Archive for 2021
Still no route for Canadian mail from Cayman
(CNS): People wanting to mail cards and gifts to Canada this Christmas may be disappointed for the second year in a row because, despite efforts, the Cayman Islands Postal Service has still not been able to secure a postal route to the country. Mail going out to Canada has been suspended since the borders closed […]
Cabinet makes home COVID-19 tests duty free
(CNS): The government has waived the import duty on all approved COVID-19 home testing kits. According to the notes released from the Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, 12 October, this applies to the brands of lateral flow tests that have been approved by the Health Service Authority or the chief medical officer. This means that […]
Hot mess over hot mix in North Side
(CNS): The former MLA for North Side is raising the alarm over what he said is the illegal paving of roads and driveways in the district that has also seen private land unlawfully acquired by the National Roads Authority and the possible misuse of public cash. Ezzard Miller told CNS that he was concerned when […]
Secret beach access case coming to light
(CNS): A long running legal case involving a dispute over public beach access rights on land owed by the Dart Group that has been heard behind closed doors up until now is emerging into the light after the courts ruled that the case should no longer be ex parte. Cayman Shores, which was behind the […]
McTaggart implies PACT can’t handle reopening
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has called on government to explain to the public how it will manage both the increased risk from the spread of COVID-19 and the fallout from the number of people that will be isolating after the country reopens to guests. Refuting the allegation that the Progressives are playing politics with […]
Same-sex couples must be heard in JR, says NPO
(CNS): The lives of more than 40, mostly same-sex couples and their children will be “severely disrupted” if a judicial review of the governor’s use of his constitutional power to push through the Civil Partnership Law was to succeed and as a result they need to be heard, a lawyer argued Tuesday.
Booster shot access expands as COVID cases mount
(CNS): With the Delta variant of COVID-19 behind the increasing community spread in Grand Cayman, which is now well beyond the confines of the school system, the Health Services Authority is inviting the over 50s to get their booster shot if they need it. While the vaccine still protects against the worst effects of the […]
GT man charged after cops find loaded gun
(CNS): A 37-year-old man was due to appear in court Tuesday charged with possession of a loaded gun, which police found in his car after stopping the vehicle on Shedden Road by the Mary Street junction early Sunday morning. Police did not give details but were likely acting on intelligence since it was officers from […]
Supermarket & food servers among 53 new COVID cases
(CNS): Forty-two new community transmissions of SARS-CoV-2 were recorded over the weekend along with 11 cases in travellers in quarantine, after more than 1,600 tests were carried out, pushing the current active cases of the virus to 226. In addition to a staff member at the West Bay Post Office, CNS has learned there were […]
‘Fake’ taxi driver acquitted in sex assault case
(CNS): A local man has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman who was a passenger in a taxi he was driving in June 2019. Following a trial lasting ten days, Everett Leon Gould (40) was found not guilty of assaulting the female lawyer by six women and one man after around three hours of […]
Cayman Regiment seeking more recruits
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Regiment (CIR) is looking for volunteers for the third round of recruitment for the local part-time army. The CIR said it is looking for physically able individuals between 18 and 50 years old who are Caymanian or permanent residents. Potential candidates are expected to complete the four-phase recruitment process: a physical […]
