Archive for August, 2021
NRA struggles with drain management
(CNS): The National Roads Authority is preparing for Tropical Storm Grace by cleaning and emptying drain wells as the heavy rain is expected to cause flooding in a number of areas across Grand Cayman. However, having started work Monday, there is not enough time for the teams to do all that needs to be done […]
Prison partners with UWI to tackle ‘revolving door’
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) has signed a deal with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus to deliver education and skills training to inmates and tackle Cayman’s revolving prison door. The agreement is a first of its kind in the region, in which a recognised university has formalised a partnership […]
Airports end kerbside pick-up and drop-off
(CNS): By the end of this month private drivers will no longer be able to drop off or pick up passengers at the kerb in front of the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) on Grand Cayman and the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CKIA) on Cayman Brac. From 30 August, only authorised taxis and buses will […]
Grace expected to pass 13 miles south of GC
(CNS) UPDATED 2pm: The Cayman Islands is now bracing for a close encounter with Tropical Storm Grace as the centre of the storm is expected to pass 13 miles to the southwest of Grand Cayman late Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning. According to the National Hurricane Center’s 2pm bulletin, the storm is still travelling west […]
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’ […]
