Archive for March, 2022
UCCI secures $405k grant for sustainable job training
(CNS): The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) has received a grant of $CI405,000 (€432,000) from a European Union-funded organisation to train 50 unemployed Caymanians to take on sustainable jobs. The trainees will be selected to take part in a year-long programme at the college to learn technical skills in renewable energy, sustainable construction, […]
Gas prices pass $6 as Gough takes over OfReg
(CNS): Several gas stations across Cayman are now charging well over CI$6 per gallon as prices at the pump begin to reflect the jump in prices paid by local wholesalers after global oil prices sky-rocketed. While everyone knew it was coming, the increase to $6:53 for premium per imperial gallon and CI$6:38 for regular was […]
Cabinet held for first time on Little Cayman
(CNS): Members of the government’s inner circle enjoyed a three-day trip to Little Cayman last week to host both a caucus and a Cabinet meeting on the island. The official government meeting has never been held in Little Cayman before and the political trip included a number of other social events for the delegation.
Activists urge officials to tackle Barkers dumping
(CNS): Environmental activists Plastic Free Cayman partnered with a number of other non-profit organisations at the weekend to conduct a pre-Easter Camping clean-up at Barkers Beach near the kite-surf area. Almost a hundred volunteers picked up over 800lbs of largely plastic waste that had washed up on the shore, but the activists noted the local […]
FOI seeks details on speaker’s charity donations
(CNS): A freedom of information request has been made by an anonymous group of people to mark International Women’s Month seeking details of the payments that Speaker McKeeva Bush has made over the last year to women’s charities.
Ministry secured fair price for waterfront land
(CNS): The Ministry of Tourism’s response to a freedom of information request shows that government secured a reasonable price for the property it recently acquired on the George Town waterfront. The land, purchased last year from Cayman Falls, cost the public purse CI$5.6 million, which was $550,000 less than the asking price of CI$6.15M and […]
DoE v CPA legal battle confirmed for June
(CNS): The unprecedented forthcoming legal battle between two public sector entities, effectively setting government against government, has been listed to be heard in June. The Department of Environment and the National Conservation Council have requested a judicial review of a Central Planning Authority decision that ignored a legal directive not to grant planning permission.
Board chair says bosses are abusing WP process
(CNS): Richard Barton, chair of the Business Staffing Plan Board (BSPB), said in a letter to the labour minister that he had seen clear evidence of employers abusing Cayman’s work permit process and dodging their legal responsibility to recruit and retain Caymanian workers or those with a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate (RERC) before seeking […]
COVID patient dies as new cases creep back up
(CNS): An elderly unvaccinated patient with COVID-19 has died in hospital, Public Health officials confirmed yesterday, bringing the death toll in the Cayman Islands since the start of the pandemic to 25.
Rubis faces prosecution over oil tank spill
(CNS): Following an investigation into an oil spill from a tank at the Rubis Jackson Point Terminal more than two years ago, the utilities regulator has revealed that the case is now in court. OfReg said it has filed a charge with the director of public prosecutions (DPP) accusing the fuel wholesale and retail company […]
Driver badly hurt after light pole collision
(CNS): A man was taken to hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning with serious injuries after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a light pole on Mangrove Avenue in Prospect at about 3am. Police said the vehicle was travelling north when it veered off the roadway into a fence and then collided […]
