Local News
CAL’s new Twin Otter begins flights to Little Cayman
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) announced the arrival of its much-anticipated new Twin Otter aircraft, which began flying on Sunday. This brings the fleet of these planes to three and will help improve scheduling for Little Cayman flights.
Bryan continues to criticise conservation battle
(CNS): The tourism minister’s criticism of efforts by public and private sector entities to protect Cayman’s environment and dismissal of the hard battle to preserve our dwindling natural resources were on display again last week at the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Luncheon, where he implied that the balance is tipped too much in favour of […]
Government to hold NiCE Christmas clean-up
(CNS): Unemployed Caymanians looking to earn some money for the holidays are being invited to register for this year’s Christmas clean-up. The Ministry of Planning has announced the return of the National Community Enhancement Project (NiCE Programme), offering 20 days of temporary work for local people in December and January.
Woman admits killing friend in early morning crash
(CNS): Ygnacia Rafaelina Francisco Payero pleaded guilty on Friday to killing her friend, Aleiny Reve Villegas (20), a Cuban national residing in Cayman, in an early morning crash on 8 August 2022. Payero, who is also a Cuban national, was injured in the collision, which happened at 3:40am on Eastern Avenue near the Shedden Road […]
CEC aims to shut down objectors to transformed PAD
(CNS): Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) is hoping to eventually secure planning permission for a new, completely transformed planned area development (PAD) application on a site located off the Linford Pierson Highway in seasonally flooded mangrove forests.
Elderly US visitor dies after snorkelling off 7MB
(CNS) UPDATED: A 79-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from the United States died following a snorkelling trip on Sunday morning. The police said he had experienced difficulties while in the water off Seven Mile Beach just south of Canal Point Drive off the West Bay Road. He was assisted to shore, and […]
8 years on, drivers have just days left to replace old plates
(CNS): After endless delays over the past eight years, the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing (DVDL) is almost at the end of completing the replacement of old vehicle registration plates with smart security ones. Over the years, the project was supposed to have been completed many times — the last deadline before older plates […]
New Brac school budget leapt from $24M to over $60M
(CNS): The government initially budgeted just $24 million for the proposed new Cayman Brac high school, but between the Strategic Business Case, which first justified the project, to the Full Business Case, which was leaked into the public domain this week, the price tag for the school has more than doubled. It also includes another […]
Cayman to host its first Ultimate Frisbee contest
(CNS): The Cayman Islands will host its first-ever international Ultimate Frisbee tournament this weekend when visiting teams from the United States and Jamaica compete against local players. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American […]
CAL’s recovery flights disrupted by heavy rain
(CNS): As the airports re-opened Wednesday following the all-clear, Cayman Airways added multiple recovery and evacuation flights for domestic travel between Grand Cayman and the Sister Islands and between Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. But the weather has interrupted those efforts and forced the cancellation of the evacuation flights scheduled for today.
Cuban migrants arrive on Brac ahead of storm
(CNS): A dozen Cuban migrants were transferred to Grand Cayman on Tuesday after the eleven men and one woman arrived on Cayman Brac Tuesday morning. The group were flown on a Cayman Airways Saab at around 11:15am ahead of the impending storm, Customs and Border Control officials said in a release Tuesday evening.
