Tag: Liquor Licensing Board
Booze sales banned on Good Friday except in hotels
(CNS): Liquor licence holders are being reminded that music, dancing and the sale of alcohol are all banned on Good Friday in most bars. Only hotels and restaurants with an appropriate licence are exempt. Liquor stores will also be closed on Good Friday, while grocery shops and gas stations with liquor licences are not permitted […]
Liquor board allows bar extension for NYE
(CNS): The Liquor Licensing Board has confirmed that valid licence holders will be granted an extension beyond regular closing times on New Year’s Eve. The celebrations fall on a Sunday night this year, but bars and nightclubs will be able to stay open past their regular hours into Monday morning. At a recent meeting, the […]
Bars and clubs get reprieve for NYE
(CNS): After an enforced early closing time for bars and clubs over the last few weeks, government officials have revealed that they will be able to open until later on Fridays, starting with New Year’s Eve. Liquor licence holders in the category of retail bars are permitted to open until 2am on Friday nights only, […]
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 […]
Late night hot-spot struggles with drunks
(CNS): The manager of Bananas Bar has admitted that she and her team are struggling with drunken would-be patrons converging at their location early in the morning, as they are one of the few very late night spots in George Town. During the annual meeting of the Liquor Licensing Board on Monday, the police pointed […]
New Sunday booze rules confirmed
(CNS): Following the annual Liquor Licensing Board meeting last month and the amendments to the law regarding alcohol sales, the government has now gazetted the new permitted hours during which licensees can trade, depending on their type licence. The biggest change is that licensed premises covered by package licences, such as liquor stores, convenience shops and […]
Balboa Beach makes booze bid
(CNS): The new package liquor licence, designed to give clarity to the business of selling alcohol on Sundays, has seen applications from a variety of retail establishments and new ventures in the Cayman Islands, including plans to sell booze to tourists on the Balboa Beach site in George Town harbour. The small, developed commercial beach […]
Booze sale law changes now in effect
(CNS): Amendments to the Liquor Licensing Law passed by the Legislative Assembly earlier this year went into effect this week, and officials hope they will clear up some of the ambiguities relating to the sale of liquor at bars, hotels, restaurants and stores and by mobile licensees, private caterers and at special events. The changes include […]
Booze and music laws face major overhaul
(CNS): Commerce Minister Joey Hew has signalled his intention to overhaul the laws that govern both the sale of alcohol and the prohibition of live music at licensed premises on Sundays. Hew brought minor amendments to the legislation to the Legislative Assembly last month, paving the way for alcohol sales at liquor stores on Sunday […]
Booze board levels field for Sunday sales
(CNS): The Liquor Licensing Board has settled what became almost a year-long debate about whether or not gas stations can sell alcohol on Sundays in the wake of an error by the previous chair. The board has now paved the way for all gas stations, as well as liquor stores, to apply for a retail […]
Premier calls out ex booze board chair
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has described the behaviour of Woody DaCosta, the former acting chair of the Liquor Licensing Board, as “terrible” and accused him of fabricating minutes and manufacturing a meeting that did not occur. During a debate in the Legislative Assembly on a government motion to indemnify the members of that board, the […]
