Archive for February, 2023
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 […]
Minister confirms EWA will pave way for development
(CNS): Planning Minister Jay Ebanks, who is responsible for roads, has said that new development along the controversial East-West Arterial Road expansion is inevitable and the government will need to rezone the adjacent parcels so it can control the type of development that happens there. While claiming that the road project will only impact 1% […]
Teenager denies robbery and trying to use stolen cards
(CNS): A teenager from George Town has pleaded not guilty to robbery, possession of an imitation gun and two charges of attempted theft, denying that he had tried to use stolen bank cards at an ATM in the Countryside Shopping Village in Savannah last December. The 17-year-old boy appeared in court via Zoom from HMP […]
Report warns world is trapped in climate ‘doom loop’
(CNS): Governments all over the world are facing what experts are calling a “doom loop” as they spend evermore money tackling the consequences of climate change but spend very little on reducing the causes or increasing bio-diversity, a new report has found. As governments put more resources into coping with the increasingly destructive impacts of […]
CIMA reaches out for design ideas for new cash
(CNS): With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the currency currently in circulation in the Cayman Islands will be phased out and replaced with a new design featuring King Charles III. The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, which is responsible for issuing the country’s money, is working on a redesign of the local banknotes in partnership […]
Officials switch to monthly reports for COVID-19 deaths
(CNS): Officials will no longer be reporting deaths in the Cayman Islands connected to COVID-19 in real time but on a monthly basis in the Public Health Spotlight. According to this month’s edition, released on Friday, there were no deaths related to the virus in January after two in December. Seventeen people admitted to the […]
Man arrested after fight in car causes crash
(CNS): A 43-year-old man from George Town was arrested on suspicion of assault GBH and another man has been treated for serious injuries after the pair were apparently involved in a fight inside a car that crashed just by the West Bay Police Station on Wednesday. As police and emergency services arrived at the site […]
Police name driver killed in Brac crash with cop
(CNS): Police have said that the driver killed on Valentine’s Day in a collision on Cayman Brac involving a black Hyundai Tucson and a white Honda Integra was 47-year-old Thomas William McLean Sr. The RCIPS has confirmed that the surviving driver in the crash, an off-duty police officer who was unhurt, has not been arrested. […]
High cost of EWA could make project prohibitive
(CNS): It is now about eight years since the government estimated that extending the East-West Arterial Road from Hurst Road all the way to Frank Sound, based only on materials and labour, would cost as much as $70 million, according to information released by the government under the Freedom of Information Law and shared with […]
Fugitive bitten by police dog during capture
(CNS): Marcus Manderson (33) from West Bay, who has been on the run since jumping bail last year while awaiting trial has been caught by police officers with the help of the K-9 Unit after an operation in George Town Thursday morning. Manderson was recently convicted in absentia for possessing an illegal gun. A loaded […]
Elvis walks free after judge stays case over jury process
(CNS): Elvis McKeever (64) from Cayman Brac walked away from Grand Court a free man on Thursday after a judge stayed two charges against him that had been brought under the ICT Act. McKeever was accused of threatening public officials in a social media rant, but the case was stopped by Justice Philip St John-Stevens […]
