Archive for July 7th, 2022
Public Health urges COVID positives to take PCR test
(CNS): While both the mask mandate and the requirement for a negative test for travellers have been dropped, Public Health officials are urging members of the public who have symptoms of COVID-19 or get a positive lateral flow test to get a PCR test. Without the confirmation tests, officials cannot keep track of the community […]
Man suffers machete attack in West Bay home
(CNS): A West Bay man is in hospital recovering from serious injuries to his arm and foot after a man he knew broke into his home at about 2:40 am Thursday and attacked him with a machete. The police described the incident as an aggravated burglary, though it is not clear if the man took […]
CAL to begin direct flights to LA in November
(CNS): The much anticipated direct route to Los Angeles by Cayman Airways will start on 5 November as the airline has received approval from the US authorities to operate the service, Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan announced Thursday. It will take less than six hours to travel between Grand Cayman and LAX, cutting the current travel […]
Hurlston returns to the helm of troubled port
(CNS): Paul Hurlston, who was fired from the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands (PACI) more than seven years ago, has been re-appointed as director on a three-year contract. The rumoured return was confirmed at a press briefing on Thursday, but Hurlston did not comment when asked about why he left the authority in 2015. […]
Boris resigns, Tories begin leadership fight
(CNS): After a series of scandals, lies and tumbling personal approval ratings, Boris Johnson finally, but unwillingly, gave in to the inevitable and resigned as Conservative Party leader. He blamed his departure on the “herd mentality” in Westminster after more than 50 government ministers and aides resigned over the last 48 hours, including the overseas […]
Cops seize 35lbs of ganja after routine traffic stop
(CNS): Officers conducting traffic checks on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway by the Camana Bay Roundabout on Saturday night discovered a bag of ganja when they searched a car that passed through the road block. Police said that the officers had reason to stop the car around 10:40pm, and as they spoke to the female driver, […]
US visitor dies after swimming off 7MB
(CNS): A 50-year-old visitor from the United States was pulled out of the sea off Seven Mile Beach west of Marsh Road on Tuesday evening after he lost consciousness. Police said that at around 5:30pm people nearby saw that he was in distress and pulled him out of the water. They conducted CPR until emergency […]
Bodden Town man missing for over ten days
(CNS): The police are asking the public to help them find Noel Paul Manning (53), who has been missing for nearly two weeks. Better known as ‘“Indian” and sometimes “Doc”, Manning had been living in Bodden Town when he was reported missing by family members on Sunday, 26 June, who had last seen him on […]
UK peer’s bill seeks gay marriage law for BOTs
(CNS): Lord Michael Cashman has introduced a private member’s bill in the UK House of Lords to make same-sex marriage lawful in all British Overseas Territories that don’t have marriage equality, including the Cayman Islands. If it passes, it would require the Caribbean territories to legalise same-sex marriage and empower the governors to roll out […]
