Archive for February 21st, 2023
Royals mix and mingle at governor’s reception
(CNS): The Earl and Countess of Wessex landed safely on Monday on a British Airways flight from London. They were greeted at Owen Roberts International Airport by Governor Martyn Roper and his wife, Lissie, Premier Wayne Panton and his wife, Jane, and the rest of Cabinet. Prince Edward received a Royal Salute and his wife, […]
Three local women take up senior jobs at DoT
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism has hired three Caymanian women to work in various management positions. Marzeta Bodden has been appointed as the deputy director for Tourism Product Development, Lauren Brook as the manager for Global Public Relations Services, and Tristaca Ebanks as manager of National Promotions and Events.
Man charged after breaching protection order
(CNS): A 29-year-old man from Bodden Town, has been charged with assault ABH, threats to kill, wrongful confinement, damage to property, two counts of assaulting police, attempting to escape lawful custody and two counts of breaching a protection order. The charges relate to a series of domestic assaults that took place over a four-day period […]
Multi-storey units planned for old GT Housing Trust site
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has earmarked land held by the National Housing Development Trust in George Town, at the end of Courts Road, for its first effort to build multi-storey social housing. So far, the homes that had been funded and built by the government-owned trust have been two- and three-bedroom single-family houses. The […]
Minimum wage report expected end of June
(CNS): It is almost seven years since a national minimum wage of CI$6 per hour was introduced in the Cayman Islands when inflation was running at -2.8%. Since then, that basic rate has not been increased, despite the runaway inflation over recent years. The newly formed Minimum Wage Advisory Committee held its first meeting just […]
