Archive for December 30th, 2021
Robbers, burglars and car thief keep cops busy
(CNS): Police officers were called to the first of two commercial burglaries over the holiday weekend at around 9am Christmas Day. A Nissan Skyliner was then reported stolen on Monday, before the most serious crime over the weekend took place just after midnight Tuesday, when a man was assaulted and robbed on the street in […]
Coastguard rescues Boxing Day boaters
(CNS): At around 6:20pm on Sunday, 26 December, while on patrol within the North South, the Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) received a report from the 911 call centre of a 20ft vessel in distress in the vicinity of Duck Pond. Officers were able to contact the boat directly and were told by the occupants […]
Two Cuban migrant boats arrive over Christmas
(CNS): Thirteen Cuban migrants who reached Cayman Brac on two boats this week are all now in custody on Grand Cayman. According to Customs and Border Control Service (CBC), the six migrants who arrived on the first boat on Christmas Day “were managed in accordance with COVID-19 processing protocols”. They were transported to Grand Cayman […]
COVID cases surge but CMO may cut isolation time
(CNS): With an additional 361 new cases of COVID-19 detected over the Christmas holiday, active cases in Cayman are approaching 4,000, though hospital admissions have fallen to just four patients. Meanwhile, after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidelines, Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Autilia Newton said the current isolation […]
