Archive for November, 2016
600 people turn out for clean-up work
(CNS): The number of people who came out to sign up for government’s annual Christmas clean-up last week was down slightly on the more than 700 that took part last year, which government believes is down to the fall in the unemployment rate. But officials revealed that with 550 people registered in Grand Cayman, another 41 […]
Fisherman may have been swept to sea
(CNS): The body pulled from the ocean off the coast of North West Point yesterday was 39-year-old Tian Lun Ma, a resident of West Bay, originally from China. Lun Ma was believed to have been fishing from the shore across from the Turtle Farm when he was swept into the sea sometime early Tuesday morning. […]
Its official: CIFA has killed youth football
Football Guy writes: The cheapest sport to play is dying in Cayman. Fewer and fewer young persons in Cayman are participating in the most popular sport in the world. RIP Football? This current football season there are only 3 teams in CIFA’s U15 football league. There are only 3 teams in the U17 league, and […]
Firefighters battle major South Sound blaze
(CNS): Firefighters were on the scene of a house blaze in South Sound Wednesday morning. The fire which was reported at around 6:40am at the home on Clayton Drive across from the oil terminals at Jackson Point was brought under control by firefighters by around 7am. The blaze appears to have started in, and been […]
55 people in jobs via Ready2Work
(CNS): From over 100 participants in the government’s newest job placement scheme, just half of them have been placed in jobs so far and only half of those have permanent positions. There are 55 people who have been placed with employers through the Ready2Work initiative, with just 23 in long-term work and the rest in short-term […]
Police ask for help finding another stolen car
(CNS): The police are looking for a 1998 green Toyota Avalon, registration No. 115864, that was reported stolen on Sunday evening from outside the Cayman Islands Yacht Club in West Bay. The vehicle was taken from the parking lot sometime between 8:30pm and midnight, the RCIPS said in a release Tuesday. Anyone with information is […]
Dead man pulled from sea at North West Point
(CNS): Police have started an investigation into the death of a man pulled from the ocean Tuesday morning off the coast of North West Point, West Bay. A release from the RCIPS stated that a member of the public called 911 at around 7:45am today stating that a body had been seen floating in the water […]
Cool weather locally but storm threatens Central America
(CNS): As the late-season Tropical Storm Otto drifted towards Costa Rica and Nicaragua Tuesday, Cayman was enjoying some cooler weather after a very hot year. Global temperatures for 2016 have already broken existing heat records and 2016 is expected to be one of the Cayman Islands’ hottest as well, making the cool snap all the […]
CIG reviews plans for troubled kids
(CNS): Government continues to wrestle with the best way to deal with at-risk children and is planning to undertake an outline business case on the future of the Children and Youth Services (CAYS) Foundation, which is currently responsible for children the courts have remanded or ordered into its care. Following a strategic assessment of the […]
Over 100 cases of child abuse reported this year
(CNS): More than 100 cases of physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children have been reported so far this year in Cayman as well as more than 50 reports of child neglect, but government officials believe the actual number of incidences could be ten times that. The Ministry of Community Affairs, Youth and Sports, which […]
Fire service officially launches $200k boat
(CNS): A new rescue vessel bought by the home affairs ministry for the Cayman Islands Fire Service was officially launched last week but the $200,000 custom-made boat has already been involved in one real rescue. The 32-foot vessel has GPS, flood lights and spot lights and can reach speeds of up to 50mph carrying a […]
