Archive for October, 2024
CAL adds evacuation flight as Milton heads to Florida
(CNS): As Hurricane Milton heads towards the west coast of the Florida Peninsular, with landfall expected to begin Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, Cayman Airways has added an evacuation flight this evening, Monday 7 October, to assist the Cayman Islands Government with evacuating Caymanian students studying in Tampa and Cayman residents visiting Tampa who […]
Local jobless rate at 4.9% as workers grow to 62k
(CNS): The significant growth in the workforce over the last year has done little to assist the local unemployment rate, which was still running at 4.9% at the end of April. According to the results of the ESO’s Spring 2024 Labour Force Survey, over 61,000 people are currently in work, an increase of 6.5% compared […]
Animal welfare seeks owners of abandoned dogs
(CNS): The Department of Agriculture’s Animal Welfare and Control (AWC) Unit is appealing for information from the West Bay community after two dogs were found abandoned and severely malnourished off Mercury Close. Concerned members of the public made a report about an adult black and brown male and an adult white and grey female, and […]
CUC to raise $53M with rights offer to shareholders
(CNS): Caribbean Utilities Company Ltd (CUC), Grand Cayman’s power provider, is hoping to raise US$51.3 million by offering its Class A ordinary shareholders the opportunity to buy additional shares. CUC said it intends to use the proceeds to finance alternative energy projects, ongoing additions and upgrades to its generation, transmission and distribution systems, and general […]
WB grocery shop robbed by masked men
(CNS): The West Bay grocery store located at the junction of West Church Street and Town Hall Road by the district’s four-way stop was robbed early yesterday morning by two masked men armed with a machete. The men entered the store, demanded cash, and fled the location with an undisclosed sum of money. The suspects […]
New voter list increases by just 65
(CNS): The new list of electors published by the Elections Office on Tuesday has just a few dozen more voters than the July list, even though the 2025 General Election and a three-question referendum will take place in around seven months. While the premier hasn’t yet set a date for the poll, it is expected […]
Social welfare overhaul reaches final stages
(CNS): Two years after the Financial Assistance Act was passed in parliament and a year after the regulations were implemented, the Needs Assessment Unit will officially become the Department of Financial Assistance (DFA) on 10 October, as work continues on reforming the delivery of welfare assistance to those in need. A number of changes have […]
Police help rescue child trapped alone in car
(CNS): The RCIPS is urging people to never leave children or pets alone in vehicles, even for very short amounts of time. On Tuesday afternoon, the police responded to a report that a young child had been locked in a vehicle outside a business in West Bay. The officers who attended the location spoke to […]
Parents urged to get kids vaccinated against HPV
(CNS): The Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Public Health Department have begun an HPV vaccination drive this month to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV), a group of over 200 viruses, some of which can spread through intimate skin-to-skin contact. Some parents are reluctant to get young children vaccinated because of the virus’s association […]
Bid opened on $150 million loan for UPM projects
(CNS): The finance ministry has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from financial institutions for a CI$150 million loan facility. The borrowing was approved in the 2024/25 budget and is to cover the shortfall between the current UPM government’s anticipated surplus and its growing bill for capital projects. A government press release said the money […]
Ex-CPA chair’s wetland project will fuel more flooding
(CNS): Al Thompson, a local hardware merchant and former chair of the Central Planning Authority, has been given the green light for a $7.5 million subdivision in the wetlands in Bodden Town adjacent to the proposed East-West Arterial extension. According to minutes from the 28 August CPA meeting, Thompson was granted planning permission and a […]
