Archive for 2021
Audit finds multiple problems with HSA pharmacy
(CNS): A catalogue of problems were identified by an audit of the Health Service Authority’s Outpatient Pharmacy Services. With issues such as two failed back-to-back procurement exercises to secure the supply of essential medications and a law that is four decades old with no overarching provision to control the quality and safety of medicines, the […]
NCC secures JR of CPA’s Boggy Sand decision
(CNS): The National Conservation Council (NCC) was in court Tuesday seeking a judicial review of the Central Planning Authority’s decision to approve an application to rebuild a cabana and seawall on the beach along Boggy Sand Road, West Bay. Despite a directive from the NCC that it should be refused because of the serious adverse […]
Pension case long delay frustrates court
(CNS): A case in which an employer is accused of not paying around $136,000 in pension payments for several workers was adjourned again Tuesday, more than four years after it first came before the courts, this time because the defence attorney was in quarantine. Gillard Alburn McLaughlin, the owner of Shoreway Builders Ltd, faces several […]
3,340 people currently infected with COVID-19
(CNS): The number of active COVID-19 cases soared again over the weekend with another 714 people positive for SARS-CoV-2 from a batch of over 4,000 tests, 40 of whom were travellers testing positive at the end of their isolation period. As of 8am Tuesday morning, there were 3,340 active cases of the virus and 3,956 […]
Mapping of Cayman’s seabed underway
(CNS): A team of international geo-data specialists have begun a hydrographic survey to map the local seabed. The project began last week as part of an overseas territories project to reduce risk to the environment, life and vessels. The current hydrographic map data for the Cayman Islands is over 140 years old and this project […]
Ebanks leads Cayman at JMC in London
(CNS): Financial Services Minister Andre Ebanks is heading the Cayman Islands delegation at this year’s Joint Ministerial Council between the UK overseas territories and the UK government, which is now underway in London. The premier opted to miss out on the JMC in order to attend COP26 in Scotland earlier this month, leaving Ebanks to […]
Another COVID patient dies at HCCI
(CNS): Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee revealed that another patient who had tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The person was admitted to Health City Cayman Islands in East End as a result of other medical conditions and passed away early Monday morning, the CMO said during an appearance on Radio Cayman Tuesday.
Minister warns diabetics to protect against COVID
(CNS): As the number of people living with diabetes here in Cayman continues to grow, making it the fourth leading cause of death in this country, Health Minister Sabrina Turner is urging the more than 3,000 people living with the condition to do all they can to protect themselves from COVID-19.
London rep lays Cayman wreath at UK service
(CNS) The Cayman Islands representative to the UK and Europe, Tasha Ebanks-Garcia, laid a wreath at the National Service of Remembrance in London on Sunday in remembrance of Caymanians who lost their lives fighting in the two World Wars and later conflicts. This year was only the second time in the history of the ceremony […]
Cayman needs policy for over-water development
(CNS): The Cayman Islands needs to develop a policy on how to deal with planning and coastal works applications for over-water developments, a meeting of government agencies recently concluded, following the first submission of its kind for a controversial project in Little Cayman recently made to the Ministry of Sustainability.
CS has ‘good idea’ of what to expect when borders open
(CNS): Although there are around 3,000 people in the Cayman Islands currently infected with SARS-CoV-2, the government is still planning to move to Phase 4 of the border reopening plan on Saturday, when most fully vaccinated visitors and residents returning to Cayman will no longer need to quarantine on arrival from overseas.
