On Friday 19th August, teachers across the sister islands congregated at the auditorium of the Layman E Scott Senior High School on Cayman Brac for the annual back to school conference.
Across the Cayman Islands, entertainment has been returning in various ways that residents have embraced as a necessary part of the country’s phased return to normalcy following the COVID-19 lockdown.
The Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) is seeking input on its draft administrative determination on its final set of Proposed Consumer Protection Regulations (Fuels sector).
Employees of Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) have agreed to help those less fortunate in the Grand Cayman community. The employees have authorised for monthly deductions from their salaries to be donated to the Needs Assessment Unit (NAU).
The Population and Housing Census for 2020 conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) initially scheduled for October 2020 has been postponed to October 2021. The exact date in 2021 is yet to be decided.
Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee said with Cayman having screened around half of the population and no evidence found of COVID-19 spreading in the community, the regulations on mask-wearing and social distancing are now being eased.
Electricity bills will continue at their lower-than-normal rate for the remainder of the year. Power company, Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) and OfReg, the energy and utilities regulator, have reached agreement on keeping electricity rates at their current reduced level.
A purple Honda Fit was travelling along Hirst Road in the direction of North Sound Estates, when a black pickup truck exited Moonbeam Drive onto the roadway, causing the driver of the purple Honda Fit to swerve in order to avoid a collision with the pickup truck
On Saturday, 15 August, the RCIPS Community Policing Unit began a series of fundraising efforts for Primary Schools across the Cayman Islands, starting with George Town Primary School.
On Tuesday August 18, 2020, Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) successfully completed a scheduled maintenance flight for its second Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, VP-CIX.