Archive for September 21st, 2023

Liveaboard dive boat runs aground on Sandbar

Liveaboard dive boat runs aground on Sandbar

| 21/09/2023 | 20 Comments

(CNS): Aggressor Adventures, the owners of the liveaboard dive boat, the Cayman Aggressor IV, which ran aground in the North Sound on Thursday morning, have said it is no longer on the Sting Ray City sandbar and was being moved to her anchorage this evening. The owners said there were no injuries, everyone was safely […]

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Parliament votes for review of electricity bills

Parliament votes for review of electricity bills

| 21/09/2023 | 67 Comments

(CNS): How CUC and Island Energy, the power company for the Sister Islands, calculate the cost of electricity bills and work out fuel charges as well as the accuracy of meter readings could be the subjects of an independent investigation after the government accepted a private member’s motion Thursday, tabled by McKeeva Bush. The debate […]

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Population grows 2.6% as work permits surge

Population grows 2.6% as work permits surge

| 21/09/2023 | 81 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands population has grown by at least another 2.6% to almost 84,000, according to the latest Labour Force Survey undertaken by the Economics and Statistics Office. The proportion of Caymanians in this new estimated population has dropped another 1% since the last survey in October to 46.5%, as the growth has been […]

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