Archive for November 6th, 2015
Temperature dip halts serious coral damage
(CNS) The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI), which has been monitoring coral bleaching around Cayman since June, has found that a potential devastation to local coral reefs due to the rise in ocean temperatures this summer was averted by a drop in sea temperature at the end of last month. In September sea temperatures passed 87 degrees F, […]
Outage at Flow impacts 911 service
(CNS): Cable & Wireless’ rebranded telecommunication network, Flow, experienced a widespread outage Friday morning that impacted all of its customers, as well as the emergency services communications, since their customers were unable to dial even 911. A spokesperson for Flow said the significant technical outage on mobile voice calls started in the early hours but was […]
Police still looking for missing woman
(CNS): The RCIPS has released more pictures of 21-year-old Jaesha Hendrix, who has now been missing for two weeks, despite the efforts of her family and detectives to find her. Police are urging members of the public to report anything they know to the police or CrimeStoppers, no matter how trivial it may seem. Hendrix, who is also known as […]
Customs knows bulk fuel pricing mark-up
(CNS): The acting information commissioner has said that customs was right to refuse an FOI request and withhold information about the price bulk suppliers are paying for the fuel it imports into the Cayman Islands because lifting the lid would be a breach of confidence that would not be overridden by public interest. However, Jan Liebaers revealed that […]
