Archive for May 23rd, 2022
Experts identify long list of Cayman’s climate risks
(CNS): A group of experts working with the Minister of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency to produce a climate change risk assessment has identified a long list of threats to the Cayman Islands. Two UK agencies have drafted an ‘evidence report’ offering what ministry officials said was the most detailed assessment of climate change impacts ever […]
School outbreak boosts active case numbers
(CNS): After a reported outbreak of COVID-19 at Cayman Prep on Friday, over 100 students and their family members were locked down over the weekend. The positive tests boosted the number of people in isolation and on Monday Public Health said there were an estimated 1,778 active cases, including 58 on the Sister Islands.
Crown seeks internet ban in child pornography case
(CNS): A former employee at the UCCI who was convicted in December of accessing and possessing pornographic images of children is in HMP Northward awaiting sentence while a judge considers the length of time he should serve behind bars and how to ban him from using the internet when he is released.
Four injured, one critical after Sunday night crash
(CNS): Police are investigating the cause of a two-vehicle crash on Shamrock Road Sunday night that left one person with life-threatening injuries and another with serious injuries. The RCIPS is appealing for information about the crash, which happened at about 10:20pm in the Spotts Newlands Road area involving a white Hyundai minivan with a sole […]
Monkeypox on local radar but no Caribbean cases
(CNS): Health officials around the world are increasingly concerned about the number of cases of monkeypox emerging in more countries. The Cayman Islands Public Health Department said it is aware that this smallpox-related virus could appear in the Caribbean, but so far no cases have been reported.
Tourism stipend phases out with $106M pricetag
(CNS): Today the government issued what is likely to be the penultimate payment to displaced workers who were registered for the tourism stipend programme, as it transitions those who have still not returned to jobs in the sector onto different grants or other support initiatives through the Needs Assessment Unit. By the end of June […]
