Archive for August 10th, 2021
![Liquor store to track and test all unvaxed staff Liquor store to track and test all unvaxed staff](http://caymannewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jacques-Scott-Countryside-150x150.png)
Liquor store to track and test all unvaxed staff
(CNS): Local wine and liquor retailer, Jacques Scott, has confirmed that it is tracking the vaccination status of all of its staff and plans to introduce regular COVID-19 testing for employees who are not vaccinated at all of its shops. The liquor chain has a store at Owen Roberts International airport and so, since the […]
![Weather system still on brink of storm status Weather system still on brink of storm status](http://caymannewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NHC-cone-5pm-tuesday-150x150.png)
Weather system still on brink of storm status
(CNS): Tropical Cyclone Six, the weather system that forecasters have been predicting is about to become Tropical Storm Fred for the last 24 hours, was still teetering on the brink of becoming a storm Tuesday afternoon. At 4pm local time it was located 105 miles southeast of Puerto Rico heading west-northwest at nearly 17 mph. […]
![Cop’s carnival capers not a protocol breach Cop’s carnival capers not a protocol breach](http://caymannewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CayMAS-2021-carnival-150x150.jpg)
Cop’s carnival capers not a protocol breach
(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that there is no investigation into the motorcycle cop at the centre of a viral video on social media that shows the officer astride his police bike while a female CayMAS Carnival dancer, riding pillion, is whining on the officer. But officials said the police were exempt from the social […]
![Inflation falls but people feeling price pain Inflation falls but people feeling price pain](http://caymannewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cost-of-living-inflation-150x150.jpg)
Inflation falls but people feeling price pain
(CNS): The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell by 1% in the first quarter of 2021 against the same three months in 2020, and while three of the twelve CPI divisions that are used to calculated inflation decreased, most people did not feel a drop in the cost of living this spring and continue to navigate […]
![NCC stands firm over EIA on Dart PAD in West Bay NCC stands firm over EIA on Dart PAD in West Bay](http://caymannewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dart-PAD-in-West-Bay-150x150.jpg)
NCC stands firm over EIA on Dart PAD in West Bay
(CNS): The National Conservation Council is standing firm on its directive that the islands’ biggest developer will need to conduct an environmental impact assessment for its planned area development (PAD) application for a major project in West Bay. Efforts by Dart to undermine the validity of the EIA requirement for this proposed new town, applied […]
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COVID-19 vaccine pace reduced to a crawl
(CNS): Just 216 more people have stepped forward for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine since Thursday, according to the official numbers released Monday, as the needle barely moved over the last few days. Only 256 people got their second dose this weekend, which means that one month before the proposed soft opening, when […]