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 Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee, reports 127 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since this was last reported on Tuesday, 24 August. All were negative.
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.
“Cayman is probably in the most enviable position in the world when it comes to managing COVID-19 pandemic.”
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.
Head of the Governor’s Office, Matthew Forbes OBE, his wife Lydia and son Will, will leave the Cayman Islands on 28 August, at the end of a 4 year tour of duty on our Islands. Matthew will be returning to London on a home posting.
The newest clutch of Grand Cayman’s iconic, yet endangered, blue iguanas are hatching at the Blue Iguana Conservation (BIC) facility.