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Historic Boggy Sand cottage under threat
(CNS): A Caymanian wattle and daub cottage in the heart of Boggy Sand, estimated to be over 100 years old and in relatively good condition, is under threat because the landowners want to move the house to make way for a modern duplex, according to a planning application. The iconic property, built on ironwood stilts, […]
Acting chief lands top post at MIISD
(CNS): Fourteen months after she began acting as chief officer for the Ministry of Investment, Innovation and Social Development, Tamara Ebanks has been appointed to the actual role. Officials said she secured the post following a “rigorous open recruitment process”, including a panel interview.
WORC investigates HR complaints at hotel
(CNS): The Palm Heights hotel, which has become popular with celebrities visiting the Cayman Islands, is under investigation by Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) after the government agency received information “about possible infractions of the Immigration Transition Act” at the Seven Mile Beach resort. Officials at WORC told CNS they were looking at allegations […]
Gov’t seeks planning approval for Brac school
(CNS): An application from the Ministry of Education and architects Chambers Gibb has been submitted to the planning department for a new high school on Cayman Brac. However, the government has revealed very few details about this latest public school project. During her address at the Annual Education Professional Welcome event last week, Education Minister […]
NCC members express deep concern over quarries
(CNS): A quarrying operation on Cayman Brac that has expanded its footprint without planning permission and a separate application for an additional quarry in Bodden Town on Grand Cayman fuelled a list of concerns for the National Conservation Council when it met for the first time this year on Wednesday with its new line-up. The […]
Seven more Cubans come ashore on the Brac
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control (CBC) are dealing with their third group of Cuban migrants so far this month after a boat carrying one woman and six men arrived on the South Side of Cayman Brac at around 8am on Thursday. No other details were released about the migrants who will be […]
CI$550K added to housing repairs budget
(CNS): Cabinet has approved an additional CI$550,000 for a second Housing Repairs Assistance Programme to help people who don’t have the means to repair their homes. The government has also authorised the National Housing and Development Trust (NHDT) to use $1.6 million of its budget to do the same thing for people not eligible for […]
Minister wants more pay hikes for educators
(CNS): Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly wants to give another pay raise to all educators, from entry-level staff to school principals, so that no one in education will be making less than $3,500 per month by the start of the 2024 academic year. During her welcome address to education professionals at the start of the new […]
New teacher facing inquiry over abuse allegation
(CNS): A new teacher who was recruited to begin work in government schools this year is under investigation after accusations that he sexually abused a young Jamaican girl in his care this summer. The member of staff has been removed from the school pending the outcome of the investigation. A letter allegedly from a family […]
More Cuban migrants come ashore in Brac
(CNS): After a quiet year for Cuban migrant arrivals since the government introduced a speedier asylum application process, a second boat in a week arrived in local waters Friday carrying three Cuban men. The migrants were processed in line with Customs and Border Control Service process, officials said. The boat landed on Long Beach, Spot […]
Tip system raises concern for basic wage earners
(CNS): Some of Cayman’s lowest-paid workers have complained that employers using gratuities to top up wages to conform with the national minimum wage of $6 per hour are misusing the system. Hospitality employers, such as hotels and restaurants, are allowed to pay workers $4.50 per hour if they also receive at least $1.50 per hour […]
