Tag: Cayman Brac
Drought fuels water demand on Cayman Brac
(CNS): A sustained period of dry weather and a decline in the water table on Cayman Brac appears to have caused a water shortage on the island that has led to unprecedented demand and has backed up deliveries for more than a week. Because of the increase in demand, over the past two to three […]
Burglars ransack Cayman Brac home
(CNS): Police on Cayman Brac are investigating a house burglary that took place in the afternoon or evening of 4 April at a house on Plover Crescent. The residence was last seen in good order at around 3:30pm, but when the residents returned home around 8:40 pm, their home had been broken into, ransacked and […]
Invasive species: The Rest of the Story
A Cayman Bracker writes: Of late, cats have become the convenient fall guys for the dangerous decline in the booby bird population on Cayman Brac. But we of the island who possess knowledge of the history of the island know better. The most significant threat to the birds’ survival comes from the activities of another […]
Feral cat cull underway near booby bird nests on Brac
(CNS): In response to the number of brown booby birds that have been killed recently on the southwest shoreline of Cayman Brac, the feral cat and rodent cull that began last week around the Lighthouse area on the Bluff in the eastern end of the island will be expanded to include this high-density pocket of […]
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 […]
