The Cayman Islands has experienced an alarming rate of suicide over the years. The decriminalisation of suicide was an important milestone for the Alex Panton Foundation (APF) and our community and has encouraged further dialogue on suicide prevention and mental health.
The new year 2022 has dawned with the COVID-19 pandemic set to dominate the global news agenda for the year ahead.
‘If anyone can, then a Caymanian can’ seems to be the motto driving many of our readers’ outlook for 2022.
ust before midnight yesterday, 2nd January, police was dispatched to a report of a stabbing that took place at the Everglo Bar on Seymour Drive, George Town where a man was said to have received several stab wounds during an altercation involving another man.
Missing Women and Infant Located, 31 December
Karen Vanessa Osegura and her daughter, who were reported missing yesterday, Thursday, 30 December, have been located and both appear to be in good health.
The RCIPS thanks the public for their assistance in this matter.
Hon. Premier Wayne Panton has congratulated his immediate predecessor Hon. Alden McLaughlin upon the receipt of his knighthood conferred by Her Majesty the Queen, calling it “a day of celebration and great pride for all Caymanians”.
Former Premier Alden McLaughlin has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year’s Honour List conferred by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Chief Medical Officer (Interim) Dr. Autilia Newton reported 137 new cases of COVID-19, nine in travellers and 128 from the community on Friday, 31 December
Karen Vanessa Osegura-Bodden, age 39, a Caymanian of Honduran origin, last known to reside at 15 Greenwood Drive, George Town, was reported missing yesterday, 30 December, by a relative and has not returned home or been located since.
It’s been quite a busy Christmas period for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) as well as for Customs and Border Control (CBC).