The Northern Caribbean Islands should brace themselves for a potential tropical storm passing the region this week. Gusty winds and heavy rain were spreading across the Leeward Islands on Wednesday as a tropical disturbance started to develop into Tropical Storm Isaias.
The Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly on Wednesday rejected a proposed Domestic Partnership Law by a narrow but yet telling 9-8 vote, despite a passionate appeal by Premier Alden McLaughlin.
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) hosted the 31st staging of the Company’s Long Service Awards Ceremony virtually on Thursday, July 9, 2020. With social distance restrictions and concerns for safety, CUC redirected the award ceremony to an online venue using Microsoft Teams.
The CI Little League suspended all games in mid March due to the global pandemic and local restrictions. After more than four months off, the Girls Softball league was finally able to resume games on Saturday, July 25th, with Scotiabank using a well-balanced attack to outslug Coldwell Banker 19-9.
The Cayman Islands Blood Bank announces it will resume full operations at the Cayman Islands Hospital as it closes its temporary off-site location at the Cayman Islands Red Cross building on Huldah Avenue on 1 August.
On Wednesday, 22 July, RCIPS officers on patrol in West bay recovered a number of packages of ganja from a beach in the vicinity of Conch Point Road. Thirty packages, containing approximately 750lbs of ganja were recovered, and have been examined.
Just after 2:15AM on Friday morning, police were informed of a collision that took place on Spots Bay Road, Little Cayman where a pick-up truck is believed to have veered off the roadway and collided with a tree.
In recent months the RCIPS has become aware of at least two possible scams circulating inviting Cayman residents to apply for Government grants, while requesting a cash deposit of approximately CI $100-125, along with personal ID details, to process these claims.
The future of the Cayman Islands agency charged with regulating the jurisdiction’s water, electricity, fuel and telecommunications sectors hangs in the balance. But that balance doesn’t oscillate between whether Ofreg is scrapped or continues to operate.
Lidiya Ivanova and Baron Jacob announce the launch of their boutique travel agency, Barefoot Journeys, based in Grand Cayman and operating virtually for the time being.