Jamaica Prime Minister Holness joins in Cayman Islands celebrations

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GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands
Jamaica Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness travels Friday to
the Cayman Islands to attend a Cayman Cultural Celebration at Pedro
St. James that evening and a weekend of celebrations of the 60th
anniversary of the first written Constitution of the Cayman Islands.

He will also attend bilateral talks with Cayman
Islands Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin and United Kingdom Minister of
State Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon.

Celebrate Cayman activities recognising the 60th
anniversary of the document that governs the Cayman Islands and her
people as well as the ties that bind Cayman, Jamaica and the United
Kingdom begin Saturday morning at the Kimpton Seafire Resort with a
breakfast featuring speeches from Cayman Islands Premier Hon. Alden
McLaughlin, Lord Ahmad and Mr. Holness. The men will honour the links
and history between the three countries.

In attendance will be heads of Governments from
the British Overseas Territories, representatives from Jamaica and
the Jamaican Diaspora in the Cayman Islands, members of the clergy,
and the Constitutional Commission. The 1959 Legislative Assembly of
Justices and Vestry, which enacted the first Constitution, will be
represented by family members. The proceedings will be carried live
on Radio Cayman 89.9FM.

Saturday afternoon activities include an All-Star
Football match featuring 60 legends football players from Premier
Leagues and Cayman Islands National Team greats at the Truman Bodden
Sports Complex.

Yesteryear's football stars such as Premier League
legends – Gianfranco Zola (Italy), Shaka Hislop (Trinidad &
Tobago), Ricardo Gardener (Jamaica), Darren Moore (Jamaica), Sean
Davis (England), and Pascal Chimbonda (France) along with Jamaica
Reggae Boyz legends Walter Boyd, Onandi Lowe and Cayman Islands
National Team greats Lee Ramoon, Gillie Seymour, Antonio Smith,
Richard Hew, among many others will be part of this charity football
match.

At half-time, there will entertainment and a
donation collection to give football fans the opportunity to support
the Hope For Today Foundation – a local non-profit,
non-governmental, non-denominational coalition of volunteers
dedicated to helping and supporting individuals finding their way
back from substance abuse through transition from prison or treatment
to community life.

On Sunday, 30 June, a church service at Elmslie
Memorial will offer attendees a time to reflect on and give thanks
for the journey the Cayman Islands has made over the past 60 years.

Published June 27, 2019

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