Archive for August, 2021
New Rangers needed to help save mangroves
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Mangrove Rangers are looking for new recruits who can play a hands-on role in helping save this critical and dwindling habitat. A number of the current Rangers are leaving Cayman to go to college, and organisers are hoping to attract some new members. The Mangrove Rangers programme offers young people the […]
HSA opens alternative medicine clinic
(CNS) The Health Services Authority has opened a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Clinic, which offers treatments that fall outside of orthodox medicine and a herbal medicine dispensary. The service is being offered from the HSA’s new and spacious specialist clinic on the third floor of the Smith Road Centre in George Town.
Officials working on vaccine survey results
(CNS): The Health Services Authority has now surveyed around 24,000 people locally who have had both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine about possiblel side effects and adverse reactions and hope to make the results available to the public shortly. Given the scale of the project and the pressure on HSA resources, the staff are still […]
Post Grace clean-up underway islandwide
(CNS): The National Roads Authority and the Department of Environmental Health, as well as community groups, non-profits and private sector companies, are now involved in an islandwide effort to clean up Grand Cayman following the passage of Tropical Storm Grace last week. The DEH has extended the opening hours at the dump, as vehicles continue […]
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 […]
