Archive for November 4th, 2022
Environmental lord becomes UKOT’s new minister
(CNS): Zac Goldsmith has been named as the latest UK Government minister of state for overseas territoriesĀ at the Foreign Office. The third minister so far this year, Lord Goldsmith is a life peer and is well known for his support of environmental issues. Goldsmith has also helped to fund the conservation of wildlife in Britain’s […]
Cops investigating fifth robbery this week
(CNS): Police are investigating a robbery by two masked men armed with a gun at a grocery store on Hirst Road in Bodden Town at around 8:40 Thursday evening. One of the robbers entered the store waiving what appeared to be a firearm and demanded cash while his accomplice waited outside. Both men fled towards […]
HR officer crowned CIG Employee of the Year
(CNS): Strategic Human Resources Officer in the Portfolio of the Civil Service (PoCS) Lareta Mack has become the Cayman Islands Government’s 2021 Employee of the Year for delivering an outstanding customer experience, officials have said. She received the award from Deputy Governor Franz Manderson on Tuesday night, beating out eleven of her colleagues across the […]
ESO compendium paints last year in numbers
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Compendium of Statistics 2021, which has now been released by the Economics and Statistics Office, pulls together all of the information collected by the ESO over the course of last year. Many of the figures have already changed dramatically since the data was sourced, not least the overall population. When the census was […]
Women robbed in two separate street muggings
(CNS): The robbery toll climbed again this week with another two armed robberies Wednesday night and early Thursday morning on the streets of George Town and West Bay. Two women were both mugged by armed men in two separate crimes, one involving a lone gunman and the other three masked men, one armed with an […]