Archive for November, 2021
COVID sinks Pirates Week Festival
(CNS): Officials from the Ministry of Culture have announced that the annual Pirates Week Festival is cancelled, with the exception of the 41st Pirates Week 5k Sea Swim on Saturday, 13 November, which starts at 7am at Governor’s Beach, with registration from 6am to 6:45am. Discussions are underway for possible firework displays in various districts, […]
Dedicated DoE team continues work on SCTLD
(CNS): The spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) across most of the reefs around Grand Cayman is of significant concern, and with very little known about the latest threat to the coral reefs, the Department of Environment now has a dedicated team of ten people solely dedicated to mitigating the spread and impacts on Cayman’s delicate […]
678 new cases of COVID recorded over weekend
(CNS): An additional 669 people were found to be positive with COVID-19 over the weekend as a result of community transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as it continues is unrelenting spread through the Cayman Islands. Another nine travellers were also positive, making a total of 678 new cases since Friday from 3,696 test samples. The […]
Retailers charging too much for LFT, says premier
(CNS): With retailers charging as much as $10 for one COVID-19 lateral flow test (LFT), Premier Wayne Panton has warned that the government will step in if they continue to rip people off for an essential product. The government has made these tests duty free, and while they accept that merchants need to make a […]
COVID figures missing as CDC puts CI at Level 4
(CNS): The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has increased its COVID travel warning for the Cayman Islands to Level 4 (very high) as a result of the number of community transmissions here, regardless of the vaccination rate. Public Health is still struggling to report the latest PCR test results, the number of […]
Fossil fuels lobbyists biggest group at COP26
(CNS): More than 500 fossil fuel lobbyists and people supporting the the oil and gas giants have been granted access to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), according to research done by a collective of activist groups. Based on the list of declarations made by people attending the conference in Glasgow, the environmentalists found […]
Airport cuts deal with ACL to manage schedule
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has awarded a contract to Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) that officials said will help the airport manage flight arrivals and capacity constraints to prevent overcrowding. The airport slot coordinator will analyse runway, ramp and terminal safety capacity at all levels of the passenger process, as the country moves […]
Phase 4 success depends on rapid testing
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has updated conditions of Phase 4 of the border reopening plan, detailing what will happen later this month when fully vaccinated visitors as well as residents will be allowed to enter the Cayman Islands without quarantining. Lateral flow tests (LFTs) will form a critical part of the success of the […]
‘Tittle-tat’ fails to help convicted ex-immigration officer
(CNS): An attempt by a former senior immigration officer to have his conviction for corruption quashed or at least get his four-year jail term cut has failed. When Marcus Alexander appeared before the Court of Appeal in September, he argued that guilty verdicts against him in a major bribery scandal involving 12 co-defendants should be […]
CAL urges passengers to learn US travel rules
(CNS): From today, all non-US citizens flying into the United States must be fully vaccinated in order to travel, a requirement that is part of a new international air travel policy introduced by the US government. All foreign travellers must also show a negative COVID-19 test result. Cayman Airways is urging passengers to conduct their research and […]
Cruise ships struggle to keep COVID out
(CNS): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended its order controlling COVID-19 protocols on cruise ships until January next year. In the order, which was issued last month, the CDC said that while protocols to manage COVID-19 have prevented onboard medical clinics and hospitals in ports from being overwhelmed, the spread of […]
