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Cruise Port Referendum (CPR) is claiming a degree of success even though the Appeal Court on Thursday ruled in favour of the Cayman Islands Government(CIG) over the challenge to the planned cruise port project
Caymanian Times have decided to reactivate its weekly poll which only allows 1 vote per person within the Cayman Islands. This prevents multiple votes and the results are tabulated electronically on an overseas server which also prevents tampering.
Cayman Islands today recorded the 200th positive case of COVID-19 to have been found in the territory.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee, reports 623 COVID-19 tests carried out since Friday’s press conference
The CMO reports 451 COVID-19 tests carried out since Tuesday’s press conference of which one result detected SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease.
On Tuesday, Minister of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure Joey Hew made the announcement, the launch of the free Wifi hotspots coinciding with the easing of three-month shelter-in-place restrictions, which were officially lifted on Sunday, 21st June.
The Cayman Islands National Weather Service has advised that the Sahara dust plume now stretching across the Caribbean will support hazy conditions across the Cayman Islands over the next 24 hours.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee, reports 461 COVID-19 tests carried out since Friday’s press conference which all did not detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease.
Cayman’s mosquito problem has always increased around this time of year when the beginning of rainy season starts the breeding cycle, but anyone currently undertaking outdoor activity, especially in the morning and early evening, will know this year’s suffering seems worse than ever.
From Sunday, June 21st, a huge swathe of the remaining restrictions will be removed as the territory moves to the anxiously-awaited Level Two (Mild Suppression).
That’s just one level before the Level 1 All Clear, although indications are that might still be some way off.