Premier, and Minister for Sustainability and Climate Resiliency, Hon. Wayne Panton, accompanied by Chief Officer Jennifer Ahearn, made his first official visit to the three government departments under his ministry last week (Thursday, 29 April 2021).
In partnership with the Cayman Islands Government, the repatriation flight schedule has been confirmed for travel in June between Grand Cayman and Miami, Kingston, and La Ceiba.
Minister for Home Affairs, Youth, Sport, Culture and Heritage (HEYSC&H), Hon. Bernie Bush; and Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs), Mr. Isaac Rankine, took their first departmental familiarisation tour on Monday, 3 May 2021.
As from the beginning of June, The Dart-owned Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman will be temporarily shutting its doors to the local staycation customer-base it had cultivated since Cayman closed its borders to the resort’s usual high-end jet setters.
The Miss Cayman Islands Universe Committee at its first in-person meeting at the Government Admin Building since January 2020.
Cayman’s utilities regulator, the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) has issued a statement saying it was deeply concerned about what they say are “unsubstantiated comments” made by a licensee in some local newspapers concerning its position on the National Energy Policy goals....
More than 200 students pursuing diplomas or certificates at the University College of the Cayman Islands were honoured during commencement exercises Saturday evening. The event was live streamed on several social media platforms.
In order to meet Cayman’s energy policy requirement that 70 per cent of electricity should come from renewable sources, Cayman’s power company is having to look at innovative ways to help people store electricity at home if they have generated it via solar or similar power.
The Mosquito Research & Control Unit (MRCU) informs the community that recent high tides, which started on 3 April, have caused flooding in the mangrove breeding areas of the Black Salt Marsh Mosquito (Aedes taeniorhynchus).
The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is hosting the following events to mark Child Month during May.