Archive for April, 2022
Three new patients admitted with COVID-19
(CNS): The current increase in COVID-19 cases continued Friday when Public Health officials revealed that an additional three people have been admitted to hospital since Monday and there are now five patients being treated for issues relating to the virus. There are an estimated 798 active cases of SARS-CoV-2 that have been reported to Public […]
OfReg opens bid for 23MW solar plant
(CNS): The utilities regulator is looking for expressions of interest from qualified bidders to build a dispatchable solar photovoltaic (DPV) plant and an energy storage facility. The quest for this new plant is part of the country’s efforts to reduce its diesel dependence and a step towards the extremely ambitious target of generating 70% of […]
QC argues hospital case has no business in court
(CNS): Doctors Hospital has brought an academic question to the court challenging the government’s deals with two medical tourism facilities but it has no standing to bring any legal case, Tom Hickman QC argued on Wednesday. The British lawyer has been hired by the Attorney General’s Chambers to respond to the judicial review brought by […]
Tourism minister creates clean-up task force
(CNS): Government has repackaged the Beautification Committee into a new task force to focus on cleaning up the islands and taking littering seriously. The Cabinet recently approved the establishment of the Cayman Islands Beautification Task Force (CIBTF), which is made up of volunteers on sub-committees who will work in communities to remove derelict vehicles, educate […]
Panton chooses finance over climate for o’seas talks
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton turned down an invitation to present the keynote speech at a climate summit in Turks and Caicos this week in favour of attending the Caribbean Financial Access Roundtable in Barbados being co-hosted by CARICOM and Maxine Waters, chair of the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. The talking shop covered […]
Businesses want mask mandate dropped
(CNS): Shomari Scott, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, has called on the government to lift the indoor mask mandate for all retail establishments given the high vaccination rates and the relatively low number of hospitalizations as a result of COVID-19. But the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections has been steadily increasing over the last […]
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 […]
