Cayman’s only public school for special needs children, The Lighthouse School, was recently awarded a ‘good’ rating by the Office of Education Standards (OES) and, as a result, the Ministry of Education held a special celebratory assembly at the school last Thursday.
What the Health Services Authority (HSA) described as “a small number of staff” have been isolated due to potential exposure to a COVID-19 positive patient at the hospital said to be “highly symptomatic”.
The Government of Anguilla reports that it has secured the support of the UK government, with an additional £2m (US$3m) in new funding for what it called ‘economic resilience projects’.
The recent census in St Helena has put the mid-Atlantic territory’s population at 4,439. The majority, 4,114 are St Helenian.
The Turks and Caicos government says it’s in negotiations with Carnival Cruise Line with the expectation that the cruise line will resume calls by autumn this year.
The British Virgin Islands has further eased entry requirements to the territory with fully vaccinated travellers now no longer requiring an entry test and quarantine.
The Bermuda government is defending its tough stance on compulsory vaccination for cruise ship passengers despite one major cruise line taking the territory off its ports of call as a result.
At a meeting in George Town Primary School Hall on Thursday, 17 June 2021, over 130 persons heard all about the criteria for being chosen as the workers who will conduct Census 2021 later this year.
Shortly after 10:30PM yesterday, 16 June, officers responded to a report of a serious assault at an address on Patrick's Avenue, George Town.
Just after 5AM on Thursday, 17 June, police carried out a search at a residence in the West Bay District. During the search officers found a quantity of ganja and ganja plants. No arrests were made in relation to the drugs, however inquiries are ongoing.