Christians Take a Stand
Caymanian Friday, April 19, 2019 Issue No 364 www.caymaniantimes.ky Complimentary Christians take a Stand Full story on page 3 >> Cayman Islands – Doing it with a Flourish Jamaica [A UK Perspevtive] – A commentary on the Expects to Lead Premier’s Strategic Policy Statement the Medal Count “Certainly, more Caymanians are doing well in Several of Jamaica's top athletes will miss the 48th an- our �lourishing economy than this Government’s nual CARIFTA Games, but the Jamaica Athletics Adminis- critics would have anyone believe.” trative Association (JAAA) is con�ident the team will once “...our �lourishing economy...” again top the medal standing when the meet takes place On the surface that assertion sounds quite au- this Easter weekend (20 to 22 April) at the Truman Bod- dacious, especially in these times of severe global den Sports Complex. The country, which produced the economic challenges. likes of Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Asafa Powell, But that doesn’t seem to be the case in the Cay- Veronica Campbell-Brown and Yohan Black, has topped man Islands, where the Premier Alden McLaughlin the medal table 41 times and its last defeat was in 1984 has made his 2020 Strategic Policy Statement to when The Bahamas won at home. the British Overseas Territory’s parliament. In 2018, team Jamaica earned 82 medals (43 gold, 28 sil- The description of the current state of the Cay- ver, 11 bronze) in the Bahamas, four medals shy of the 86 man Island’s economy stands up to scrutiny at �irst they hauled in back in 2017 (39 gold, 28 silver, 19 bronze) glance.
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