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Fossil fuel extraction threatens Africa’s remaining elephants
Destructive oil drilling, fracking and new roads are coming to a UNESCO World Heritage site, putting endangered elephants at even greater risk. By Tzeporah Berman and Ina-Maria Shikongo / Independent Media Institute The growingglobal outcry against the destruction caused by the oil…
Cayman: COVID-19 Update – 15 March, 57 NEW Positives (13-14 Mar)
Public Health has released COVID-19 figures for 15 March 2022 Positive cases reported to Public Health during this period are currently as follows: 13/03/2022 24 14/03/2022 33 There are 479 estimated active cases of COVID-19 in the Cayman Islands. Five…
Brac teams sweep at SeaPerch
Cayman Brac teams sweep the board at SeaPerch underwater robotics competition Grand Cayman, 15 March 2022: Teams from Cayman Brac’s Layman E. Scott High School took first and second places in both middle- and high-school divisions of this year’s Minds…
Statement on Privy Council Judgement of the Day and Bodden Bush Appeal
On 14 March 2022, the Judicial Committee of the UK Privy Council (“The Privy Council”) delivered its decision on the issue of same sex marriage in the Cayman Islands. The Privy Council dismissed the appeal, brought by Ms Chantelle Day…
Cayman Islands Government Net Assets Reach CI$2 Billion
Grand Cayman, 15 March 2022 – Earlier today (Tuesday, 15 March) Deputy Premier and Minister for Finance & Economic Development, Hon. Chris Saunders, presented the Cayman Islands Government’s unaudited financial report for the two-month period ended 28 February 2022 to Cabinet….
Cayman Traffic Advisory: Elgin Avenue Road Works, 17 March
From RCIPS In order to facilitate the installation of underground CUC ducts in the area, a section of the eastbound lane of Elgin Avenue, between Claude Hill Road and the CNB Roundabout, will be closed on Thursday, 17 March, from 9:30AM to 3:30PM….
Judge Dweynie Paul tells of COVID-19 impact on Court
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Haitian American Judge Dweynie Esther Paul, a Kings County (Brooklyn) civil court judge, tells of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the New York court system. Judge Paul, who, in 2015, became…
Jamaica to name a highway after singer Harry Belafonte
By Azad Ali From Caribbean Life Jamaica Prime Minister, Andrew Holness has announced that one of the country’s highways will be named in honor of the renowned singer, civil rights activists and actor, Harry Belafonte. Holness made the announcement on March…
Cayman: Pension Holiday gets final extension to June 2022
From the Department of Labour & Pensions and the Ministry of Border Control & Labour Grand Cayman, 15 March 2022 – By way of Cabinet Order, in accordance with section 1(3) of the National Pensions (Amendment) Act 2020, the national pension holiday…
Opinion: Putin is a War Criminal!
By Nathan J Green Vladimir Putin is a fascist thug of the same class as any low-class without morals or humanity Nazi. In 1994, Russia signed a treaty with Ukraine promising its sovereignty and protection from war and nuclear attack…
