Archive for March, 2021
No change to CAL’s schedule as borders stay closed
(CNS): There was little indication from the release of Cayman Airways’ schedule for May that the authorities are expecting to reopen Cayman’s borders before June. According to a press release from the national airline, the flight programme remains largely the same. CAL will continue to fly two flights per week to Miami on Wednesdays and […]
Police stumble upon 600lbs of ganja in George Town
(CNS) Officers making checks in South Church Street, George Town, early Saturday morning came across 600lbs of ganja in black plastic garbage bags. The RCIPS said that officers conducted a search in and around the area where they had stumbled upon the significant drug haul but no one was found and no arrests were made. […]
Port marine life still protected, say officials
(CNS): The George Town Harbour, which is now an anchorage zone and no longer a marine park after new regulations were implemented, is still protected because it remains a no-take zone, officials from the Port Authority and the Department of Environment have said. The new zoning also means that in future, divers will need to […]
Coral expert’s work ‘hijacked’ by developers
(CNS): Coral conservation expert Aaron Hunt, who is the man behind Cayman Eco Divers and whose work is slowly but surely bearing fruit in the ocean off the coast of Sunset House, has said he feels “powerless” to address what he described as the “worst kind of green-washing” by a developer using his images without […]
43% of population now has one COVID shot
(CNS): Around 43% of the estimated Cayman population of some 65,000 people has now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. Officials said that 27,945 people aged over 16 have been given one shot while over 14,000 people have now had the full double dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. In Tuesday’s report, there were no […]
OfReg signs off first IXP licence
(CNS): Just eleven days after the utilities regulator, OfReg, revealed it was creating a regulatory framework to pave the way for local internet exchanges, it has issued its first licence. According to a press release from SALT Wireless, part of the SALT Technology group, announced that the company received its IXP licence Friday, 19 March, […]
Minister rushes to meet fire service commitments
(CNS): With just three weeks left in office, Home Affairs Minister Tara Rivers, who is not running in the elections next month to retain her seat in West Bay South, is rushing to ensure that the Cayman Islands fire service, especially on the Sister Islands, gets the equipment and station upgrades promised at the beginning […]
‘Taxi’ driver charged with sexual assault
(CNS): A 39-year-old man from George Town, who was purporting to be a taxi driver when he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in June 2019, has been charged with two sexual assaults and was listed to appear in summary court on Tuesday. The man is accused of drugging and then indecently assaulting the victim in […]
Uptick in exempt company applications floods board
(CNS): The Trade and Business Licensing Board is suspending its expedited service for the processing of exempt company applications from the end of this month, as it struggles to cope with the workload. In a short press release, officials said that from 1 April applicants can expect licence applications for exempt companies to take between […]
Cops cry foul over holiday pay
(CNS): Police association members are threatening to take their boss to court again, this time in a dispute about annual leave. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Association, which is a de facto work place union for police officers, has sent a ‘Letter Before Action’ to the RCIPS commissioner outlining their concerns about what it claims […]
Battle on to save beach access from Dart PAD
(CNS): Various activist groups in West Bay came together last week to launch a campaign to prevent what could be as many as three dozen beach and shoreline access points in the district being lost through the latest proposed Dart mega-development. The islands’ largest landowner is proposing another ‘new town’ style project straddling the Esterley […]
