Archive for March 8th, 2016
More Cubans arrive on Brac as centre remains full
(CNS): Immigration staff have begun “migrant reception and detention protocols” after seven more Cuban men landed on Cayman Brac around 8:30am this morning, officials said, though no details were released about the vessel in which the latest group of migrants arrived. The latest group brings the number of Cubans currently held by the immigration department to 109.
Bodden Town Affordable Homes
MM writes: More than two hundred applications were received by the National Housing & Development Trust when the Bodden Town Affordable Housing scheme began accepting applications for the anticipated completion of the two- and three-bedroom homes. That is, more than two hundred Caymanian families with the dream of homeownership that they could afford.
UK extends women’s rights treaty to Cayman Islands
(CNS): The UK has finally agreed to extend the international treaty it has signed regarding the prevention of discrimination against women to the Cayman Islands. After 12 years working towards this, the Cayman Islands Government learned this week that its request to have the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women […]
CHHS student sent home after assaulting teacher
(CNS): A teenage boy assaulted a teacher at Clifton Hunter High School (CHHS), Grand Cayman, last week, education ministry officials confirmed a week after the incident, stating that the student has been excluded and the incident has been reported to the police. The details of the assault have not been released but a video posted […]
Mother inflicted dozens of wounds on child
(CNS): Tamara Butler inflicted dozens and dozens of stab wounds on her six-year-old daughter, Bethany Butler, when she killed her in October 2014, the crown said Monday as the trial of the 39-year-old woman opened. Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryll Richards QC revealed details of events leading up to the gruesome discovery of Bethany’s body […]
Search continues in rough seas
(CNS): Police conducting a search for two boys and three men missing at sea since Sunday evening said that they relocated the missing Panga boat on Tuesday. It was first spotted by police yesterday morning, overturned in the ocean some 20 miles off the coast of Grand Cayman, but there was still no sign of […]
Shetty hospital touts for Canadian business
(CNS): Health City Cayman Islands, which opened in East End two years ago and was heralded as the cornerstone of Cayman’s medical tourism sector, has opened an office in Canada to attract patients who are on long waiting lists for non-emergency procedures. The hospital received accreditation from the Joint Commission International last May, paving the way to target […]
Climate change reaches danger zone
(CNS): Global temperatures are now heating up more quickly and reaching new highs that scientists have long warned is within the danger zone. Preliminary unofficial data released from NASA weather satellites revealed that last month Earth’s temperature was as much as 1.4 degrees warmer than average, making February an unusually warm month and the highest […]
