Archive for June, 2016
Local and regional LGBT prejudices top bill at conference
(CNS): The social injustices faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people in the British overseas territory of the Cayman Islands and the wider Caribbean region will be at the top of the agenda at a conference this coming weekend. The conference, which has caused controversy, is hosting international experts from the […]
Cubans put to work dismantling boat
(CNS): A Cuban migrant vessel beached in South Sound was removed at the weekend with the help of some of the Cuban migrants themselves. The boat was abandoned at the shoreline one month ago when the people on board were taken into custody because it was unseaworthy and could not carry them any further. While […]
Bush: Budget misleading public
(CNS): The opposition leader has called on government to break its 18-month budget down so that people can make a fair comparison to last year’s spending plan. Responding to the government’s 2016/17 budget Friday, McKeeva Bush said it was misleading and confusing because it was impossible for the public to work out what was being spent […]
Golden Spoons Review: The Bistro
(CNS Foodie): As my companion and I drive up Seven Mile Beach on our way to The Bistro – the only French restaurant in the Cayman Islands – I can’t help but think that it’s remarkable we have a French restaurant at all. Cayman and France have so little to do with each other. We’re […]
Weather forecasters warn of potential flooding this weekend
(CNS): A tropical wave that is sitting over the Cayman Islands could cause flooding on the islands throughout this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters warn that scattered showers with embedded thundershowers that are expected across the Cayman area may lead to localized floods. The wave is moving towards the west to northwest […]
Visitor to Cayman tests positive for Zika
(CNS): The Public Health Department is investigating a case of Zika virus in a patient who had visited Cayman and tested positive on returning home. Despite releasing information to the media yesterday claiming Cayman was sill Zika free, following enquiries by CNS, officials released a statement Friday evening about the possible arrival of the disease […]
Mac: JPs to file own report on rescue review
(CNS): The opposition leader has raised questions about the report conducted by a UK Coastguard Commander Andy Jenkins and has said the two local JPs who were supposed to work on the report did not see or sign the final document but would be publishing their own report. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly Friday as he […]
Woman standing at road side hit by car
(CNS): Police are looking for witnesses to a road incident around 7am yesterday morning along Shamrock Road near Ocean Club, in which a pedestrian was hit by a white Hyundai Accent. Police said the woman was struck by the car as she was standing on the side of the road. She was taken to hospital but […]
Ex Cayman prosecutor resigns from TCI top legal job
(CNS): The director of public prosecutions in the Turks and Caicos Islands has resigned in the wake of mounting controversies since he was appointed just over one year ago. John Masters, an Australian national, who was at one time a senior prosecutor in the Cayman Islands, has suddenly left both the top TCI post and the […]
Cayman remains Zika free as virus spreads in region
(CNS): There have still been no reported cases of the Zika virus in the Cayman Islands, according to Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez. Sixty countries worldwide have reported Zika spreading in their populations since 2015, and while there is a downward trend of cases in Central and South America, numbers are rising in […]
Panton reveals challenges of yacht reef damage
(CNS): Government has plans to install a number of moorings that can accommodate super-yachts to help reduce reef damage by anchor chains, Environment Minister Wayne Panton has told the Legislative Assembly. He said that since coming to office, there have been five cases of vessels damaging coral with anchor chains but it has proved challenging to fine […]
