Archive for February 2nd, 2022
Octogenarian dies from COVID-related causes
(CNS): An 86-year-old patient who was fully vaccinated but suffering from severe comorbidities died Wednesday as a result of COVID-19 related causes. This is the sixteenth person to die as a result of SARS-CoV-2 over the last two years in Cayman since the virus arrived on our shores. Another 15 people are in hospital due […]
Online form created for quicker quarantine exit
(CNS): The Public Health Department has created a new online platform to enable people who tested positive for COVID-19 but have completed their full isolation period, are asymptomatic and have CT values of 32 or more to be released more quickly. An early release request can be sent to PHD through the new online form […]
Burglars make off with safe after home invasion
(CNS): Two masked men made off with a safe from a house in South Sound, following a home invasion Tuesday afternoon. The homeowner, who lives on Anne Bonny Crescent, interrupted the burglars as they were prying out the bolted-down home safe with a crowbar. The homeowner was forced into another room and locked in. The […]
Killer brothers appeal to come home from UK jail
(CNS): Osbourne Douglas and Justin Ramoon, who are both in British jails serving life sentences for the 2015 gang murder of Jason Powery, have filed a legal appeal to serve their time back here in the Cayman Islands. The case was heard by the appeal court in a special sitting last month when the two […]
Request for o’seas offices made day after election call
(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper made the requests for Cayman to open two overseas offices the day after then premier Alden McLaughlin brought the election forward, according to details in the controversial report by the Office of the Auditor General. On 10 February McLaughlin, now Sir Alden, told the country the election would take place on […]