Archive for July, 2022
Pride fee to raise cash for LGBTQ support centre
(CNS): The Cayman LGBTQ Foundation will be charging $100 per person for the full package to join the second annual Pride Parade in the Cayman Islands and the after-party. To just join the Parade costs $50, which includes a t-shirt and soft drinks. Though some people have criticised the decision, the leader of the organisation, […]
Concerns mount over welfare of missing man
(CNS): Police have made another appeal for help in finding Noel Paul Manning (53), a.k.a. “Indian”, who was reported missing more than three weeks ago, on Sunday, 26 June. Since then he has missed several important appointments and the police say they are extremely concerned about his welfare. Manning, who lives in Bodden Town, was […]
CIDB rolls out cut-rate 30-year home loans
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Development Bank (CIDB) has begun lending money to Caymanians to buy their own homes as low as 3.75% interest. These low mortgage rates on 30-year loans for qualified borrowers, significantly below the current prime rate, are fixed for two years and government hopes it will help more local people get onto […]
Local teen golfer makes one over par at 150th Open
(CNS): Caymanian golfer Aaron Jarvis made local history last week after completing the 150th Open golf tournament one over par, recording the second best score by an amateur golfer in the Championship. Jarvis (19) completed all four rounds at The Old Course, St Andrews, from Thursday through to Sunday.
Cops recover another illegal loaded gun
(CNS): Police have recovered an illegal firearm, the second so far this month, following a raid on Friday, 15 July, in the Tropical Gardens area of George Town. Three people were arrested following the search, conducted under the Firearm Law, in which officers seized an undisclosed quantity of ganja as well as a loaded handgun. […]
Government promotes support as COL crisis worsens
(CNS): Caymanians are being warned that it could be some time before there will be any easing of the global cost of living crisis that is having a dramatic effect locally. With escalating prices and the challenge that creates for ordinary people, the Cayman Islands Government has launched a national campaign to raise awareness of […]
Budget weaknesses outlined in bid documents
(CNS): Significant shortcomings in the way government currently reports and manages its now one billion dollar per year budget have been outlined in documents prepared by the finance ministry as it looks for consultants to help modernise the process. The current budget process is failing both the Cayman Islands Government and the people, and does […]
Cayman receives EU grant to improve energy efficiency
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government will be using a European Union grant of more than €1.2 million (around CI$1 million) to improve the energy efficiency of government buildings and National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) homes. The funds, awarded by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID), will be used by the new Cayman […]
Health minister down with COVID-19 as cases climb
(CNS): Health Minister Sabrina Turner is the latest member of Cabinet to test positive for COVID-19. The MP for Prospect took a lateral flow test at home Monday morning and is now isolating as she waits for the result of a PCR test to confirm the positive test result, according to a brief release from […]
Dolphin park pays out US$500k so far in injury claim
(CNS): A customer who was skewered in the eye by a piece of rusty rebar jutting from a wall at Dolphin Discovery has been awarded US$500,000 in damages so far but could be getting even more following his successful claim against the park. John McDow (39), who is from the US state of Georgia but […]
CBC still struggling to manage migrants at Fairbanks
(CNS): Cuban migrants being held at the Customs and Border Control immigration centre at Fairbanks have been trying to escape, as frustrations mount at the overcrowded facility. CBC is currently holding around 180 migrants at various locations, including some who are believed to be in the community. Officials said that a tense situation had developed […]
