Archive for April, 2022
Increasing migrant numbers cause for concern
(CNS): Another 15 Cuban migrants, all male, arrived in Cayman Brac around 9:15pm on Sunday night aboard the third boat to come ashore here this weekend. More than 40 migrants have landed in Cayman since the start of the year, and officials appear to be concerned that this may be the start of another surge […]
Swimmers bag over 60 medals in Barbados
(CNS): Cayman’s junior swimmers brought home a total of 61 medals from the CARIFTA Games in Barbados after a record-breaking year for the national team. The team netted 25 gold, 23 silver and 9 bronze medals in the swimming pool and another two golds as well as an additional silver and bronze medals in the […]
Weekend armed robberies linked, police say
(CNS): The police are investigating another two armed robberies that took place on Sunday, which follow a spate of gun-related crimes over the last month, from street muggings to gas station stick-ups. A woman was robbed of her bag on a street in George Town at around 9:45pm. About an hour later at least one […]
Rescue mission turns to recovery for ganja crew
(CNS): Three men who were said to be aboard a ganja boat that capsized somewhere in the North Sound on Friday are now presumed lost at sea after a weekend of searching by the police, fire service and coastguard without success. The one crew member who was rescued on Friday, a 35-year-old man from Jamaica, […]
Data exposé uncovers tourism stipend fraud
(CNS): An embarrassing error for the Ministry of Labour last month, when around 3,000 names and email addresses of tourism stipend recipients were accidentally made public by staff at the ministry for border control, exposed a number of fraudulent claims, Labour Minister Chris Saunders has said. The data breach will lead to several people being […]
Deputy premier among 900 people with COVID-19
(CNS): Many workplaces were missing employees again when the work-week started Monday, including Deputy Premier Chris Saunders. Public Health officials confirmed that almost 900 people are currently isolating as a result of the continued and steady increase in the numbers infected by the virus. The seven-day rolling average has increased to 68, and 186 new […]
Expert to advise on merging nature into economy
(CNS): Economist Ralph Chami, the assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and co-founder of Rebalance Earth, which advocates for integrating natural capital into economies, will be visiting the Cayman Islands for five days, arriving on Sunday, Premier Wayne Panton has announced. While here Chami will be participating in various events and engagements, sharing […]
Over two dozen Cuban migrants held by CBC
(CNS): Over the weekend two separate makeshift vessels carrying migrants from Cuba arrived in the waters around Cayman Brac. All fourteen men and women have come ashore and are being held in quarantine and are awaiting process. They join another group of twelve people who ran aground earlier this month. The number of migrants being […]
Search still on for missing ganja boat crew
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard, police and fire service continued searching Saturday for missing crew members after a ganja boat capsized in local waters Friday and one man was rescued. The first report received by the CICG was of packages floating in the general area of Governor’s Harbour Channel. The coastguard and fire service […]
CIG concedes on doctors’ qualifications
(CNS): Doctors Hospital, which is challenging government’s deals with medical tourism facilities, secured a partial early victory last week regarding the listing of doctors. During the legal proceedings, the government conceded that a two-tier system had been created because doctors on the ‘Institutional List’ (those working in medical tourism facilities) do not need to meet […]
Police seek parolees in breach of release rules
(CNS): The RCIPS is asking for the public’s assistance to find Justin Kyle Jackson (23) and Gail Michelle Ross (45), who are both wanted for breaching the conditions of their release from prison and are being recalled to continue serving their sentences. Both of the parolees are believed to be living in the West Bay […]
