Archive for August, 2020
Blues doing well but remain under pressure
(CNS): With over 60 baby blues already hatched this season at the Blue Iguana Conservation (BIC) facility at the Botanic Park, Cayman’s iconic but endangered iguana is doing well. But the same pressures that pushed it to the brink of extinction remain and researchers are urging people to stay vigilant about the threats, drive considerately […]
Woman seriously wounded in stabbing
(CNS): A woman who was stabbed when she and her male companion were attacked by three men early Monday morning is in hospital with life-threatening injuries. The police said the victims left a bar on Seymour Road (aka Dump Road) in George Town at around 1:00 this morning and crossed the road. They were approached […]
NCC votes for increased turtle protection
(CNS): A green turtle narrowly escaped poachers in West Bay recently after a member of the public called 911 to report an attempt to steal her away as she came onto the beach to nest. Conservation officers responded quickly and got her back in the sea, and then watched the beach through the night. However, […]
Church-led demo fails to make human chain
(CNS): Less than 200 people joined the demonstration on Saturday to protest the Domestic Partnership Bill, which the church-led opposition called the “homosexual law”. The group failed to make the full human chain they had hoped for between the Government Administration Building on Elgin Avenue and the Legislative Assembly. Meanwhile, the president of activist group […]
McLean: Premier should ‘fight’ governor’s DP move
(CNS): The opposition has said that Premier Alden McLaughlin should fight the move by the governor to use his reserved powers to implement the Domestic Partnership Bill. Although the governor is doing this to uphold the rule of law, the opposition members, led by Arden McLean, continue to blame the premier, as they spin their […]
TS Laura has little impact on Sister Islands
(CNS); Reports from Cayman Brac indicate that Tropical Storm Laura, contrary to expectations, left limited rainfall and very low winds as it passed some 90 miles off the coast, Monday. Deputy District Commission Mark Tibbetts said they fared very well in an audio statement. However, he warned the public on the Sister Islands that they […]
Sister Islands gear up for storm force winds
(CNS): As the path of Tropical Storm Laura has shifted south and is now expected to pass closer to the north of the Sister Islands, Cayman Airways has added an extra jet flight from Cayman Brac to Grand Cayman this evening, Sunday 23 August. According to the National Weather Service, if TS Laura remains on […]
Local COVID-19 patients record no lingering effect
(CNS): With reports from around the world of serious post-COVID medical problems in patients who weren’t necessarily very ill with the virus, officials here have also been monitoring local patients. But so far there has been no record of anyone having significant health concerns since being infected. On Friday another 230 COVID-19 test results were […]
West Bay man arrested after two home raids
(CNS): Police recovered what is assumed to be just a small quantity of ganja from a West Bay home and arrested a 34 year-old-man for possession after two organised busts yesterday in the district. Officers executed two search warrant on Thursday morning, the first just after 7:00am at an address on Capt Reginald Parsons Drive, […]
Police hunt smash and run driver
(CNS): Officers investigating a crash on Hirst Road at the junction of Moonbeam Drive earlier this year are asking for help in tracking down the driver of a black pickup truck who fled the scene. At around 6:20pm on Wednesday, 15 April, during the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown, police responded to the serious crash. […]
Tropical Storm Laura forms as Cayman soaks up TD14
(CNS) As Cayman sat under a deluge of rain Friday dumped by Tropical Depression 14 over the western Caribbean, in the east TD13 became Tropical Storm Laura. By 2pm Friday the storm was some 175miles ESE of the Northern Leeward Islands heading west at about 18mph. At present the storm presents no threat to the […]
