Tag: Christmas
Premier claims Cayman now more resilient in Christmas message
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly claimed she had presided over a “remarkable educational journey this year” in her Christmas message to the country claiming that the government had built a stronger more resilient Cayman Islands and she was optimistic about the future for every child to reach their full potential. Meanwhile, the opposition leader Joey Hew […]
Local Christmas travellers to get $1,000 duty-free allowance
(CNS): Cayman residents travelling this Christmas will enjoy double the usual duty-free allowance on their shopping. Last week, Cabinet approved an order under the Customs Tariff Regulations to allow the temporary increase of the duty-free allowance for people returning home by air until 6 January. However, people who can’t afford to travel over Christmas and […]
Cabinet approves Christmas increase in duty free allowance
(CNS): Cabinet has approved a temporary increase in the duty free allowance for all residents for the holiday season. Anyone taking a shopping trip will be able to bring back CI$1,000 worth of goods through the airport before having to pay any duty on their purchases for all of December. This is double the usual CI$500 […]
Booze shops and bars to close Christmas Day
(CNS): The Liquor Licensing Board has said that bars and retail liquor stores will not be able to sell alcohol on Christmas Day. Only hotels and restaurants will be allow to sell liquor on Saturday, 25 December. All other licence holders, such as retail bar, retail nightclub, package, distributor and retail mobile, must abide by […]
A Welfare Christmas
The Ghost of Christmas Present writes: Christmas 2020 in Cayman will be like no other. Family from overseas will not be visiting, hotels will not be brimming with tourists grateful to feel a warm breeze in winter and, strangely, a vaccine will be on the wish list for many.
Holiday campaign begins to cut drunk-driving
(CNS): With the Cayman Islands’ statistics for crashes seemingly getting worse each year, the police have once again joined forces with Hurley’s Media and the National Drug Council to launch the annual road safety campaign. This is the 20th year that the RCIPS has teamed up with various entities to cut road crashes and stop […]
Queen reflects on tragedies in Christmas speech
(CNS): From The terrorist attacks in London and Manchester to the devastation in the Caribbean from hurricanes, Queen Elizabeth II recalled the tragedies of 2017 during her sixtieth televised Christmas speech. Alongside the bad news, however, the British and Commonwealth monarch also paid tribute to her husband, Prince Phillip, who recently retired from front line […]
McLaughlin ‘proud’ of Unity government
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has stated that not only is he proud of the work of his previous administration but he is also proud of the people in his new National Unity team despite the fact that he is sharing power with his former arch political rival, McKeeva Bush, and that two of his key […]
Ministers & MLAs deliver Christmas messages via CIGTV
(CNS): Several of the Cayman Islands legislators have taken to the government’s television station this year to send out their Christmas messages to constituents. Using CIGTV, ministers and MLAs from across the political divide wished the people well for the season and urged them to think of the less fortunate. The Cayman Islands Fire Service […]
Governor lauds Cayman’s generosity
(CNS): In her final Christmas Message to the people of the Cayman Islands as its governor, Helen Kilpatrick lauded the generosity of Caymanians. The UK’s representative commended Cayman’s support for its fellow overseas territories hit by dangerous hurricanes this season and said the “scale and variety of the charitable and voluntary work in the Cayman […]
Cops issue warning over Christmas crime
(CNS): The RCIPS is reminding the public to secure homes and valuables over the Christmas holidays, when crooks are at their most active. Issuing some holiday crime awareness and safety tips, the police urged residents to lock all entrance and interior doors as a general rule and to keep valuables and small electronics, such as […]
