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Founded On?
Nick Joseph writes: Cayman is a fascinating place to live. If you take the time, you can find yourself immersed in a distinct culture, one that has been hewn in adversity by people from all over the world, coming together to create what we have today. This article attempts to identify a few key elements […]
CMO: Despite huge spending health system failing
(CNS) UPDATED with survey links: The amount of money spent on healthcare in the Cayman Islands is “astonishing” but the system is failing, Chief Medical Officer Nick Gent has said, as the health ministry launches a public consultation on a National Health Strategy. Dr Gent said the cost of healthcare here “worries me hugely” and […]
Cabinet approves hike in local company fees
(CNS): Following an extensive consultation process with businesses, associations and government entities, the cost of a local companies control licence and processing fees have been revised via regulations approved by Cabinet and not in the actual law, according to a release from the Ministry of Financial Services. The fees have not been increased for 17 […]
Visitor dies snorkelling off Governor’s Beach
(CNS): A 65-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from New Zealand died after snorkelling off Governors Beach in West Bay on Wednesday evening, police have said. The emergency services were called to Seven Mile Beach at around 7:15 that evening after the man had been taken from the water at a nearby resort.
McTaggart makes pitch to voters over economy
(CNS): Ten months ahead of the expected start of the 2025 election campaign, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has begun campaigning in earnest based on the party’s previous time in office. In a political message, McTaggart, who was finance minister during the last PPM administration, claimed that his party had successfully managed the economy when in […]
Blue iguanas begin working on the next generation
(CNS): The blue iguana nesting season has begun, the experts at the Blue Iguana Conservation (BIC) facility at the Botanic Park said in a press release a week before International Blue Iguana Day. Lady Pop, a 33-year-old blue Iguana, has begun excavations for her nest and, along with her younger partner, 17-year-old Iggy Stardust, have […]
Veteran pilot and aviation pioneer with CAL dies aged 77
(CNS): Cayman Airways and the Ministry of Tourism have released a joint statement in the wake of the sudden death of 77-year-old Caymanian pilot Captain Harrison Bothwell at the weekend. Extending condolences to his family, they said that Bothwell was a pilot with the national flag carrier for almost five decades and was “respected and […]
Premier travelled to Canada to look at its early education
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly travelled again recently, though no information was released about her trip prior to or during her absence from the Cayman Islands. According to a press release issued this week, she led a delegation to Canada in her role as education minister to examine that country’s Early Childhood Care and Education sector […]
Police seek help to find missing teenage friends
(CNS): Aaliyah Wright Carter (16) and her 13-year-old friend, Naima Calita Tatum, have both been missing for over one week. Their friend, Joshua Whittaker (16), has also been missing since the 27 April. Police are urging the public to help them track the teenagers down and have warned the public that anyone who harbours or […]
Appeal court upholds life sentence for ‘appalling offences’
(CNS): Elmer Wright (29), who is serving a life sentence with an 18-year minimum tariff in a UK prison, has failed in his effort to have the sentence overturned. He was convicted in 2020 of robbery, possession of an unlicensed gun and various other charges relating to a terrifying home invasion in 2017. Wright was […]
RCIPS seeking police recruits in new campaign
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has begun the search for new recruits and is calling for applications from young Caymanians who are interested in joining the RCIPS as constables. Recruitment is open to all Caymanians and permanent residents with the right to work between 18 and 40. The search comes at a time […]
Financial administrator wins civil service annual gong
(CNS): Zhané Rambaran, the financial administrator in the Portfolio of the Civil Service, has been crowned Government Employee of the Year for 2023. Rambaran won the top award out of a field of 12 finalists who were all employees of the month last year. Rambaran was selected as April’s winner for her “exemplary contributions” to […]
