Archive for March 4th, 2020
Prince Charles and premier discuss eco fund
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin met with Prince Charles at his private residence, Highgrove House, last week, when they discussed a Cayman Islands-based Blue/Green Fund, an initiative that aims to provide financing to environmental projects in the Caribbean, which was introduced to the Prince of Wales when he visited the Cayman Islands in March last year. […]
CIG grapples with global COVID-19 outbreak
(CNS); In response to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has now infected more than 90,000 people in 73 countries and territories and killed more than 3,000, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has announced “the partial activation” of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). A flu hotline will be set up for anyone […]
CIG denies clash with Carnival, as ships bypass Cayman
(CNS): The Ministry of Tourism has offered no explanation as to why two Carnival ships bumped Grand Cayman off their itineraries this week. The Carnival Freedom, which carries around 3,000 passenger, was scheduled to arrive Thursday and the Carnival Horizon, which carries 4,000 passengers, should be calling today, Wednesday, but instead have been diverted to […]
