Local News
NAU reviewing eligibility of its clients
(CNS): Needs Assessment Unit (NAU) clients now have until 10 November to complete pending reassessments to confirm their eligibility for financial assistance from the public purse. Every year, the NAU spend millions of dollars helping those in need because they are unemployed or unable to work. Last month, some clients did not get their September […]
Two Cubans missing, eight rescued at sea
(CNS): A major search and rescue operation involving the police, coastguard, fire service, border control and private boat owners in the sea around Cayman Brac was conducted Saturday and Sunday, in which eight Cuban men were rescued. However, two more are missing. According to Customs and Border Control (CBC), the operation began after one man […]
Acting judge and lawyer appointed to bench
(CNS): Justice Marlene Carter, who has been acting as a Grand Court judge since 2017, has been officially appointed to the Cayman Islands bench alongside attorney Jalil Asif KC, managing partner at Kobre & Kim (Cayman). The judges were selected after an open recruitment process and recommended as the successful candidates to Governor Jane Owen, […]
Landowner puts conservation ahead of condos
(CNS): A local landowner who was intending to build condos on a plot beside the Governor Gore Bird Sanctuary in Spotts-Newlands has instead sold his land to the National Trust for the Cayman Islands. Fabian Whorms (not the CEO of Cayman Airways) had been denied planning permission due to technicalities, but instead of resubmitting the […]
Revised Pharmacy Bill to replace 1979 law
(CNS): The Ministry of Health and Wellness has published the Pharmacy Bill, 2023 and is inviting the public to comment on the proposed legislation, which will repeal and replace the existing outdated legislation. The new bill will classify medicines, provide clear rules on the proper handling and supply of medicines, establish a system for applications […]
Ten Cuban migrants repatriated to Havana
(CNS): Ten Cuban men who ended up in the Cayman Islands as irregular migrants on small vessels were repatriated to Havana on a Cayman Airways charter Tuesday. The migrants departed Grand Cayman on a SAAB aircraft at around 10:10am and arrived in Cuba at approximately 12:30pm as part of the CBC expedited processing of asylum […]
More Cubans arrive in small wooden boat
(CNS): Four Cuban men landed at Spot Bay, Cayman Brac, early Friday morning, according to the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control. The migrants arrived at around 6:00am in a small wooden rowing boat and were processed by officials. A change in the rules for processing asylum applications means that migrants can be repatriated much more […]
Donkeys, developers and deaf ears
Wendy Ledger writes: Dwayne “John-john” Seymour MP owes Wayne Panton an apology after his unfounded public attack during his resignation speech Friday. The ex-minister chose to cross the floor and join the government in 2021 when he knew what Panton’s agenda was. But as someone who is still waiting for an apology from that minister […]
Man arrested after trouble at 7M public beach
(CNS): A 23-year-old man from George Town was arrested for a catalogue of offences after a disturbance on Wednesday at Seven Mile Public Beach. Police were called to the busy beach at about 1:30pm following reports that a man had brandished a knife at another man and made threats against him. When officers arrived, they […]
West Bay loses another traditional home
(CNS): Althea Powell’s House, believed to be the first family home built on the beach side of Boggy Sand Road in West Bay, has been bulldozed to make way for yet more development in an area that has already lost most of the old-time homes that gave rise to its historic zoning. The house may […]
Liveaboard dive boat runs aground on Sandbar
(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 […]
