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-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Advertising Rates Comment Policy Sign up for CNS Newsletter Donate Comments Posts Home Politics Crime Local News Health Science & Nature World News Viewpoint About CNS Viewpoints 2021 Election Section CNS Archives News Archives 2008-2014 Local Life Ask Auntie Golden Spoons Restaurant Reviews CNS Business 2015-2017 2017 Elections CNS Library Contact Us Featured Articles NCC’s ability to stop bad developments challenged (CNS): The Planning Appeals Tribunal has returned for reconsideration an application that was declined by the Central Planning Authority after finding that the refusal was wrong because of questions over whether the Department of Environment is legally able to direct that board on behalf of the National Conservation Council without an explicit signed order for […] Continue Reading Election returns reveal few political donors (CNS): The candidates’ financial returns only reveal a snapshot of who gave what to whom during the recent election campaign. The ‘Alliance’, a combination of the Progressives and four independent candidates, reported the most income from larger donors but only cash payments of $5,000 or more have to be declared. The returns show that the […] Continue Reading Recent Articles 569 more people step up for vaccine Cayman News | 02/06/2021 | 26 Comments (CNS): With just one more week left for people to take their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so that they can have the second dose before the current batch expires, officials confirmed that another 569 people have received their first shot. This brings the total to 44,691, or an estimated 69% of the total […] Continue Reading JGHS climbs up inspection ranks Cayman News | 02/06/2021 | 22 Comments (CNS): For the first time since the baseline inspections report published in 2015, which found that all government schools were under-performing, largely as a result of the poor quality of teaching, the John Gray High School has achieved a ‘good’ grade in its latest inspection. The school moved up the education ranking in every category […] Continue Reading Divers could be spreading fatal coral disease Cayman News | 02/06/2021 | 32 Comments (CNS): The deadly Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease has until very recently been advancing in a uniform path, but with reports of it appearing in random unconnected sites, the Department of Environment is now worried that divers and boat operators may unwittingly be spreading the disease. This latest fatal coral disease was first spotted in […] Continue Reading More vaccines coming after successful drive Cayman News | 01/06/2021 | 100 Comments (CNS): Government officials have now confirmed that after the successful vaccination drive, the supplies sent from the UK will be used before their expiration date. As of Tuesday, 44,122 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is equal to 68% of the estimated population, while 59% have had both doses. […] Continue Reading Captain hurt as boats collide off Magellan Quay Cayman News | 01/06/2021 | 52 Comments (CNS): Three people aboard a fishing boat were turfed into the water and the captain was injured after a collision with a sail boat on Monday night at around 9:40pm in the Governor’s Harbour area off Magellan Quay, in West Bay. While all three people from the fishing vessel made it back to shore, the […] Continue Reading Two men badly injured in fight at WB booze shop Cayman News | 01/06/2021 (CNS): Two West Bay men both ended up in hospital on Monday evening following a violent dispute outside Pop-A-Top liquor store on Powell Smith Road, literally yards from the local police station. One of the men was stabbed and the one hit with a glass bottle. Police said they both sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries […] Continue Reading Dump EIA will take one year to complete Cayman News | 01/06/2021 | 32 Comments (CNS): The environmental impact assessment covering the build-out of the nine elements on the current George Town landfill site that will make up the country’s future waste-management facility will take about one year to complete. According to the Terms of Reference document for the EIA, which was released on Monday, it will examine all of […] Continue Reading New and renewed work permits face vaccine condition Cayman News | 01/06/2021 | 238 Comments (CNS): Government appears to be planning to introduce a compulsory vaccine requirement for future overseas work permit holders and for those wanting to have their permit renewed. It is also looking at a reduction in the quarantine period for travellers who have had a full vaccination course and a negative test on arrival. But borders […] Continue Reading Traffic cops called to 20 crashes over weekend Cayman News | 01/06/2021 | 30 Comments (CNS): As a new police road safety campaign began this weekend, traffic officers were called to deal with twenty road collisions and issued over 30 tickets, mostly for speeding, and arrested nine people for drinking and driving. The RCIPS launched Operation Quaker on Friday, 28 May, in response to the recent road fatalities and serious […] Continue Reading All quiet in Atlantic as 2021 storm season opens Cayman News | 01/06/2021 | 2 Comments (CNS): Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center in Miami are predicting a 60% chance of an above-normal season for the Atlantic in 2021 with as many as 20 storms. But the experts do not anticipate the historic level of storm activity seen in 2020, which was the most active season in over 170 years. The veteran […] Continue Reading Political financing ready for reform Cayman News | 01/06/2021 | 16 Comments (CNS): The team of domestic observers has now published the full report on the 2021 General Elections and has made a list of recommendations, one of which is the need for “comprehensive reform” of campaign financing. The local team was appointed because the COVID-19 pandemic prevented independent overseas observers from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association being […] Continue Reading Next Page » Most emotional posts on CNS over past week CITA: Cayman needs summer opening plan now New and renewed work permits face vaccine condition West Bayers fear loss of Barkers Beach CIFA fined, president banned over ‘misconduct’ More vaccines coming after successful drive Favourite comments over past week People have had their chance to get the vaccine, i... ( 134 / 18 ) July open the borders to vaccinated people going ... ( 121 / 23 ) 66 is close enough to 70. Open the doors! ( 93 / 32 ) Enough of the hand wringing, it is all self inflic... ( 87 / 3 ) How about operating 24/7/365 until all the idiots ... ( 83 / 3 ) Kel is a law unto himself and causes more harm to ... ( 82 / 7 ) The government is silent on the issue. They will l... ( 82 / 14 ) Obviously, this clearly shows the government has n... 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