It will be one for the history books for Caribbean Carnivals worldwide, as Cayman’s national carnival, Batabano, launches its first ever Virtual Street Parade this Saturday May 9th in the Cayman Islands, featuring international Soca performers Marszville and 5Star Akil.
Even though CUC’s latest earnings results for the first quarter of this year were down slightly on the same quarter in 2019, they did not as yet reflect the full impact of the economic fallout caused by the Covid-19 corona virus.
Premier Alden McLaughlin is maintaining a firm stance on measures taken to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in the territory, especially the all-day hard curfew on Sundays and the closure of public beaches.
Canada reached a new grim milestone Monday, as the number of deaths from COVID-19 exceeded 5,100. Most of those deaths are in Quebec, where the number has reached 3,013, with a total of 38,469 cases by Tuesday.
Opposition leaders have rounded on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for sending out confusing and muddled advice that they claimed could cost lives as the government attempts to move away from the coronavirus lockdown.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt not only for its toll on public health across the world but increasingly in the supply and cost of good and services.
Despite bleak forecasts for the tourist sector hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, a regional bank is committed to the sector and “will continue to be active” in supporting the Caribbean tourism industry.
Just after 5AM on Thursday, 21 May, police officers were on patrol when they came upon a canoe in the Spotts Beach area of Shamrock Road. A search of the location was conducted and several packages were located and seized by police.
Artists and musicians are free spirits, and they don’t like restrictions, such as those brought by the COVID-19 rules. Painters of landscapes and seascapes, or photographers who like to catch the hustle of town scenes, are naturally going to feel restricted.
The Jamaican Honorary Consulate and the Governor’s Office have announced that the first repatriation flight to Jamaica has been authorised by the Jamaican Government for this Thursday, 4 June 2020.