Archive for 2021
Police investigate baby’s death at beach
(CNS): The RCIPS has opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a baby yesterday around noon on Seven Mile Beach. The infant boy was taken to the West Bay Clinic and had arrived unresponsive, police said in a short release. Officers were called to the clinic where they were told the […]
Cayman must cut emissions, says Panton
(CNS): The Cayman Islands has one of the largest carbon footprints per capita in the world, which Premier Wayne Panton has said must be reduced. In a video call from the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the PACT Government leader pointed out that if countries like Cayman are going to press […]
Full prison struggles with high COVID case load
(CNS): With at least nine security officers isolating at home and around 20 inmates now infected with COVID-19, the prison service is struggling with quarantine issues inside HMP Northward. Prison Director Steve Barrett has denied that inmates who have tested positive are being housed in the same cells as those who are virus-free and said […]
Foster’s expansion stalls over ‘old time’ house
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has adjourned an application by Foster’s to expand its West Bay supermarket to give the local business time to revise the plans for a larger parking lot to incorporate a century-old traditional Cayman house on the site. This will mean revising the plans to put the additional parking space around […]
Eight people in hospital with COVID-19
(CNS): A patient suffering from COVID-19 in Cayman Brac was transferred to Grand Cayman overnight, increasing the current admissions from the virus. With another 115 positive tests recorded between Monday and Tuesday morning, the number of active cases has increased to 1,299, though the exact details of how many more infected people are symptomatic was […]
First raccoon clear of dangerous viruses
(CNS): The first of two raccoons that had a stowed away in a shipping container bound for a local supermarket was clear of both rabies and canine distemper, which are viruses commonly carried by raccoons. The animal had been immediately trapped after the two raccoons escaped from the container at Foster’s Republix last month and […]
CAL adjusts loads to allow return to La Ceiba
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) has resumed flights from Grand Cayman and La Ceiba, Honduras, which were interrupted after the Goloson International Airport (LCE) was suddenly downgraded in relation to its safety operations preventing CAL’s Max 8 aircraft from landing there at full capacity. But CAL has now limited passenger loads to B737-300 aircraft levels […]
Cayman’s climate change risk to be assessed
(CNS): Government has signed a deal with a UK-based environment agency to undertake a climate change risk assessment of the Cayman Islands. The project is being funded through the governor’s office and will be conducted by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), a unit in the UK’s environment department, and local experts.
Over 60% of recent virus cases unvaccinated
(CNS): More than one third of the new cases of SARS-CoV-2 confirmed last week were fully vaccinated and 3% had received one dose. But 61% of those who contracted the virus during the week of 24-30 October were unvaccinated, according to information released Tuesday by Chief Nursing Officer Dr Hazel Brown.
Officials reveal over 1200 active COVID cases
(CNS): More than five days after government last released a set of figures relating to the current level of COVID-19 transmission through the community, at 6pm on Tuesday evening officials finally revealed that there are currently 1,205 active cases of the coronavirus across all three islands, an increase of 659 cases since the last report […]
Suspect gunman charged after turning himself in
(CNS) UPDATED: Michael Lopez Watler (22) from West Bay has now been charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm. He has been remanded in custody and his case transferred to Grand Court. Watler was arrested on firearms charges Tuesday after he turned himself into the Cayman Islands Detention Centre. The police issued a wanted notice […]
