Archive for August 16th, 2021
Double dose rate inches upward to 69%
(CNS): After almost two weeks of the needle being stuck on the national COVID-19 vaccination rate for both doses, it finally moved one percentage point on Monday to 69% after 202 people got their second does over the last four days. But since public officials last released vaccination numbers on Thursday, just 239 people came […]
Senior citizen arrested on cocaine charges
(CNS): A 67-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested for a number of offences, including possession of cocaine, after he was stopped by police in the district early Sunday morning. Police said they had cause to arrest the man over driving offences at around 6:15 in the morning but after searching him, they found […]
Masked men try to abduct woman, force her into van
(CNS): A woman who was walking on Saturday night in the area of Safehaven Drive off West Bay Road, by the Ritz Carlton, was saved from an abduction by a passing couple, police have said. At around 8:25pm the woman was approached by two masked men in a white utility-type vehicle. The men demanded that […]
At least seven sharks killed in local waters
(CNS): The Department of Environment recovered the bodies of six dead sharks from local waters last month and the fins of a nurse shark were found left on the dock at the Lobster Pot. Two of the dead sharks were Caribbean reef sharks found at the Newlands boat dock and had been killed with a […]
Gov’t paid only lip service to PAC’s reform advice
(CNS): The former chair of the Public Accounts Committee has said that, with the assistance of the auditor general, over the last few years PAC had significant success getting government’s accounts sorted out, but it was much less effective in achieving substantive reform and greater accountability in the area of value for public money.
Back to school date fixed for 30 August
(CNS): All government schools across the three islands, including primary, secondary, the Lighthouse School and Little Cayman Education Services, will reopen for students on 30 August, the Department of Education Services (DES) has said. Year 12 students enrolled at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) are required to go to the school for consultation […]
CAL seeks clearance from CUBA for flight
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) is asking the Cuban authorities for permission to operate a repatriation flight from Grand Cayman to Havana to repatriate Cuban nationals currently living here and to bring Caymanians in Cuba home. This flight will be for permanent residents of either country only. In order to comply with the Cuban authorities’ […]
TS warning issued as Grace heads for Sister Islands
(CNS) UPDATED Monday 11:50am: The Cayman Islands Government issued a tropical storm warning Monday morning, effective 10:00, as on its current track Tropical Depression Grace is expected to cross 15 miles northeast of the Sister Islands around 1am Wednesday morning. According to the latest bulletin from the National Weather Service, TD Grace has maximum sustained […]
Cayman facilitates United States’ Haiti relief effort
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has given permission for eight helicopters carrying US military personnel to land in Grand Cayman as part of US efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Haiti following the 7.2 earthquake in that country on Saturday. The aircraft are three US Army CH-47 Chinook, three UH-60 and two HH-60 Black Hawk […]
Government quarantine facility breached
(CNS): An alleged breach of quarantine protocols involving a traveller staying at a government facility and a member of the public has been reported to the police and is currently under investigation, according to a government release. Very few details have been revealed but it appears that there was an interaction between a newly arrived […]
