Local News
Boggy Sands loses fight for right of way to beach
(CNS): Beach access problems for developer Morne Botes and his partners in relation to Boggy Sands Club took another turn for the worse after Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale ruled that neighbouring landowners have the right to erect a gate to stop guests staying at the resort from trespassing. The developers have faced right of way […]
Pirate festival returns to traditional format
(CNS): After several years of experimenting with different formats, the annual Pirates Week Festival is returning to its traditional roots this year, spanning three weeks across all three islands with full heritage days in each district. The 2024 festival, which kicks off on 8 November with the theme “Setting Sail Through Time”, will mark the […]
Ed ministry makes acting deputy chief job official
(CNS) Jerome McCoy, who has been acting as the deputy chief officer with responsibility for adult education and public libraries at the Ministry of Education for more than a year, has been officially appointed after an open recruitment process. The Caymanian civil servant has been with the ministry for over a decade, working as a […]
Dart NPO gives cash to police and border control
(CNS): R3 Cayman Foundation, a non-profit organisation established by Ken Dart in 2020 with $1 million seed money during the COVID-19 pandemic to focus on navigating disasters and emergencies, has given over US$76,000 to the RCIPS and almost US$252,000 to Customs and Border Control. In a departure from the NPO’s founding purpose, the money is […]
Minister appeals for more land for George Town park
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has appealed to landowners who may be considering selling property adjacent or close to land the Cayman Islands Government has acquired in George Town Central to come to his ministry before putting their land on the market so that Scranton Park can be expanded. At the official groundbreaking for the […]
Gov’t motion for cruise vote filed with parliament
(CNS): A government motion dated 26 August has been filed with the parliament, which sets the groundwork for the proposed referendum on cruise facilities. According to the motion, the government wants to ask Caymanians a very broad question: “Should the Cayman Islands develop cruise berthing infrastructure?” The motion, which is expected to be debated when […]
Sunday traffic diversion in place for George Town
(CNS): From 6am on Sunday, 15 September, Sheddon Road traffic will be diverted onto Edward Street from the Post Office junction to Elgin Avenue junction in the centre of the capital to allow for further work on the roads as part of the George Town Revitalisation Initiative. The trench work will last all day, with […]
Cayman commemorates historic hurricane
(CNS): This week, the Cayman Islands is marking 20 years since the passage of Hurricane Ivan, a Category 4 storm that devastated Grand Cayman on the 11 and 12 of September 2004. Two decades on, officials here are promoting the theme of “Past. Present. Grateful. Resilient”. Ivan remains one of the most expensive natural disasters in […]
ACT accuses CPR of bias and scare tactics
(CNS): The Association for the Advancement of Cruise Tourism in the Cayman Islands (ACT), which is pushing hard for a ‘yes’ in the government’s planned referendum on whether or not Cayman should build cruise berthing facilities, has taken aim at the non-profit campaigners who oppose a pier project. In a statement, the ACT accused the […]
Work permits at over 37,300 even in low season
(CNS): At the start of this month, despite entering tourism’s low season, the number of valid work permits was 37,334, according to the latest official figures. This is about 100 fewer than the record-breaking high of 37,437 in April this year. The huge number comes when an estimated 5% of local people are without work […]
Over half the workforce earns $4k or less a month
(CNS): Some 58% of workers in the Cayman Islands are earning $4,000 or less per month, which, given the cost of living here, means most people are struggling to make ends meet despite having full-time jobs. The figure comes from the ESO’s Occupational Wage Survey, which was published Friday and gives a snapshot of how […]
