Archive for December 31st, 2015
Police arrest one over Christmas Eve assault
(CNS): A 26-year-old man from Bodden Town is likely to be spending New Year’s Eve in the police lock-up following his arrest in connection with an assault on Christmas Eve in the district. The police and emergency services received a call about the incident around 10pm on 24 December after a man received a serious […]
Extension kicks off New Year for booze laws
(CNS): The start of 2016 brings a one-hour extension to regular closing times of all liquor licence holders on New Year’s Eve as well as a new regime surrounding the liquor law in Cayman, as amendments made to the legislation in October come into force on 1 January. The new law features several amended and some entirely new […]
Unemployment ‘Achilles heel’ for PPM
(CNS): The number of jobless Caymanians is proving to be the Achilles heel of the PPM government, according to the premier. In his New Year statement to the nation setting out his administration’s ambitions for 2016, Alden McLaughlin said the prospects for the year ahead were bright but admitted that at 8.3%, Caymanian unemployment remained […]
Cayman to shape policies to reduce carbon footprint
(CNS): Following the historic climate change conference in Paris, the Cayman Islands will be reviewing its own carbon footprint in 2016 in an effort to adapt to the requirements of all nations to help reduce global warming. As a low lying nation on the front line of the consequences of a warming world, the minister […]
