Tag: Cayman Brac
More brown booby birds killed on Cayman Brac
(CNS): The bodies of two brown booby adults and one chick were found on Cayman Brac last weekend and were likely killed by cats, according to the Department of Environment. The news comes on the heels of a report last week outlining the grim circumstances of the brown booby colony on the island. During the […]
Breakdowns and crashes delay Brac garbage collection
(CNS): The Department of Environmental Health is apologising to Cayman Brac residents over delays to garbage collection services due to a series of mechanical truck failures and a collision involving a loaded garbage truck earlier this month. The Department of Public Works (DPW) is making the necessary repairs, but the vehicle downtime resulted in a […]
Future ‘grim’ for brown booby, DoE warns
(CNS): Survey results of the 2022 nesting season for Cayman Brac’s brown booby colony are grim, the Department of Environment has warned after finding a staggering 70% of the eggs laid by the nesting pairs last year were lost. Of the 42 eggs identified during the season, only 13 fledged successfully. Many of the eggs […]
Brac residents quick to help police after robbery
(CNS): Chief Inspector Malcolm Kay has said policing on Cayman Brac is made easier by the support given to his team of officers from the people in the community, who show none of the reluctance when it comes to giving information to police as is sometimes the case on Grand Cayman. Speaking to CNS in […]
Brac robbery suspect arrested Christmas Eve
(CNS): A 40-year-old man currently residing on Cayman Brac was arrested on the morning of Christmas Eve (24 December) after a team of firearms officers conducted an operation on the Brac with the help of the police helicopter and local officers from the Sister Islands. Police said the man was arrested on suspicion of robbery […]
Armed robbery spike spreads to Cayman Brac
(CNS): In what may be the first armed robbery of a bar on Cayman Brac, a masked man, armed with a machete, entered Pat’s Kitchen and Bar on West End East Road shortly before midnight on Thursday night, 22 December. According to the RCIPS, the man took a quantity of cash from the register, along […]
Imported dengue case on Brac but no local spread
(CNS): The Public Health Department has confirmed one case of dengue fever on Cayman Brac in an individual who had travelled from a country where the virus is common but said there had been no local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus. Although there was one previous case in August, PHD said there had been no […]
Twelve Cuban migrants come ashore on Cayman Brac
(CNS): One woman and eleven men from Cuba have disembarked from a vessel in Cayman Brac, officials from the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirmed Wednesday evening. The boat arrived in local waters at around 11:15am and the migrants came ashore. CBC did not say what caused the group to end their […]
Cocaine washes up on Cayman Brac shore
(CNS): The police collected an undisclosed quantity of cocaine on Saturday after “a number of packages” washed up on the shoreline in the Bight area of Cayman Brac. The packages were recovered at around 7:30pm, after which officers conducted an extensive search in the area and maintained watch on the location until the police helicopter […]
Brown boobies could disappear from the Brac
(CNS): The colony of brown boobies on Cayman Brac is declining and could disappear altogether if they are not protected. These striking seabirds, which are declining in numbers worldwide, are found across the region but only on the Brac in the Cayman Islands. They are among the bird species under threat locally and included in […]
Cops bust Brac man over forged notes and drugs
(CNS): A resident on Cayman Brac was arrested yesterday, for uttering a forged note and various drug offences after he tried to use a fake $100 bill at two places on the island. Police said that they were called to one of the businesses where the man had attempted to use the counterfeit bill and […]
