Archive for August 2nd, 2019
Pedestrian hit by car in BT
(CNS): A man was in hospital Friday recovering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a car in Bodden Town yesterday afternoon. Police said the man was walking east along Bodden Town Road near the junction of Lakeview Road at around 3:25pm on Thursday when he was struck by a white Honda […]
New alert system poised to go live
(CNS): Government is still working on phase 1 of a new radio alert system that will interrupt public radio transmissions in the event of a sudden disaster. Having learned lessons about the failure to communicate with the public en masse in the face of the Sol fire at Jackson Point in 2017 and the tsunami […]
DoE starts green iguana count
(CNS): The Terrestrial Resources Unit at the Department of Environment will be starting its annual green iguana count this month. And with more than 830,000 culled over the last nine months, researchers are hoping the population will be much lower than the 1.3 million estimated last August. Cullers made massive strides in denting the population […]
Acting DG defends HR policy in CS
(CNS): Acting Deputy Governor Gloria McField-Nixon defended the recruitment policies in the civil service last week, in response to criticisms made by MLA Kenneth Bryan after another failed attempt by the George Town Central representative to mandate that certain public sector jobs are reserved for Caymanians. McField-Nixon, who is chief officer of the Portfolio of […]
How to handle cyber bullying?
What is the procedure for dealing with online harassment in Cayman, and the protection of children involved? What happens in the cases of photos and/or videos posted of minors? Read Auntie’s answer and comment on CNS Local Life
