Archive for December 16th, 2021
Bars, clubs to close by midnight in face of Omicron
(CNS): The government will be rolling out new regulations forcing bar, club and restaurant owners to close by midnight every evening until New Year’s Eve as a way of preventing a potential new and explosive wave of COVID-19 infections related to the Omicron variant. During Thursday’s press briefing, Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez […]
Stalled NWP development gets OK from new CPA
(CNS): A 5-storey oceanfront apartment complex of 32 units, three swimming pools and a roof terrace has been given the green light by the Central Planning Authority in the face of objections, environmental concerns and the excess height and scale of the project that led to the previous board denying the application.
Over 300 locals look for tourism work at job fair
(CNS): Hundreds of Caymanian and permanent resident job seekers attended the Tourism Job Fair last week at the Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort in the hope of securing work in the hospitality sector as visitors slowly begin returning to Cayman. While the pandemic is still creating uncertainty for the tourism sector, the larger employers […]
Cops fire ‘bean bag round’ at machete-wielding woman
(CNS): Police said they deployed “less-lethal methods” on Sunday afternoon to prevent officers and the public from being hurt by a woman wielding a machete during an altercation at Lakeside Villas, off the Esterley Tibbetts Highway. An RCIPS spokesperson confirmed the police had fired a “bean bag round” at the woman after they had warned […]
Get booster shots to avoid COVID catastrophe
John Snow writes: I’m a scientist. I’m worried. Very worried. I feel these islands are sleepwalking into a catastrophe greater than anything in living memory, greater even than Ivan or the ’32 Storm. We are on the verge of a national crisis that can be seen as clearly as an approaching hurricane and no one […]
