Archive for 2021
Public libraries shut after sudden death of director
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Public Library Services (CIPL) issued a brief statement on Sunday announcing the sudden death of its director, Paul Robinson, and said all public libraries would be closed Monday. Robinson became the country’s top librarian in 2019, having been with the library service for several years after transferring from the National Archives. […]
Couple badly hurt as car crashes into wall
(CNS): A 19-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries early Saturday morning when the car they were in crashed into a wall on Shamrock Road in Savannah. The single-vehicle collision happened at about 1:15am near Tuckerman Lane when the driver lost control of the car. Police said the vehicle, which was […]
Opposition says work needed on opening plan
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has said that government has shared details of the border reopening plan with the PPM, but he noted that it still needed a lot of work. In a press statement following their meeting with government at the invitation of the premier and health minister, McTaggart said the presentation was given […]
LGBT advocates will have voice in JR of civil unions
(CNS): The Grand Court has ruled that Colours Caribbean, a local LGBTQIA+ advocacy group, has the expertise to intervene in a judicial review brought by a conservative Christian group challenging the way the law that provides for same-sex civil unions was rolled out. Justice Richard Williams said that Colours is not only well aware of […]
COVID plans are working, says premier
(CNS): Seeking to calm fears and reassure an anxious population, Premier Wayne Panton delivered a message to the country at the weekend in which he said that this increase in cases of COVID-19 throughout all three Cayman Islands was concerning but it is also manageable because the “critical preparedness and response plans” were working.
Panton heading to climate summit in Glasgow
(CNS): Officials have confirmed that Premier Wayne Panton, the Cayman Islands’ first ever minister for climate resiliency, will be travelling to Scotland this weekend to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)Â in Glasgow. Panton will join the UK delegation and have access to the Blue Zone, the United Nations-managed space that […]
Rapid test policy should cut need for isolation
(CNS): The government has finally unveiled its COVID-19 lateral flow test (LFT) policy, which sets out how and when they can be used. The do-it-yourself tests give a reliable result within 20 minutes and are very easy to use. Asymptomatic people will be able to find out quickly if they are infected and avoid speculative […]
Virus outbreak linked to first North Side case
(CNS): The genomic sequencing of selected samples from community COVID-19 test results conducted since the re-emergence of SARS-CoV-2 last month have been confirmed as the Delta variant and they all appear to be closely related to the first community case reported in early September, according to Public Health. A woman in her 70s, who remains […]
Isolating staff delay garbage pick-up
(CNS): An undisclosed number of Department of Environmental Health staff members are now in quarantine, which means the residential garbage collection services are being delayed in some areas, officials have said. DEH Director Richard Simms explained that the rise of COVID-19 cases in the Cayman islands is starting to impact the department’s garbage collection schedules.
Youth activist to be Cayman’s voice at COP26
(CNS): Overseas territories and other small island states will have very little representation at COP26, the major climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, which opens next week, despite being extremely vulnerable to the effects of a warming planet. But at least the Cayman Islands will have eco-warrior Dejea Lyons (18), one of the founders of […]
COVID reporting grinds to a halt as surge continues
(CNS): The rapid community spread of COVID-19 showed no signs of letting up Thursday, despite an estimated 2,000 people in isolation. The General Post Office in George Town, the prison, the port and the Water Authority, as well as several more schools, have all been impacted by positive cases over the last two days. Indoor […]
