Archive for April, 2022
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 […]
US visitor dies after snorkelling off 7MB
(CNS): A 67-year-old man from the United States who was found in the sea close to The Beachcomber off the West Bay Road, along Seven Mile Beach, was pronounced dead at the George Town hospital on Friday afternoon. The man was in the water snorkelling when he lost consciousness and was brought to shore by […]
Armed men assault staff in Savannah robbery
(CNS): Police have opened another robbery investigation after a small business in Savannah was targeted Tuesday night by three men, two of whom had guns. Police were called to the stick-up in Homestead Crescent at around 9:40pm on19 April. The three masked men entered the premises and demanded money. One of them fired a shot […]
Mangroves sacrificed for builders’ supply yard
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has granted a controversial application that will see the remaining mangroves on a parcel of land along the South Sound coastline removed for a commercial builders’ supply store. Even though the Department of Environment is urging the CPA not to sacrifice the mangroves for a project that would be far […]
Active COVID-19 cases climb to over 700
(CNS): Public Health officials have released the latest statistics on COVID-19 after a break in reporting over the Easter weekend. As of 19 April, there are an estimated 702 active cases and the seven-day rolling average has increased to 52 cases after 300 people tested positive between 13 and 18 April. This included nine cases […]
CCMI gets €258k grant to expand coral restoration
(CNS): The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) has received a grant of €257,949 (CI$228,228) from RESEMBID, the same European Union-funded organisation that recently awarded a grant to the UCCI. The money for CCMI, which has a research facility on Little Cayman, will be used to expand its coral restoration research.
Sunrise Centre to offer more places at new GT location
(CNS): The Sunrise Adult Training Centre has been relocated to Eden House in George Town as an interim move ahead of plans to build a new bespoke facility. At the official opening on Wednesday evening, Social Development Minister André Ebanks said that the central location would enable the facility to offer places to more clients […]
Sea urchins facing fatal mystery threat
(CNS) The long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) is experiencing another high mortality event throughout the Caribbean, and although it may not have reached the Cayman Islands yet, the Department of Environment is asking people to report any sightings of sick or dead urchins in Cayman waters to help the scientists collect data.
Almost 60% of Year 11 students miss 2021 exam targets
(CNS): Students in government schools are making steady progress, according to a report released by the Ministry of Education (MoE). But according to the Data Report for the Academic Year 2020-21, just 40.3% of Year 11 students achieved the national standard target of five or more Level 2 subjects including English and mathematics. (See Level […]
Cubans arrived on Brac in damaged boat
(CNS): Twelve Cuban migrants ran aground in Spot Bay, Cayman Brac, last week and the men are currently in COVID quarantine awaiting transfer to Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) said the damaged boat arrived around 10pm, when all of the men disembarked. One migrant was treated at the Faith Hospital for […]
‘I should have used my mask’ says health minister
(CNS): Health Minister Sabrina Turner has admitted that she should have worn a face mask when she made “an impromptu” visit to the health clinic on Little Cayman last month and was caught on camera without a face covering. Turner said the clinic was closed when she stopped by to thank the staff and there […]
