Archive for April 21st, 2022
Water Authority asked to justify rate increase
(CNS): The utilities regulator, OfReg, has deferred an application by the Water Authority for a rate increase asking the government-owned company’s management for more information to justify the increase. During last week’s OfReg board meeting the directors reviewed the request for a hike in prices but found that the 2020 year’s financial statements supporting the […]
Super-spreader parties behind COVID increases
(CNS): Another 86 people officially tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the latest update from Public Health. The rolling seven-day average has increased to 56 and there are now an estimated 733 people in isolation as a result of a positive test, while two patients are currently hospitalised with the virus. The latest […]
Governor isolating in beachfront home with COVID-19
(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper spent Easter isolating at his Seven Mile Beach residence after he tested positive on Good Friday, a few days after his wife discovered she was infected. Posting his status on social media, Roper said they both had some mild symptoms, including a sore throat and a slightly stuffy nose, but were […]
Man wounded in George Town shooting
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have confirmed that a man received one gunshot wound to his stomach in a shooting in Windsor Park, George Town, yesterday evening. Shots were fired at around 5:30pm on Wednesday, 20 April, on Oakland Close. The wounded man was taken to the hospital by private vehicle, where he underwent treatment last night. […]
Cops attend 20 crashes over Easter weekend
(CNS): While police reported a relatively quiet weekend for crime over the Easter holiday, road collisions continued and the traffic unit attended twenty between Friday and Monday, though none of them were serious. They also dealt with 209 traffic offences, including five drunk drivers and 80 speeders. Tint offences, expired registrations and careless drivers also […]
Hospital argues that deals can’t fetter tax collection
(CNS): A lawyer representing Doctors Hospital made a comprehensive argument in court on Wednesday that the contracts signed by the UDP government with Health City Cayman Islands in 2010 and by the Unity government with Aster Cayman Medcity weeks before the 2021 election, both of which waived fees, cannot legally bind other administrations’ collection of […]
