Archive for June, 2023
Bosses and job seekers at odds over flexi-work
(CNS): A salary survey of private sector employers in the legal and financial sector has revealed that they are not prioritising the type of workplace benefits that administrative and support staff really want. The survey conducted last year by a local recruitment company among its registered candidates and employers found that administrators are being paid […]
Vaccine mandate for permit holders lifted
(CNS): The legal requirement for non-Caymanian residents and their dependents to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has been lifted. From Friday, applicants for work permits (new and renewals), permanent residency, specialist caregiver certificates, student visas or Cabinet entry permits, as well as dependents no longer need to prove they are vaccinated, according to government officials.
POF and CIS students fill up 18 bags of beach trash
(CNS): Grade 2 students from Cayman International School (CIS) took part in a beach clean-up at Safe Haven hosted by Protect Our Future (POF) last Thursday to mark World Oceans Day and to highlight the problem of single-use plastics in the Cayman Islands. As the country waits for the details of a proposed ban on eight […]
GT ticket booth robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): A ticket booth outside a waterfront bar on North Church Street, just north of Fort Street in George Town, was robbed shortly after midnight on Saturday morning by a masked man with a gun. The robber approached the ticket booth, brandished a firearm and demanded money from the workers.
Police release scene of house explosion
(CNS): The relevant agencies have all completed their work at the house that exploded last Monday lunchtime in Newlands and have removed the cordons and opened the road. The home on Bayfield Crescent, which was literally blown to pieces, has been declared unsafe to enter or occupy and the public is asked not to enter […]
Two men shot outside 7MB bar, one critical
(CNS): Police are appealing for witnesses to a shooting Friday night outside the Jungle bar on the West Bay Road, near Seven Mile Public Beach. Around 10:50pm on 9 June, a masked man approached two men standing outside the bar. The culprit brandished a gun and opened fire on them, shooting one in the neck […]
Crown: Ex-auxiliary cop threatened murder witness
(CNS): Prosecutor Scott Wainright told the court Thursday that Courtney Alphanso Levy (46), a former auxiliary officer with the RCIPS, threatened a key witness in a murder trial into silence, acting on behalf of a man who was later convicted of killing his own son. As he opened the crown’s case against him, Wainright said […]
CUC blames consumption for higher bills
(CNS): Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) has said there has been no increase to the base rates on bills that were dispatched this week. Responding to customer concerns that May’s electricity bills are even more painful than usual, Grand Cayman’s power provider said there was only a marginal rise in the fuel rate, but increased consumption […]
Primary school closes after gas leak
(CNS): Prospect Primary School closed Friday as a result of a gas leak, according to a press release from the education ministry and Department of Education Services. Classes were suspended for the day “out of an abundance of caution” after the emergency services attended the school to deal with the leak. All students were said […]
‘Local icon’ Captain Kirkconnell dies at 96
(CNS): Captain Eldon Kirkconnell, the founder of Kirk Freeport, a seafarer and former legislator, died Thursday, 8 June, just a few weeks short of his 97th birthday. The death of the “local icon”‘”, as he was described by several members of parliament, was announced Friday by the House Speaker Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, paving the way for […]
Chairmen appointed to NRA and OfReg boards
(CNS): Mark Parchment, a local financial and development consultant, has been appointed as the National Roads Authority chairperson, and attorney Samuel Jackson is the new chairperson of the OfReg board. The NRA seat has been vacant since Gilbert McLean was appointed but declined to take up the job in February. Rudy Ebanks, the former OfReg […]
