Archive for January 11th, 2021

More than 2,000 vaccines now administered

More than 2,000 vaccines now administered

| 11/01/2021 | 53 Comments

(CNS): The number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 now stands at 2,019 after public health officials continued administering the shots to those in the first groups, in accordance with the National Vaccination Plan, over the weekend and on Monday. Meanwhile, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said another three asymptomatic travellers tested positive for the […]

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Cops plan to sue CoP over promotion failings

Cops plan to sue CoP over promotion failings

| 11/01/2021 | 86 Comments

(CNS): The local police association has revealed plans to sue the police commissioner as a result of what it said is a continued failure to give its members a chance of promotion. In a press release issued Monday, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Association (RCIPA), which is made up of the rank and file, said […]

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Premier’s discretion over pay a worrying move

Premier’s discretion over pay a worrying move

| 11/01/2021 | 63 Comments

(CNS): Both of the independent opposition MPs have raised concerns about the flexibility that the new parliament management law gives the premier to award ministers and the new parliamentary secretaries additional pay. While public backlash has focused on the severance package that all of the members supported during the passage of the bill, Kenneth Bryan […]

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Planning Tribunal sends Balboa Beach back to CPA

Planning Tribunal sends Balboa Beach back to CPA

| 11/01/2021 | 38 Comments

(CNS): The long-running dispute between neighbouring landowners on the George Town waterfront over the Balboa Beach development took an interesting turn last week when the Planning Appeals Tribunal found that the Central Planning Authority erred when it granted permission for the project “devoid of the requisite setback lines required”, as set out in the regulations.

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Cops concerned over road smash numbers

Cops concerned over road smash numbers

| 11/01/2021 | 71 Comments

(CNS): Police were called to almost 250 crashes on Cayman’s roads over the month-long holiday road safety campaign, Operation Winter Guardian.In addition, officers issued more than 630 tickets to drivers and 40 people were arrested for drunk driving. While no one lost their lives on the roads during December, the RCIPS is concerned about the […]

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