Archive for April 11th, 2023
Bulk clean-up shifts to pre-storm season
(CNS): The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is moving up the free annual bulk waste collection service from later in the year to May to encourage residents to clear up their yards and land ahead of the hurricane season. Officials said this would reduce the department’s high workload around Christmas time and allow crews to […]
Minister aims to improve utility provision
(CNS): Infrastructure Minister Jay Ebanks, who has taken over responsibility for OfReg, the beleaguered utilities regulator, has said he wants to ensure its remit is clearly defined and it is empowered to deliver on that remit so that it can improve the utility services delivered by operators. OfReg oversees water, fuels, energy and telecommunications, which […]
Non-profit stops efforts to control feral cats
(CNS): The Department of Environment’s feral cat control project has been stalled again by local animal rights charity Feline Friends as the Grand Court has granted a stay on the rollout of the National Conservation (Alien Species) Regulations. The non-profit organisation has run both a feeding and a trap-neuter-release programme on Grand Cayman for feral […]
CBC officers seize mushrooms and ganja
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control have arrested three people after two separate drug seizures at the Owen Roberts International Airport. On 31 March and on 2 April, significant quantities of ganja, mushrooms, THC-infused gummies and THC vape cartridges were recovered from passengers, according to a CBC release. Officials said they are seeing an increase […]
Burglars ransack Cayman Brac home
(CNS): Police on Cayman Brac are investigating a house burglary that took place in the afternoon or evening of 4 April at a house on Plover Crescent. The residence was last seen in good order at around 3:30pm, but when the residents returned home around 8:40 pm, their home had been broken into, ransacked and […]
