude Myles
P.O. Box 2073 GT
Tel: 949-8581
Motorsports
The Motorsports Federation of the Cayman Islands
governs what is perhaps the fastest growing spectator
sport in the Cayman Islands. The racing season
traditionally begins in April as part of the International
Race around the World. Spectator turnout has grown
tremendously over the past few years, live broadcasts
over Radio Cayman since1994 and spotlights in other
local media bolstering the sport’s popularity and growth.
Meanwhile the association’s main objective of
constructing a family motor sports park will soon become
a reality, following its purchase of a large piece of land in
Breakers. The park will encompass all wheel-sports, and
land has been set aside for a botanical garden and a
walking area.
CI Motorsports Federation
President: Mr. Garth Bevan
P.O. Box 10202 APO
Tel: 949-9385
Fax: 949-7437
Offshore Sport fishing
The popularity of game fishing in the Cayman Islands has
grown steadily in recent years. In the early 1980s, there
were four full-time charter boats. By 2000 there were more
than six times the number plying Cayman’s waters,
captained by experienced local seamen. Some of the
largest boats now offer overnight as well as three- and
four-day trips to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.
All organized tournaments require the release of
small blue marlin and encourage anglers to take only
winning fish or those to be eaten. During the summer
months, many yellowfin tuna are also caught and released.
More demand is being seen for inshore guides specializing
in bone-fishing and other shallow-water activities. Reeffishing charters have also gained in popularity. In this
instance all three islands offer great potential, and guides
who are experienced in light tackle as well as fly-fishing
Netball
Netball, under the guidance of the Cayman Islands Netball
Association, is another very active sport in the Cayman
Islands. Training of the U14 and U16 squad is conducted
twice weekly, year-round. Members of the U16 team
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assisting with the co-ed recreational programme and
league games. Two teams from the Cayman Islands
successfully participated in an invitational softball
tournament held in U.S.A. and Cuba.
are readily available.
Rugby
Rugby football is among Cayman’s most well established
sports. The Cayman Islands Rugby Football Union has its
own pitch and clubhouse at South Sound, and games are
played on most Saturdays and on weekends between
September and June. In 2001 the Cayman Rugby
Programme hosted the International Sevens Tournament
and the World Cup. Participation in other tournaments
included the Women’s Sevens Match and the Enthusiasts
Tournament in Trinidad & Tobago.
The Cayman Islands Rugby Union has delivered
introductory Rugby programmes to several schools. These
include Cayman Prep, St. Ignatius, First Baptist and John
Gray. Presently there are about 350 children in the
programme. The Union runs Saturday morning sessions
for juniors.
CI Rugby Football Association
Contact: Mr. Richard Adams
P.O. Box 1161 GT
Tel: 949-7960
Fax: 949-7004
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.caymanrugby.com
CI Softball Association
President: Ms Janice Duke
P.O. Box 31668 SMB
Tel: 244-9310
Fax: 946-1616
Special Olympics
Special Olympics continued to be very active locally, with
athletic events taking place every Thursday evening from
5:30pm, at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. Activities
included Bocce competitions, race walking, and trackand-field athletics. In 2001 Cayman also hosted the
Caribbean National Bocce Championships at the Truman
Bodden Sports Complex.
CI Special Olympics
National Director: Ms Aileen Samuels
Chairman: Mrs. Cindy Scotland
P.O. Box 30953 SMB
Tel: 949-6292
Fax: 949-7473
E-mail: [email protected]
Sailing
Squash
The Cayman Islands Sailing Club welcomes everyone
interested in sailing to its clubhouse in Red Bay. The club
maintains a full calendar of events including socials,
schools, training, cruising and racing, both in North
Sound and offshore. Highlights of 2001 included Orange
Bowl, International Youth Regatta and the Royal Bank
High School Competition. The club has over 100 youth
participants, 25 of whom are in the after-school
programme.
C.I. Yacht Club (Sailing Club)
Commodore: Mr. Alun Davies
Club Manager: Mr. Peter Hughes
Tel/Fax: 947-7913
P.O. Box 32137 SMB
E-mail: [email protected]
With two clubs and a playing membership of over 300,
squash continues to grow in popularity in the Cayman
Islands. National championships, sponsored by such
companies as Cayman Travel Services and ESSO, are the
basis for selection for international tournaments. Cayman
competitors are now regular winners or runners-up in
regional competition.
CI Squash Club & Cayman National
Squash Racquets Association
Contact: Mr. Derek Tyler
P.O. Box 313 Savannah
Tel: 947-1096
Fax: 947-8745
Swimming
The Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association’s
(CIASA’s) continuing objective is to promote the
development of swimming for people of all ages. More
than 1,000, from the very youngest to adult master
swimmers, enjoy instruction free of charge each week.
Pool swimming competitions, swims, and instruction in
Softball and Baseball
Under the auspices of the Cayman Islands Softball
Association, the sport has continued to grow. In 2001 the
association sponsored international tournaments, also
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The club’s staff includes a manager as well as two
resident tennis professionals, who provide men and ladies’
clinics, as well as private lessons and racquet stringing
services.
CI Tennis Club
P.O. Box 1813 GT
Tel: 949-9464
Fax: 949-8684
basic swimming and competitive swimming skills and
water safety all continue to attract wide interest.
The association had an extremely successful 2001
season. Highlights included:
• Another outstanding performance at the CARIFTA
Swimming Championships and Islands Games. The
team returned with 29 medals and set four new
CARIFTA records.
The Island Games, where athletes earned 11 medals
and set four new records.
• The Lion’s Club of Grand Cayman Annual Swim
Meet.
• The Foster Brothers Swim Meet
• The Flowers Sea Swim
• The Ocean Spray Swim
• The Gold Medal Swim Camp
• The inter-primary school tournament
• The Texaco Sea Swim
• Mike Lockwood Pirates’ Week Swim Meet
Sea swims are typically held between April and
November, when seas are calm. CIASA co-operates with
the sponsors for each meet, publicizing events and
providing race officials as well as safety personnel. The
association is also responsible for timing equipment,
refreshments, and awards, etc.
CI Swimming Association
President: Mr. Shane Foster
P.O. Box 10376 APO
Tel: 949-4544
Fax: 949-7073
Triathlon
The Triathlon Association organizes triathlons in the
Cayman Islands. In 2001 they organized/hosted 18
different local events, including triathlons, duathlons and
aquathlons (swim/run). In international competition a
team of 18 athletes qualified for the World Triathlon
Championships, which was the highest per capita
representation of any country.
Club members also took part in the Islands Games,
where they performed very well.
CI Triathlon Association
President: Mr. Celine Macken
P.O. Box 11574 APO
Grand Cayman
Email: [email protected]
Volleyball
The Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation (CIVF) is
affiliated with the International Volleyball Federation, as
well as its regional counterpart, and locally, with the
Cayman Islands Olympic Committee.
In 2001 the Volleyball Association revised its
programme to emphasize youth development. A
continued objective is the establishment of Cayman’s first
Junior National Volleyball Team. Meanwhile the Church
League continued to be a very popular event on the
association’s calendar. The locally organized Spikefest and
the Island Games were major achievements for 2001.
CI Volleyball Federation
P.O. Box 10242 APO
President: Mr. Olney Thompson 949-2865
(Atg) Vice President: Ms Joan Gray 916-7407
Extraordinary Member: Mr. Shervin Rankine 926-0760
Tech. Dir: Mr. Keith Higgins 916-0038
Tennis
The Cayman Islands Tennis Club, founded over 20 years
ago, remains the sole tennis club in Grand Cayman. The
club consists of eight, lit hard courts, a practice wall,
clubhouse and snack bar. It is a member of the CI Olympic
Committee and the International Tennis Federation.
The club has over 500 members, 100 of them juniors.
The membership enjoys such events as the Fortis Triathon,
CITC Open, and numerous other events that are open to
nonmembers of the club. Professional tennis players
often frequent the club, including personalities such as
Jim Courier, Patrick McEnroe and the Jensen Brothers. The
after-school tennis programme has grown to include over
100 children, with a “pee-wee” programme is children 45 years of age. Recently, the Island Games were held and
the Cayman Islands brought home a gold and a silver
medal in doubles and singles, respectively.
Watersports
The Cayman Islands Tourism Association’s Watersports
Committee has a membership of nearly 50 watersports
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Appendices
BODDEN, Joannah
BODDEN, Karla J.
BODDEN, Lynn
BODDEN, Michelle
BODDEN, Michelle R.
BODDEN, W. Norman OBE,JP
BODDEN, Robert Brian
BODDEN, Robert Crosby
BODDEN, Roger
BODDEN, Sheri Ann
BODDEN, Sherril A.
BODDEN, Truman Murray, MLA
BOGGESS, Derrie
BOND, Rodney Leonard
BONI, Phillip
BOSTOCK, John D.
BOXALL, Ian Llewelyn
BROADBENT, John Vincent
BROADHURST, Peter
BROWN, Elaine
JEFFERSON-BULGIN, Cindy
BURGES, Ivan R. W.
BURGOS, Rick A.
BUSH, Charles
CACHO, Delene
CAMPBELL, Desmond
CATRON, Sandra
CAYASSO, Sandra
CHARLTON, Angus
CLARK, Thomas
CLEAVER, Adrian Robert
COLEMAN, Sydney John
COLES, Richard
COLLINS, John Anthony
CONOLLY, Barbara
CONOLLY, Eleanor
CONOLLY, Gilbert Cleveland
CONOLLY, Jacqueline P.
CONOLLY, Susan
CONOLLY, W. Warren, OBE, JP
CONNOLLY, Brian P.
CONNOLLY, Weddie Anthony, JP
COWAN, Wayne Alexander McKim
PARCHMENT-CROWLEY, Tabitha
CUNHA, Brian Leslie
DaCOSTA, Gene
DaCOSTA, Waide
companies, offering activities such as diving, snorkeling,
sailing, fishing, parasailing, kayaking and motorised
watersports.
The committee spearheads developments and
improvements in the watersports industry, as well as
protects the environment through awareness programmes
and clean ups. Members take part in safety training and are
constantly upgrading services and products.
Key programmes include:
International Coastal Clean Up, Earth Day Clean Up, Reef
Watch Survey, Wet Fest, and Divers Alert Network Oxygen
Training.
CITA is a private-sector membership-based
organization that focuses on sustainability and the growth
of the tourism industry.
CITA Watersports Committee
P.O. Box 31086 SMB
Grand Cayman
Phone: 949-8522
Fax: 946-8522
E-mail: [email protected]
NOTARIES PUBLIC (at January 2001)
ALBERGA, Michael Louis
ANDERSON, Michelle
ANGLIN, Rolston M.
ARNOTT, Leslie
AUSTIN, Michael
BAGNALL, William James Tyre
BAIN, Christopher Alastair
BALLS, Carol A
BALLS, Peter Brian
BANKS, Dale M.
BANKS, James Frank
BANKS, Roma
BARAUD, Stefan
BARNES, Philip
BARNETT, Frank Mike
BASDEO, Joy
BERGSTROM, Eric James
BERRY, Arnold
BERRY-DIAZ, Joanne
BIRD, David Graham
BLAKE, Bruce
BODDEN, Audrey
BODDEN, Claudia Laverne Earle
BODDEN, David
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Appendices
DAIGLE, Dawn
DALLY, Doyle
DANDIE, Donna
DILBERT, Jennifer P.
DIONISIO, Renato Gabriel da P.
DOUGLAS, Richard Edward
DUGGAN, Nicholas James
DUTY, Christine Foy
DYKE, John G. Frederick
EBANKS, Capt. A. Eugene
EBANKS, Dawn Evadney
EBANKS, Deborah Icilda
EBANKS, Faith
EBANKS, George Robert
EBANKS, Jeana
EBANKS, Juanita
EBANKS, Juliette Gooding
EBANKS, Leonard Norman, JP
EBANKS, Mario E.
EBANKS, Nona
EBANKS, Sonia Carter
EVART, Claudia
FAGAN, Julliette D.
FARRINGTON, Lana
FEAR, Richard David
FINLEY, Richard
FISHER, Randall J.
FLEMING, John Albert
FLETCHER, John Robert
FORBES, Luke D.
FOREMAN, Regina V.
FOSTER, Angus John Elliot
FOSTER, John
GALLEGOS, MaryLou
GARCIA, Morris M.
GIBBS, Marla
GIGLIOLI, George Peter Enrico
GILL, Charnjit Singh
GILLOOLY, Mary Margaret
GLIDDEN JR., Cline
GOMEZ, Kearney Sydney, MBE
GORDON, Cecil Hope
GORTER, Riekele Teddy
GOUBAULT, Stacey M.
GUNBY, Christopher
HAMPSON, Graham
HANSON, Roger H.
HARFORD, Chrissie Ann
HARRIS, Paul
HARRIS, Richard
HARRIS, Sophia
HAYLOCK, Locksley
HEARN, Simon Kenneth
HEW, Sabrina
HINDS, Phillip Bradley
HIGH, Keith MacKenzie
HOLDEN, Celia
HOWELL, Delroy
HUMPHREYS, Debra C.
HUNTER, Arthur Berkley, OBE
HUNTER, Bryan
HUNTER, Jennifer Y.
HURLSTON, John Lemuel MBE, JP
BROOKS-HURST, Sheridan Allyson
IBEH, Robert O.
JACKSON, Vernon Lionel, OBE, JP
JEFFERSON, John Dwight
JENNINGS, Charles
JOHNSON, Andrew N.
JOHNSON, Christopher Dorrien
JOHNSON, Noel
JOHNSON, Sir Vassel G. KT, CBE, JP
KANDIAH, Peter
MYERS-KHOURI, Melanie
KIRKCKONNELL, Capt,
Mabry S., MBE, MLA, JP
KING, Edmund
KLEIN, Norman
KNIGHTS, Margaret-Rose
LAW Snr., John
LAW Jr., John
LAWRENCE, Joanna
LAWSON, Peter
LESIEUR, Jean Marc
LEVY, Neville Woodburne
LEWIS, Mark
LINK, Joan
LOCKWOOD, Ella Kaye
LOPEZ, Carla
MACLAREN, Mollie
MACMILLIAN-THOMPSON, Sheena
MARTIN, Linburgh
MARTIUK, Bohdan Petro Dan
McCALLUM, Patrizia
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MATTHEW, Watler, John
McCOY, Harwell M. Sr. OBE, BEM, JP
BANKS-McCOY, Yolanda
McFIELD, Charles E
McLAIN, Elsie
McLAUGHLIN JR, Alden McNee
McLAUGHLIN, Gwendolyn
McLAUGHLIN, Marquiss
McLEAN, Anna Clair
McLEAN, Ethel
McTAGGART, Roy Michael
MELLIN, Charles Antony
MERREN, Henry Orren III
MILLER, Pauline Walker
MILLER, Shelly
MONCRIEFFE, Louis Bernard
MOON, Simon Andrew
MOYLE, Edna Marie, MLA
TRIANA-MUNROE, Dayra
MURPHY, Astil
MURPHY, Craig
MURRAY, H. Delroy
MURUGESU, Vijayabalan
MYERS, Darryl Wayne Brandon
MYLES, Edlin
MYLES, William Claude
MYRIE, Pamela
NARBOROUGH, Chris
NELSON, Roger
NERVIK, Eileen
O’DEA, Conor
ORR, Ina Claire
PANTON, A. Dwight
PANTON, Gurney Wayne
PARKER, Jeffery Michael
PARSONS, James C.
PARSONS, Jane
PARSONS, Susan G.
PEARSON, Carol J.
PEARSON, Theresa
PIERSON, Linford Ainsworth, JP, MLA
PIERSON, Sharon
POWELL, Eddinton
PUTTERILL, Bruce S. D.
QUIN, Charles George
RANKINE, Rex Arthur
RANKINE, Turney Marson
Appendices
TOMPKINS, Simone
TOMKINS, Peter A., MBE
TONGE, Jonathan
TRAVERS, Anthony B.
WALKER, William S., OBE
WATT, Cherry
WEBB, Adriannie
WELDS-HEDBERG, L. Lovesa
WHITEFIELD, David A.
WHITELOCK, Colin J.
WHITTAKER, Raymond E. C.
WHITTAKER, Cheryl Reid
WHITTAKER, Laurie
WHITTAKER, Robert C.
WHORMS, Rosaline
WIGHT, Ian A. N.
WILLIAMS, Andrea
WILLIAMS, Delrose M.
HERNANDEZ-WONG, Angelyn
YEOMANS, Rodger W. P.
ANDREJAK-ZAMORA, Faith
REA, John Mitchell
REID, Andrew
RIDLEY, Timothy
RITCHIE, Graham Fraser
RIVEROL, Gina Conolly
ROSS, Regina
ROSS, Wayne W.
RUBACK, Catherine
RUTKOWSKI, Patricia M.
RYAN, James Algernon, JP
RYAN, James M., Hon
SAMUELS, George
SANDERSON, Margaret E.
SCHMID, Patrick
SCOTLAND, Cindy Hermena
SCOTT, Audley
SCOTT, L. Daniel
SCOTT, Judy
SEYMOUR, Don Marvin
SHAW, Colin
SHAW, Joyce P.
SHORT, Helen Camille
SHORTRIDGE, George Matthew
SHROY, Rev. Daniel
SILVA, Eduardo D’Angelo P.
SIMON, Paul
SOARES, Marivaldo Pinheiro
SOLOMON, Delano
SOLOMON, Sandra Janet
SOLOMON, Timothy
SMITH, Carolyn
SMITH, James
SMITH, John Barry
SMITH, Marsha
STAFFORD, Peter S. G.
STEIN, Grant John Ritchie
STEPHENSON, Harvey Hugh
STEWART, Mary
STEWART, Philip Norman
SYKES, Margaret E.
SYMS, Keisha M.
TERRY, Woodward Leemon, J.P.
MARTINEZ-THOMPSON, Karin
THOMPSON, Margaret
THOMPSON, Melisa Anne
THOMPSON, Wanda
TIVNAN, Seamus
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
(at January 2001)
ADAMS, Colin Charles
ARCH, Robert James
ARCH, Richard, MBE
BASDEO, Joy V.
BODDEN, Hubert Lawrence
BODDEN, E. Ashton
BODDEN, James A.
BODDEN, Norman, OBE
BODDEN, Roy, MLA
BODDEN, S. Thomas
BODDEN, Truman M., MLA
BOTHWELL, Cert. Hon. Andrea
BOTHWELL, John
BOXALL, Ian L.
BRYAN, Andrea
BUSH, William McKeeva, MLA
BUSH, Floyd M.
CHISHOLM, Harry
CONNOLLY, Walsham Ransworth
CONOLLY, OBE, William Warren
CRIGHTON, Rex
DACOSTA, Hartman M.
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East End
George Town
George Town
West Bay
Newlands, BT
Cayman Brac
George Town
George Town
Bodden Town
George Town
George Town
George Town
West Bay
George Town
Savannah
West Bay
West Bay
George Town
George Town
East End
George Town
George Town
Appendices
DILBERT, Leonard
EBANKS, Benson
EBANKS, Carson
EBANKS, OBE, Craddock
EBANKS, Cert. Hon. Hildred
Valeria
EBANKS, Louis Marsden
EBANKS, Leonard N.
EDEN, Anthony S.
ELDERMIRE, Irvin B.
FOSTER, CVO, CBEL, Dennis H.
FOSTER, Nolan Brown
GORDEN, Cecil H.
GOMEZ, Kearney
HEW, Leonard
HUNTER, Karen A.
HURLSTON, John Lemuel
HURLSTON, MBE, Thomas
Ashbert
JACKSON, Emily
JACKSON, MBE, CA, (Sammy)
JACKSON, Sybil
JACKSON, Percival Vilbert
JACKSON, Peter Brierley
JACKSON, Vernon Lionel
JEFFERSON, OBE, Hon. Thomas C.
JOHNSON, Kt. CBE, Vassel
Godfrey
KIRCHMAN, Ann
KIRKCONNELL, OBE, Capt. Eldon
KIRKCONNELL, MBE, Capt.
Mabry S.
LAWRENCE, Mary
MCCARTHY, Hon. George A.
MCCOY, OBE, BEM, Harwell M.
MCCOY, Virginia Lee
MCLAUGHLIN, MBE,
Hon. Sybil I.
MCLEAN, Hon. John B.
MCTAGGART, Snr. William H.
MANDERSON, MBE, Jenny
MERREN, OBE, Dr. Edlin
MILLER, Eunley E.
MILLER, MBE, Cert. Hon. Olive H.
MOYLE, Edna M.
MYRIE, Georgette
NIXON, QFSM, MBE, Kirkland
NIXON, Melba
O’CONNOR- CONNOLLY,
Julianna
OWENS-ELLIOTT, Darlene D.
PANTON, Gurney
PARSONS, Arden
POWERY, Willard Garfield
PIERSON, Linford A., MLA
RANKINE, Evangelyn
RITCH, David
RYAN, Bennett
RYAN, MBE, James Montgomery
RYAN, James William Algernon
SCOTT, Audley
SCOTT, Carl Esmond
SCOTT, Ivalee Elme
SCOTT, Jewell Edna Edison
SMITH, Ardyth E.
STEPHENSON, Hope
TATUM, Wanda
THOMPSON, A. Lawrence
TIBBETTS, Kurt
TIBBETS, Nathaniel
WATLER, Charles
WATLER, Harding O.
WATLER, Vernecia
WALTON, A. Joel
WALTON, Linell Shirdan
WOOD, William I.
West Bay
West Bay
West Bay
Northside
Bodden Town
George Town
West Bay
Bodden Town
Little Cayman
George Town
Cayman Brac
George Town
George Town
George Town
Bodden Town
George Town
George Town
George Town
George Town
Cayman Brac
East End
George Town
West Bay
George Town
George Town
East End
George Town
Cayman Brac
Bodden Town
George Town
Bodden Town
Northside
George Town
George Town
George Town
Newlands
West Bay
George Town
George Town
East End
George Town
Cayman Brac
George Town
Cayman Brac
Cayman Brac
Cayman Brac
Cayman Brac
Cayman Brac
West Bay
George Town
Cayman Brac
George Town
Bodden Town
Cayman Brac
Bodden Town
Bodden Town
East End
George Town
Cayman Brac
Bodden Town
EX OFFICIO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
The holder of the office of:
Chief Justice
Judge
Magistrate
Courts Administrator
Clerk of the Court
Deputy Clerk of the Court
Listing Officer
Registrar of Lands
Registrar of Companies
District Commissioner (and Deputy)
Deputy Financial Secretary
East End
East End
George Town
West Bay
George Town
Northside
George Town
Northside
George Town
George Town
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Appendices
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Coverage
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information given in this edition is accurate at the time of going to press.
The text is generally based on information available up to December 2001.
Acknowledgments
The Cayman Islands 2001 has been compiled with the cooperation of other government departments and a host of
organizations. The editor thanks all organizations that have taken time and care to ensure that the Annual Report’s high
standard of accuracy has been maintained.
Statistical Sources: Statistics Office, the Office of Economic Research and Development, the Treasury Department, the
Judiciary and various other Cayman Islands Government departments and authorities.
Edited, compiled and designed by Government Information Services.
Covers: Aspects of Cayman life. Front cover background, a visiting cruise ship at anchor. Left to right, golden agers
enjoy an outing; a National Festival competitor expresses herself in dance; a wild Loggerhead turtle leaves a nest (photo
by Department of the Environment). Back cover, left to right: Inter-Primary School Sports Day; the destructive force
of Hurricane Michelle (photo by Jonathon Dietz); Mrs. Esther Ebanks demonstrates traditional thatch plaiting. (Cover
design and layout by Charles Gilman. Photography by Government Information Services, except where otherwise
noted).
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