Cayman Brac Poetry Retreat: April 2023

Cayman Brac Poetry Retreat: April 2023

Registration is now open for the Caribbean Poetry Retreat April 15-22, 2023 in Cayman Brac with Caymanian Poet Nasaria Suckoo Chollette Writing the Land will be joining CBRAC, a non-profit land protection organization on Cayman Brac for a Caribbean poets’ retreat! The...
Get Ready For Cayman Day: Event Highlights

Get Ready For Cayman Day: Event Highlights

As the CIGO-UK and Cayman Connection prepare for the second instalment of ‘Cayman Day’ in the UK, spirits are high and the excitement is building with each week that passes. At the Virtual Yard Meeting ‘Get Ready for Cayman Day 2022’, held...

Caymanian trooper awarded ‘Best of the Best’ honour

Caymanian and Life Guards Trooper Sam Wallace, 25, in the role of a lifetime. Chosen as one of the ‘Best of the Best’ amongst the British Army’s Household Cavalry, Sam was given the honour of being in The Queen’s Retinue for the Trooping the Colour ceremony on...
Caymanian squash leads Jade & Emma

Caymanian squash leads Jade & Emma

Caymanian squash leads make it to the Newcastle University newspaper – The Courier!  Over on the squash courts, two athletes from the Women’s 1st team have been pipped for Commonwealth contention. We got to have a chat with Jade Pitcairn, a second-year Sports...
Virtual Yard Event Review June 2022

Virtual Yard Event Review June 2022

What a fantastic get together in the Virtual Yard to kick off the month of June! Caymanians and friends from across Canada, both US coasts, Scotland and England gathered and engaged in discussion, shouting out old friends and greeting new ones with warm hellos, all...
Safeguarding Event Update 2022

Safeguarding Event Update 2022

On Wednesday, 30 March the Cayman Islands Government Office in the United Kingdom (CIGO-UK) presented a Virtual Yard Meeting entitled Safeguarding, UK: Sexual Assault – Myths, Facts & Help, with United Kingdom-based Caymanians in mind, particularly...
Creative Connect: Event Update

Creative Connect: Event Update

A hybrid business. A social enterprise. A creative community. A neighbourhood champion. These are the phrases used to describe Parcel 110, though we would venture to say there are so many other descriptions that can be added to capture all that this unique creative...
Harneys Sponsor Cayman Connection

Harneys Sponsor Cayman Connection

We are very excited to welcome Harneys as a Corporate Sponsor for Cayman Connection and delighted that we will be partnering with Harneys on many of our endeavors to assist Caymanian students overseas over the next two years.  THANK YOU HARNEYS!  Harneys is a global...
Student reception

Student reception

Student members of Cayman Connection and Cayman Islands Government scholars enjoyed an evening reception at the Cayman Islands Government Office in the UK hosted by H.E. The Governor of the Cayman Islands Martyn Roper OBE and Hon André Ebanks, Minister for Financial...
Financial Services Minister Leads Delegation to EU, UK

Financial Services Minister Leads Delegation to EU, UK

Grand Cayman, 13 May 2022 – To continue face-to-face discussions with key stakeholders on subjects including global tax cooperation, anti-money laundering, and countering the financing of terrorism, the Minister of Financial Services and Commerce is leading a...
Event Update: Virtual Yard Chat May 2022

Event Update: Virtual Yard Chat May 2022

May’s virtual yard chat was filled with positive energy and much to celebrate as members shared their milestones at work, university, and with personal projects. Tuning in from as far away as Massachusetts, Canada, and Slovakia, members came together to enjoy...
Books can (sometimes) Change Your Life

Books can (sometimes) Change Your Life

Antonio Arch “This book changed my life.” Or there’s the more promising prophecy that “this book will change your life.” We’ve all seen the cliché used and over-used across publishing. You would think that by now we would be immune to the appeal and draw of marketing...
Small Island by Andrea Levy

Small Island by Andrea Levy

CC Book Club ReviewFirst Book Reading: Small Island by Andrea LevyApril – May 2022Antonio Arch With our second book and author, Book Club looks just beyond the horizon to our easterly neighbours. If you’re looking for a better understanding or perspective of...
Herbal Remedies Walk Review

Herbal Remedies Walk Review

Herbal Remedies Walk with Erik Leacock EVENT UPDATE Sunday 24th April9:30-10:30amThe Botanic Park, Grand Cayman Watch our walk On Sunday 24th April, members in Cayman met up at the Queen Elizabeth Botanic Park to take a relaxing stroll in nature and learned more about...

Earth Day Message 2022

Hon. Kenneth Bryan, MPMinister for Tourism and Transport  Today the Cayman Islands celebrates Earth Day, together with more than a billion people in over 193 countries.  Now in its 52nd year, we are happy to join in the effort to...