Archive for February, 2022
Activists clean-up West Bay turtle nesting beach
(CNS): A group of 40 volunteers cleaned up around 336 pounds of garbage, most of it plastic, from an important turtle nesting beach in West Bay last weekend. The clean-up at Turtle Beach, just off of Sand Hole Road, is an annual event for Plastic Free Cayman before the turtle nesting season begins.
DEH urges commercial owners to pay garbage fees
(CNS): The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) has said that garbage fee bills have been generated for 2022 and all business operators and owners, as well as strata across Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, are asked to make payments as soon as possible. Garbage fees are payable biannually in January and July but […]
Man injured in serious assault at Marquee Plaza
(CNS): Police are looking for witnesses to a serious assault outside the Power Supply Bar located at the Marquee Plaza on Lawrence Boulevard, George Town, around 10:30 on Sunday night. Police officers were dispatched by the 911 call centre to an address on Anthony Drive, where they found the injured man and were told that […]
COVID-positive traveller jailed for 4 months
(CNS): A woman who boarded a Cayman Airways flight last year when she had symptoms and knew she had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 has been jailed. Stephany Clarke (28) from Jamaica was sentenced in Summary Court on Tuesday to four months following her conviction for breaching Cayman’s COVID-19 regulations.
2021 deficit expected to be CI$10 million
(CNS): The government is now expecting its spending gap for 2021 to be around CI$5 million less than it had predicted during the recent budget presentations. The public sector year-end figures are expected to be released shortly, but in the meantime, Finance Minister Chris Saunders has revealed that the deficit is more likely to be […]
Vaccine clinics for children to begin this weekend
(CNS): Following the arrival from the UK last week of 2,000 doses of paediatric vaccine for children between five and eleven years old, the Public Health Department has said the ‘by appointment only’ clinics for all children in this age group will start this Saturday. The clinics will be held in the district clinics, the […]
Former ‘Tempura’ governor dies at age 72
(CNS): Stuart Duncan Macdonald Jack (1949-2022), who served as the governor of the Cayman Islands between 2005 and 2009, has died. According to official statements released by the offices of the governors and the premier, the sad news was passed on to the London Office by Jack’s daughter.
Cement driver caught clearing truck in Barkers
(CNS): Local mangrove activists recently came across a cement truck clearing its mixer in the mangroves at Bakers after delivering its load to a nearby development site. Although only a small amount of cement was dumped, it has turned to concrete and killed several mangroves in the area, which the activists reported to the Department […]
Active COVID-19 cases fall to under 1,600
(CNS): The spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Cayman Islands appears to be decreasing significantly and the number of people now isolating as a result of a positive test dropped to around 1,580 as of Sunday morning. However, according to the latest figures released by the Public Health Department, the number of people in hospital over […]
Police looking for stolen Black Jeep
(CNS): A 2016 Black Jeep Wrangler, registration 169-007, was stolen from outside a home in East End during a burglary at the premises last Thursday morning, police said in a press release on Monday. The break-in happened at a house along the Queen’s Highway, where electronic items, tools and appliances were also stolen. The burglary […]
Deputy Governor plans relaunch of 5k Challenge
(CNS): Plans are underway to relaunch the annual five-kilometer fun-run organised by the deputy governor, which was cancelled for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials said the race would be back in April to raise money for some worthy causes. Given the relaxation of the COVID regulations this weekend relating to […]
