Archive for May, 2022
COVID cases taking a toll on services, say health officials
(CNS): The public is being urged to practice infection control measures as the number of people isolating due to SARS-CoV-2 continues to climb. According to the latest official active case numbers, more than 1,600 people are currently infected, which is taking a toll on businesses and services, Public Health officials said in the latest COVID-19 […]
Dart appeals not to be held by Britannia rights
(CNS): A lawyer representing two of Dart’s multiple companies argued before the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal on Wednesday that his clients should not be held to homeowners’ rights made decades ago in connection with a hotel that no longer exists. Jonathan Seitler QC claimed that the trial judge had come up with unusual interpretations […]
Speed camera ticketing test underway, says ministry
(CNS): Five years after rolling out the electronic vehicle registration system, government is now in the process of exploring the introduction of speed cameras that can read the new high-tech registration plates. This would allow the authorities to issue e-fines to drivers breaking the speed limit. Video circulating on social media recently of technicians fitting […]
Harris hosts new PPM social media talk show
(CNS): The opposition has created its own political talk show produced by the former talk radio host and one-time MP, Austin Harris, who lost his Prospect seat last year. The show, “Let’s Talk”, which is being streamed on social media, is not an interview with a journalist asking hard questions, but rather a forum for […]
Dart seeks 7MB setback waiver for bar toilets
(CNS): One of Dart’s networks of companies has made an application to revamp the beach bar formerly named Calico Jack’s and is seeking a number of waivers to planning rules, including a high water mark setback in order to place a toilet block on Seven Mile Beach.
Cayman loses two long-serving political icons
(CNS): National Hero Sybil Ione McLaughlin (93), the first clerk of the Legislative Assembly following the adoption in 1959 of the first Cayman Islands Constitution, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning. Her colleague, Arley James “AJ” Miller, Cayman’s last surviving Vestryman to serve in the original legislative body before it transitioned to the Legislative Assembly, died […]
Jubilee celebration events get underway
(CNS): Various events, projects and programmes are already underway as Cayman counts down towards the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations on the monarch’s official birthday weekend early next month. Most of the events are free with family-friendly activities, such as the commemorative exhibit that began on Commonwealth Day in the foyer of the Parliament and the […]
Cayman’s UK rep confirms she has no British passport
(CNS): The Cayman Island representative in the UK, Dr Tasha Ebanks-Garcia, has confirmed that she worked for almost a year heading up the London Office on a Canadian passport as she doesn’t yet have a British one. Following the questions raised recently about her eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, she issued a statement […]
NCB says locals buying into GT boutique hotel
(CNS): NCB, the developers of a new hotel under construction on North Church Street, says that half of the residencies have already been sold and that three-quarters of them were purchased by local residents rather than offshore buyers. While many realtors in the Cayman Islands market depend on overseas investors to snap up their high-end […]
COVID-19 hospital admissions in double figures
(CNS): Cases of COVID-19 continued climbing over the weekend and there are now ten people in the hospital as a result of SARS-CoV-2, six of whom have been vaccinated. Over the weekend another 227 people officially reported testing positive for the coronavirus, including another 21 in the Sister Islands. There are now at least 1,427Â official […]
DoE chief receives surprise gong for tireless work
(CNS): Gina Ebanks-Petrie, the director of the Department of Environment, received the Women in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Leadership Award last month at the 2022 Island Innovation Awards for her tireless work for environmental protection. Unaware she had been nominated for this award by her DoE team, Ebanks-Petrie said the honour came as a complete […]
