Archive for August, 2020
Plan afoot to save extremely rare plant
(CNS): The critically endangered Aegiphila caymanensis is a woody, clambering shrub with soft, downy leaves that is unique to Grand Cayman and so rare that it has no common name and until recently was believed to be growing only in two places on the island. The National Conservation Council has drafted a species conservation plan […]
Outrage grows with speaker’s return to job
(CNS): McKeeva Bush’s decision to return to his job as speaker of the Legislative Assembly while facing charges of assault on a female beach bar manager has fuelled public outrage this week. Meanwhile, Bush has reaffirmed his support for the premier, along with the education and health ministers, who had all been cited as part […]
BMW hits light pole in single car smash
(CNS): A BMW travelling westbound on Sea View Road in the High Rock area of East End crashed into a light pole lunchtime today (Thursday) causing minor injuries to the driver and two passengers. Shortly after 1:00pm the police were called to the scene of the smash, where the car had left the road, hit […]
Governor’s new chief of staff arrives from FCO
(CNS): Christine Rowlands, a diplomat with 30 years experience, has completed her quarantine and started work in the Governor’s Office as she prepares to take over from Matthew Forbes, who leaves at the end of this month, as chief of staff. Rowlands was most recently working in London as the deputy head of the Latin […]
Toddler dies after being found in pool
(CNS): Just after 8am today (Thursday) police and other emergency services were called to an address off Old Crewe Road in George Town, where a 3-year-old boy had been found unresponsive in a swimming pool. The child was taken from the water and EMS personnel administered CPR before taking the toddler to hospital, where he […]
Doctors Hospital follows Health City to Camana Bay
(CNS): The CTMH Doctors Hospital is opening a satellite clinic and COVID-19 testing centre in Camana Bay to further track and isolate carriers, trace their contacts and prevent the spread of the virus. The news comes just two weeks after Health City Cayman Islands announced plans to open an outpatient centre in Dart’s mini-town. This […]
National Trust calls for locals to buy back Cayman
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands has launched a new campaign urging local people to buy back Cayman and save the islands’ dwindling natural resources from the bulldozer. Buying land to conserve it for the Cayman people so that no one can ever develop it is one of the main goals of the […]
Over 300 COVID-19 tests all negative
(CNS): Following the news that Cayman has lost is COVID-free status after two travellers in government quarantine tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, today the chief medical officer reported the largest batch of test results for several weeks. Dr John Lee confirmed that 361 tests had been carried out and all of them were negative. […]
Coalition gov’t faces possible coup
(CNS): The possibility of four members of the Government of National Unity supporting a ‘no confidence’ bid in Premier Alden McLaughlin over the Domestic Partnership Bill could see the administration collapse just seven months before the Legislative Assembly is prorogued for the 2021 General Election. Since Governor Martyn Roper announced that he would implement the […]
Political cults of personality
Johann Moxam writes: The Cayman Islands does not have political parties which are distinguishable based on some clear political ideology or vision for the country. The current political parties are best described as “cults of personality” led by a dominant public figure or a big personality, for example Mr McKeeva Bush leads the UDP/CDP. The […]
Power outage affects 16,054 customers
(CNS): More than 16,000, around half of CUC’s customers across Grand Cayman, were without electricity during the middle of the day Wednesday for a brief period. The power outage began at 1:37pm but was restored to customers by 2:15pm, the company said in a release. The outage was caused when when one of the company’s […]
