Archive for December 14th, 2021
Cayman’s COVID-19 case tally passes 8,000
(CNS): Just 14 weeks after the first community outbreak of COVID-19 in Cayman this year, the number of cases recorded to date had passed 8,000. As of 8am Tuesday, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported another 47 positive cases of SARS-CoV-2, including two in travellers, from 1,027 PCR tests, bringing the national tally since […]
Migrants come ashore on Cayman Brac
(CNS): Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) have now confirmed that the three migrants who arrived on Cayman Brac Tuesday morning are Cubans. No details such as the health, age and gender of the migrants or the state of the vessel in which they made the journey were revealed in the short release […]
Fewer DV reports in 2021 but concerns remain
(CNS): Gender-based violence continues to be a major issue in the Cayman Islands. The RCIPS has said that this year police responded to 1,517 incidents of domestic violence, a significant drop from 2020, when they investigated 2,288 incidents, 71% of which involved female victims. Offering its support to the recent campaign, 16 Days of Activism […]
CIG still struggling to fully account for public cash
(CNS): The audits of the consolidated accounts for the Entire Public Sector (EPS) for both 2019 and 2020 are ongoing as a result of a catalogue of issues that still prevent government’s financial officers from properly accounting for the public cash it collects. In her review of the 2020 accounts and the general state of […]
Couple charged over illegal gun found in home
(CNS): Police recovered an illegal handgun and a magazine containing ammunition during a search at a home in Bodden Town on Thursday. A 33-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, both from the district, have been charged in relation to the gun and were due to appear in court Monday. Officers from various units executed a […]
