Archive for October, 2021
COVID cases soar with 90 positives in one day
(CNS): The positivity rate of people being tested for SARS-CoV-2 reached a startling new high Tuesday, with 90 positive cases of community transmission as well as two cases in travellers due to leave quarantine all recorded in just one day from 1,101 PCR tests. Two more people have been admitted to hospital and both are […]
Ex-talk show host to lead Public Lands Commission
(CNS): Woody DaCosta, a former host of the now cancelled early morning radio show Cayman Crosstalk, has been appointed chair of the Public Lands Commission (PLC). During his time as the host of what was then a popular show, DaCosta was a vocal advocate for public beach access rights. His appointment comes at a crucial […]
Legal changes made to attract insolvency work
(CNS): A number of amendments are being made to the Companies Act that officials from the financial services ministry say will retain and attract more restructuring and insolvency business for firms based in the Cayman Islands. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 is expected to be presented to Parliament at the next, as yet unfixed, meeting […]
OfReg to auction green energy projects
(CNS): The utilities regulator has come up with a plan to enable potential energy producers to bid against each other to supply renewable energy through long-term contracts at the lowest possible price, officials have said. OfReg, which has been given responsibility for regulating the rollout of green energy, said it has been working on several […]
Teen girl found a week after going missing
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have said that 16-year-old Isabella May Grant, who ran away from home more than a week ago has been located and appears to be in good health. The RCIPS thanked the public for their assistance in this matter but gave no other details about where or how the teenager was found.
Over 80 COVID cases reported at weekend
(CNS): Just two travellers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on exit from quarantine at the weekend but another 81 people, including 13 children, picked up the virus in the community. According to various sources, people have tested positive across all sectors of the economy, including vaccinated staff at Cayman Airways and an unvaccinated civil servant who […]
Brac man detained in GC after violent incidents
(CNS): A 45-year-old man from Cayman Brac was held at the detention centre in Fairbanks on Grand Cayman over the weekend in order to protect the victim after his arrest following a disturbance at an address in Pearl Avenue. Police were called to the location on Thursday, 21 October, where the man who is known […]
Motorcycle rider badly hurt after late night crash
(CNS): The rider of a motorbike which crashed on Old Robin Road in North Side late Saturday night is in hospital recovering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police said they were called to the scene of the single-vehicle collision at around 11pm after the motorcycle appeared to have come off the road and crashed into […]
Woman sexually assaulted on George Town street
(CNS): A woman walking along Eastern Avenue at about 4:30am Monday was attacked by an unknown assailant who was riding a bicycle, police have said. The woman was south of Saturn Close when she passed a stranger on a bicycle, who then approached her from behind, grabbed her and reached down her pants. A struggle […]
Giant mahogany trees saved on Little Cayman
(CNS) The Little Cayman District Committee of the National Trust has purchased a small parcel of land at the west end of the island to protect three huge old-growth mahogany trees. A prominent landmark on Little Cayman for as long as memory serves, the trees are clearly visible in the first aerial survey photos of […]
Roper: Cayman taking different approach than UK
(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper has sought to reassure the community that the Cayman Islands Government is taking a very different approach to the one taken by the UK when it comes to opening up to tourists and dropping quarantine requirements for vaccinated guests in the face of the pandemic. While officials managing the plans surrounding […]
