Archive for August 23rd, 2021
141 people in quarantine as Canada flight grounded
(CNS): A privately chartered Sunwing Airlines plane which was due to leave from Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman on Monday afternoon bound for Toronto has been grounded after the aircraft experienced technical difficulties prior to take-off, officials have said. The charter was carrying 141 passengers who are being placed in government quarantine by […]
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine gets full FDA clearance
(CNS): The US Food and Drug Administration has given full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for everyone aged 16 years and older after the agency completed its full review of the quality, safety and effectiveness of the vaccine which has been under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) since the end of last year. In a […]
Education minister reveals she is now vaccinated
(CNS): Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly has confirmed that she has been vaccinated, despite her original misgivings. For some time the minister’s vaccine status had been undisclosed and she was the only Cabinet member who had not publicly received the shots and encouraged her constituents to do likewise. This has been fuelling speculation that, despite government […]
Outlook shows potential storms over coming week
(CNS): At least two weather systems could become tropical storms or even hurricanes over the next week or so, according to the outlook issued Monday by the National Hurricane Center. As Cayman continues clearing up after Hurricane Grace, more unsettled weather could pose a threat to our area over the coming week. A tropical wave […]
Embryo pygmy whale a victim of TS Grace
(CNS): The body of a pygmy sperm whale that washed up on the beach in Bodden Town on Friday morning was a likely victim of Tropical Storm Grace, according to the Department of Environment. After examining the animal, the DoE experts concluded from its size, which was around three feet, and the underdevelopment of its […]
Jet aborts Brac take-off after blown tyre
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has confirmed that a private LJ55 Lear Jet had to abandon a take-off part way down the runway at the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport on Friday morning after the nose gear tyre blew. The aircraft pulled to a stop before take-off and the two crew members and four […]
Police chopper catches images of destruction
(CNS): Steve Fitzgerald, the civilian head of RCIPS Air Operations, has released a number of images take by the helicopter crew after they were able to take to the skies again after Tropical Storm Grace. The assessment shows extent of the damage to structures and vegetation across Grand Cayman. X-Ray One carried out the aerial […]
CI footballer accused of violent attack on 3 women
(CNS): Just before his trial opened in Grand Court on Thursday, Derrin Kennedy Ebanks (31), a former member of the Cayman Islands national football squad, pleaded not guilty to 13 charges relating to an alleged booze-fuelled, violent rampage against three women last September. Outlining the case against Ebanks, crown prosecutor Scott Wainwright told the jury […]
No sign of deficit at 2021 halfway point
(CNS): With the release of the government’s unaudited accounts for the first six months of 2021, there is still no sign of the anticipated deficit by the year-end, as government revenue continues to increase. The results for the first half of the year show a government surplus of CI$155.8 million, which is $23 million better […]
Power widely restored as CUC works round the clock
(CNS): CUC crews continued to work through the weekend to complete storm damage repairs to power lines across Grand Cayman in the wake of Tropical Storm Grace last week. The storm took a toll on the power company’s network, but just a few customers now remain to be reconnected. By Sunday afternoon, most people in […]
