Archive for November, 2019
Witnesses wanted in fatal collisions
(CNS): Police are making an appeal for two drivers and a pedestrian who may have seen the fatal collision between a school bus and a motorcycle on Shamrock Road Monday morning at around 7:00. Officers said that while they want to hear from any witnesses, they are keen to speak to the drivers of two […]
Elderly visitor dies after dive trip
(CNS): A 72-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from Mississippi died Monday afternoon following a dive in the waters around the George Town Harbour. The man had experienced difficulties while on the dive and he was brought to shore by the boat he was out with at around 2pm. The dive boat was […]
Five new locally acquired dengue cases
(CNS): Public health officials said there have been eight new cases of dengue fever confirmed in Cayman since the last update on 8 November; five of those cases involved local transmission as the patients had no recent travel history. Over the last few weeks 37 results have been received from the Caribbean Public Health Agency, […]
Gender-based and sexual violence under spotlight
(CNS): The Gender Affairs Unit (GAU) has begun the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, with a focus this year on sexual violence. Cayman is far from immune from this global scourge and the associated blurring of lines around sexual consent, victim blaming and excusing perpetrators. According to police statistics, they have dealt with […]
California romaine lettuce contaminated
(CNS): After almost 100,000lbs of lettuce was recalled in the United States, the Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about an E. coli outbreak linked to contaminated romaine lettuce from Salinas, California. The Cayman Islands Department of Environmental Health is warning people here not to buy or consume the affected products and for […]
CPR activist’s tyres slashed during meeting
(CNS): When Mario Rankin, one of the Cruise Port Referendum activists and a leading advocate for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming poll, left the CPR public meeting last night, he found that someone had slashed all four tyres of the truck he had arrived in. Rankin’s son drove him to the West Bay meeting, […]
Premier tries new tactic to promote port
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has launched a new social media and mobile app to promote interaction with Caymanians about shaping the future of the country. While the leader of the coalition government said the aim of the app is for everyone to take part in a debate on the direction Cayman needs to go, he […]
Toxic emissions still growing
(CNS): Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are continuing to rise, despite scientific warnings and political commitments, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. The latest alarming publication on climate change details the yawning gap between the emissions cuts needed to prevent the worst effects of climate change and the actual amount of […]
Trust and CPR file official legal action on port vote
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands and the Cruise Port Referendum group have now filed official legal actions over the decision to hold the people’s referendum on the cruise berthing project before critical information is available. Earlier this month the Trust sent a letter to government warning them that they were considering legal […]
Cruise line was ready to tender Oasis ship
(CNS): Documents and emails leaked from the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands indicate that government had come to an arrangement back in 2012 with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines to tender its first Oasis class ship, the Allure of the Seas. The revelation that the UDP administration at the time had invested in related security […]
Cayman mourns loss of veteran reporter
(CNS) UPDATED with CJ’s comments: Following the passing of Carol Winker, one of Cayman’s best known and much loved local reporters yesterday, aged 79, the chief justice has said he was deeply saddened by the news as he held her in the highest regard. “I first met Ms Winker in the early 1980s when I […]
