Archive for March 15th, 2021
Duo charged a year after robbery
(CNS): A 36-year-old woman from George Town and a 25-year-old man from East End have been charged with robbery more than a year after a liquor store stick-up and are expected in court Tuesday. The woman is facing one count of robbery while her alleged partner in crime is facing robbery and assault ABH charges. […]
Cops pepper spray man resisting arrest
(CNS): RCIPS officers used oleoresin capsicum (OC), aka pepper spray, on a 21-year-old man who resisted arrest at around 10pm on Sunday night. Responding to a report of suspicious activity on Ashgo Street in George Town, the officers approached three young men, one of whom was a juvenile, who were standing near to a vehicle. […]
COVID field hospital put to bed
(CNS): The Health Service Authority has packed up and stored all of the equipment it acquired to create an emergency field hospital in the event that Cayman had faced a serious surge of community transmission of COVID-19. The hospital, which was established at the Family Life Centre in George Town in May, cost around $400,000 […]
Over 36% of population now vaccinated
(CNS): Healthcare professionals worked flat out on Saturday, when, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee, 1,761 COVID-19 vaccinations were administered, the largest number in a single day since the national programme was rolled out. So far, 23,866 people, or 36.7% of the estimated population, have received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech […]
Port excluded from new marine protections
(CNS): One month before Cayman Islands voters go to the polls, four years after the proposed enhancements were ready for implementation and two years after Cabinet approved them, the government has finally gazetted the regulations defining the new marine park designations and rules. The enhanced regulations, which were ready to go in 2017 following public […]
Young Caymanian gets job inside governor’s office
(CNS): A local civil servant has become the first young Caymanian to start a new employment initiative inside the Governor’s Office. Renita Barnes recently began a six-month to one-year secondment working with the UK representative’s team here as the corporate services and media officer. Barnes secured the special job following a competitive internal recruitment process. […]
Suckoo returns to PPM fold
(CNS): The long rumoured return of Alva Suckoo to the Progressives was confirmed Saturday night at the launch of the party’s election campaign, when the former deputy leader of the opposition announced he would be running with the PPM-led alliance. Suckoo, who is campaigning for a seat in Newlands, resigned from the party and government […]
