The Cayman Islands can now boast a world champion swimmer amongst its sporting legends; take a bow Jordan Crooks, the men’s 50-metre freestyle king. Sporting history for the Cayman Islands was made as the 20-year-old Caymanian won gold at the FINA World Championships (25 metres pool)
Pirates Fest (14 October – 27 November, 2022) formally closed with an awards ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage (MYSCH) at Cayman Cabana on Monday, 5 December.
It used to be called the “Seven-Eleven,” but now the little white weatherboard store on George Town waterfront has reopened after Covid, with a new name, “Mr Arthurs,” in memory of Authur Bodden, who also ran the print shop situated across the road for many years.
Hon. Kenneth Bryan, Minister for Tourism and Transport has been named as the Caribbean Tourism Minister of the Year in the Caribbean Travel Awards 2023 (CTA).
After many months hard work, Cardinal Avenue at the very heart of George Town, has been transformed into a lovely pedestrianized street, where you don’t have to keep looking around to see if you are in the way of a car or a truck.
The Cayman Islands Air Show is back after 20 year, and thousands came to see the spectacle at Seven Mile Beach on Saturday 3 December. There was a fantastic display of aircraft from superfast fighter jets to big flying boats.
Significant progress continues to be made as efforts between the Cayman Islands Government and Dart to complete project negotiations for the development of ReGen, Cayman’s Energy and Recycling Centre are continuing in earnest, with financial close for the project now expected early in 2023.
The Dart Hospitality Training Programme concluded earlier this month and the 12 graduates of the pilot programme were celebrated on Monday, 21 November at a small graduation ceremony at Ms. Piper’s at Hampton by Hilton.
At a Special Sitting of the 2022-23 Session, the Hon. Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, MP was elected as Speaker of the House of Parliament, and the Hon. Dwayne Seymour, JP, MP for Bodden Town West as Deputy Speaker today, 25 November 2022.