Archive for January 28th, 2016
Trust secures protection of wetlands
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands has used cash in its Land Reserve Fund collected in 2015 to buy another 131 acres of wetlands, bringing the total area of this vital ecosystem under protection to 900 acres and advancing the non-profit organisation’s goal of having 10% of sensitive local land legally protected. This […]
Cayman still Zika free as WHO raises alarm
(CNS): The rapid spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Caribbean and the Americas is alarming, according to World Health Organisation officials, who have warned that as many as four million people could contract the illness in the region this year. Local health officials told CNS Thursday that there are still no reported cases of the […]
Elderly woman killed in Brac crash
(CNS): Police have confirmed that Ethel Venola Ebanks (86) died this morning after a single vehicle accident on the Stake Bay Road, Cayman Brac, near to Kirkconnell’s Supermarket. Police said that Ebanks, who was driving, appears to have been exiting the parking lot when she lost control of her car and hit a nearby light pole. RCIPS officers and emergency personnel were called […]
Over 100 local artists line-up for festival
(CNS): The first ever Poinciana film, music and arts festival kicks-off this weekend to showcase the diversity of artists in the Cayman Islands. The event is spearheaded by local film maker Badir Awe, who has ambitions to make the uniquely Caymanian festival a premier event in the Caribbean cultural calendar and says the goal is to […]
Grouper spawning reaches into classrooms
(CNS): Local and international environmental experts have begun the fourth annual Grouper Educational Programme (GEP). Organised by the Department of the Environment (DoE) and the Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), GEP is a marine sciences curriculum for Caymanian intermediate elementary, middle and high school students to teach them about the environmental significance of the species […]
Migration key issue for Cayman’s future
(CNS): Two local government officials attended the United Nations Regional Consultative Process on Migration in Belize last week in the first of what is expected to be a collaborative process in the Caribbean to deal with the issue. Michael Ebanks, assistant chief officer in the home affairs ministry, and Christopher Eakin, policy director at immigration, […]
Commission asks if Cayman needs bullying law
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Law Reform Commission (LRC) is asking the public to weigh in on a discussion paper about the need for new laws or policies to deal with the growing problem of bullying and cyber bullying. The paper raises a number of talking points about this global issue, which has a particularly negative […]
