Notwithstanding unprecedented challenges to the tourism market in the dawn of 2020, a positive trend of more visitors and greater occupancy rates continues as January stayover arrivals to the Cayman Islands went up by nearly four percent according to the Department of Tourism.
The MS Foundation of the Cayman Islands will host their 4th Annual “Pretty on the Outside” fundraiser this weekend, on Saturday 14th March. The cocktail gala style event will be held at Pedro St James, from 6pm onwards.
Venezuela’s next general election, scheduled for later this year, is in doubt after the electoral council said a fire in its main warehouse near the capital, Caracas, destroyed most of the voting machines held there.
Since the rapid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the classification of the virus as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, panic-buying has ensued, globally.
Persons suffering with sleep disorders now have treatment options available at the Health Services Authority (HSA) with the opening of a new dedicated sleep laboratory and the recruitment of a sleep medicine physician at the Cayman Islands Hospital.
Just before 3AM today, Sunday 15 March, police and other emergency services were dispatched to a report in Splendid View boulevard, North Side. It was reported that a man was stabbed and was unresponsive.
As a part of Government’s Coronavirus preparedness measures, the Ministry of Community Affairs has announced that existing Needs Assessment Unit (NAU) clients need not visit the agency’s offices to receive temporary assistance.
The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA), which owns and operates the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) and the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CKIA), has been closely monitoring the developments of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In addition to the closure of the Cayman Islands’ two international airports on Sunday, 22 March 2020 at 11:59PM, further business closures in the hospitality sector have been announced to continue the fight against coronavirus spreading throughout the islands.
With some sector of the economy scaling back in light of the coronavirus outbreak, the government is taking steps to minimise the effect on the transport sector.