The 5 things you need to know this week are:

1) This Monday, 15 May, is Discovery Day in the Cayman Islands, a public holiday celebrating the discovery of the Sister Islands by Christopher Columbus in 1503.

2) Revelers will be taking to the roads again this weekend in Cayman Brac for Braccanal and in Grand Cayman for CayMAS.

3) Digicel Cayman has announced its first Caymanian CEO, Raul Nicholson-Coe.

4) The 2017 Spring Regatta is happening Friday and Saturday at the Cayman Islands Yacht Club in West Bay.

5) Popular local runner Kerri Kanuga has conquered the Sahara in the 32nd ‘Marathon des Sables’, known as ‘the toughest race on earth’, placing 39th out of all female marathoners.

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