Archive for 2021
PPM leader calls for rethink on reopening plan
(CNS): The opposition is calling on government to re-think its plans to lift quarantine requirements next month. In a video message on Thursday, PPM Leader Roy McTaggart said the environment had changed since June, when his party was urging government to open up. Following news of the suspected community transmission of COVID-19, he took to […]
Disability council challenges airport change
(CNS) The National Council for Persons with Disabilities organised a meeting recently with Cayman Islands Airports Authority CEO Albert Anderson and his team to address the adverse impact for the disabled community of new ban on kerbside drop-off and pick-up at Owen Roberts International Airport. Given that the new policy directly affects people with mobility […]
Farmers’ grants to continue with new cash
(CNS): Around 400 commercial farmers across the Cayman Islands will continue to get a government grant until the end of November now that $500,000 has been earmarked for Phase 2 of the programme from an additional $3 million that was voted for during the recent Finance Committee meeting to help the agriculture sector.
UK expected to clear booster shots for Cayman
(CNS): Following emergency approval by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots, Governor Martyn Roper said he was hoping to get the green light very soon from the UK Government to start a booster programme here in Cayman so that the most vulnerable […]
Hatchlings put on daytime show in Little Cayman
(CNS): Volunteers with the Department of Environment’s Turtle Team on Little Cayman were on hand last week to catch on camera the rare event of baby turtles hatching from their nests during daylight hours. Sea turtles usually emerge from their nests at night to prevent them from overheating and to evade hungry predators on land […]
Latest figures reflect slight increase in shots
(CNS): Even before the news of the return of coronavirus transmission in the community yesterday, the latest vaccination numbers show that the rate had already begun to increase this week. Before yesterday evening’s surge at the West Bay clinic, the latest figures from Public Health showed that 52,622 people, or 74% of estimated population of […]
Shoppers panic in the face of COVID cases
(CNS): Government officials may be imploring the community not to panic after two people with no travel history tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday but shoppers are taking to the supermarkets and stores anyway, piling their carts high and stripping the shelves of toilet paper and disinfectant amid fears of what might happen next.
Passenger boards CAL flight with positive COVID test
(CNS): A woman was allowed to board a Cayman Airways flight in Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday and fly to Grand Cayman despite having a positive test for COVID-19. The woman and her companion were detained when a Customs and Border Control (CBC) officer here at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) checked the her PCR documents and […]
Breachers caught playing dominoes, says CoP
(CNS): With the news of more than 50 people breaching isolation protocols in August, Commissioner of Police David Byrne has reminded people of the dangers of COVID-19, noting that most of these cases involved residents going to visit travellers rather than the travellers leaving their place of quarantine.
Two COVID community cases now confirmed
(CNS): Public health officials are tracing and testing dozens of people after two positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today by the Health Services Authority. Twenty-four other people connected to the two patients have been tested already, including two Clifton Hunter students, none of whom were positive, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said at […]
80 drivers caught using mobile phones
(CNS): The RCIPS traffic unit has issued 80 tickets over the last month to drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel as part of a clampdown on distracted driving. Targeted traffic operations are ongoing and the police are encouraging everyone to do their part in making Cayman’s roads safer by not using mobile phones while […]
