Archive for July, 2020
Driver badly hurt in single-car smash
(CNS): The driver of a silver Honda Civic was seriously injured early Wednesday morning after smashing into a concrete garbage receptacle. Police said the single-vehicle collision happened at around 12:40am on Bodden Town Road near to the junction with Anton Bodden Drive. The car was headed westbound when it left the roadway and collided with […]
No COVID-19 positives for eleven days
(CNS): Cayman is continuing the welcome trend in COVID-19 test results as Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee confirmed Wednesday that the latest batch of 225 samples were all negative. There have been no positive tests here for the coronavirus for eleven days. Since 1 July, officials have carried out 4,307 tests, finding just two […]
PAC strikes record of Pierson’s claims
(CNS) UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The Public Accounts Committee has struck from its records allegations made by the chairperson of the OfReg board about the auditor general’s report on the regulator, which were made during the hearings last week. Claims made by Linford Pierson that the audit was inaccurate in several areas were refuted on Thursday […]
Equality and respect for all
Johann Moxam writes: It’s interesting that the government has failed to hold any public meetings or surveys to assess the views of their constituents on the Domestic Partnership Bill. Nevertheless, it is clear that the same standards or steps that apply to a heterosexual union should apply to a same-sex union. But after reading the […]
Pump price ‘not fair’ says OfReg deputy chair
(CNS): The deputy chair of OfReg’s board of directors has confirmed that the utilities regulator now has information that indicates the fuel suppliers are not passing on the savings they could to consumers when world prices fall. Ronnie Dunn said a recent survey of pump prices by the fuel team at OfReg showed that rates […]
Gonzalo emerges as seventh tropical storm of season
(CNS): Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning and is the earliest named seventh tropical storm of any Atlantic hurricane season. As of 9am, the storm was around 1,285 miles east of the Southern Windward Islands headed west-northwest at around 12mph, with winds of around 45mph. Both the intensity […]
Premier mum on votes for civil partners bill
(CNS): The Legislative Assembly is due to debate the Domestic Partnership Bill next week but Premier Alden McLaughlin has remained tight-lipped on whether or not he has the support of his members to steer the legislation through. The premier has also declined to confirm if he is allowing his front-bench a vote of conscience, telling […]
D.I.S.C.O.N.N.E.C.T.E.D.
Michelle Lockwood writes: I read the comments that the premier offered in response to the Cruise Port Referendum and the word that came to me was ‘disconnected’. He just seemed disconnected, not only from the issue of the environmental concerns of CPR but also from the social issues that have been plaguing Cayman for far […]
One active COVID-19 case remains
(CNS): With the latest batch of COVID-19 tests all coming back negative, the Cayman Islands now has just one active case of the coronavirus in an asymptomatic person. On Tuesday Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported on 113 samples, which were all negative. With no new cases for more than a week and one […]
Rum Point closed to locals, open to rich residents
Camanite writes: Section 13 (2) of the Bill of Rights only allows for a law to restrict our guaranteed right to freedom of movement if it is “reasonably justifiable in a democratic society” under certain conditions, including in the interest of public health or safety. Section 19 of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution […]
Over 500 more COVID tests are negative
(CNS): On Monday Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported on 529 COVID-19 tests that had been carried out since Friday, all of which were negative for the coronavirus. This means Cayman has gone another full week with no positive cases and has seen just two positive samples from 3,969 tests carried out this month. […]
