Archive for February, 2023
Government looking for way out of pageant business
(CNS): The government is in discussions with the Miss Cayman Islands Universe committee about pulling out of the franchise it holds for the beauty pageant and finding a supporter in the private sector, as is the case with the Miss World contest. The committee has now stripped Tiffany Conolly of the crown following her criminal […]
Not so fast, Cupid!
Bob Nickoles writes: Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and I couldn’t help but wonder if Cupid needs a little help. Help in the form of asking the diaper-wearing cherub to hold off on the arrows until we find love in ourselves first. How can anyone expect to find love and happiness in a relationship when […]
Plans for bigger cargo port call for dredging or relocation
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has taken the first step in the process to either expand the existing cargo port, which would involve dredging George Town Harbour, or create a new facility elsewhere. Minister Kenneth Bryan revealed Monday that a strategic outline case on the issue had been accepted by Cabinet. He said the current […]
CAL hopes to make return to Panama profitable
(CNS): Cayman Airways will be relaunching a twice weekly year-round service from Grand Cayman to Panama City in June, the airline has announced. Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said the resumption of service is aimed at attracting new tourists to Cayman and transiting passengers and cargo. He said there was significant justification for relaunching the service […]
Official gazette doesn’t set EWA plans in stone
(CNS): Comments by former East End MP Arden McLean at a public meeting in Savannah Thursday evening, which stirred up social media, were misleading, according to local attorney Steve McField. McLean claimed that because the East-West Arterial Road extension was gazetted in 2005, the decision had been made.
CUC profits rack up as usage and customers grow
(CNS): More people burned more power in more places last year, especially during the summer, which turned into a growth in earnings for the Caribbean Utilities Company in 2022. As a growing number of households struggle to find the money to keep their air-conditioners on, Grand Cayman’s power provider made almost $3 million more last […]
Prison offers vaccine after chickenpox outbreak
(CNS): Two prisoners at HMP Northward have tested positive for chickenpox (the varicella-zoster virus). As a result, the Ministry of Home Affairs has implemented a programme to curb the spread and offer both prisoners and officers the chickenpox vaccine. Acting Chief Officer Julian Lewis said the Public Health Department was helping the ministry to manage […]
Premier: Evidence shows TNR can’t solve cat threat
(CNS): Trap-neuter-release (TNR) programmes cannot address the overpopulation of feral cat colonies across the Cayman Islands, Premier Wayne Panton said, as he defended the rollout of the Alien Species Regulations and the introduction of control programmes aimed at saving Cayman’s threatened endemic and native species.
Royal couple to make short visit to Cayman
(CNS): Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, will be visiting the Cayman Islands later this month for a two-night stay as part of a regional trip. The prince will spend time on Little Cayman in celebration of the 20th anniversary of his patronage of the Central Caribbean Marine Institute […]
Jobs for temp permits must now be advertised
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is introducing new rules under immigration legislation that will require employers to advertise vacancies when they apply for a temporary work permit. Of the more than 34,000 foreign nationals on permits or government contracts, over 6,500 of them hold temporary work permits, for which bosses were not required to advertise […]
Little Cayman residents livid over terrible Flow service
(CNS): Over 60% of the people who live on Little Cayman have filed a formal complaint to OfReg about what they say is the appallingly bad telecommunications service from Flow they have received for as far back as 15 years. The regulator said 95 residents and business owners had contacted the office, and within days […]
