2025年1月3日 · A ghost orchid in the Ironwood Forest in George Town (CNS): The draft national conservation amendment bill, published by the lame-duck UPM government on New Year's Eve, would, if passed fundamentally alter critical environmental protections that safeguard Cayman's natural resources and biodiversity with devastating …

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2025年1月9日 · DoE Director Gina Ebanks-Petrie (CNS): The minority UPM government did not consult scientists or technical experts at the Department of Environment when it drafted the controversial amendments to the National Conservation Act. Since publishing the amendment bill, there has been no comment from the sustainability minister, senior ministry officials or the premier on the proposed…

2025年1月24日 · CCMI researcher at work (CNS): The Central Caribbean Marine Institute, a non-profit conservation and research facility on Little Cayman, has said the proposed changes to the National Conservation Act could have "catastrophic and destructive implications for the environment". CCMI said in a release that the amendment bill paves the …

2025年1月10日 · Hell Gas Station, West Bay (CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has upheld both the robbery conviction and the 12-year sentence handed down in 2023 to Alvin Shaquille Ebanks, dismissing his in-person appeal because of what the court described as the copious evidence against him. In the ruling published last month, the court found…

2025年1月8日 · Original Post: RCIPS officers are out in force at Grand Harbour shopping plaza in response to what they said was a “suspicious occurrence”, and businesses in the areas, including the pharmacy, school and Hurley’s supermarket, have all been evacuated. The police were called to the scene at about 10:00am but have still not confirmed the nature of the situation.

2025年1月14日 · Local news in the Cayman Islands. (CNS): In response to a video of teenagers fighting in the middle of the Camana Bay shopping centre at the weekend that was circulated widely on social media, Dart’s property management team issued a statement asking parents not to leave children unsupervised there after shops and …

2025年1月6日 · CBC officer boards a migrant repatriation flight (file photo courtesy of the CBC) (CNS): The Cayman Islands Government returned a second group of Cuban migrants to Havana last month under revised legislation rolled out in 2023 that enables the CIG to process asylum claims very quickly and deport almost all of those who have landed…

2025年1月8日 · Elections Supervisor Wesley Howell (CNS): District registering officers are exercising heightened vigilance in reviewing and verifying voter registration and change of circumstances forms after a number of complaints were made about people intentionally or inadvertently submitting false information. The Elections Office said the complaints were in relation to people attempting to fraudulently ...

2025年1月2日 · 1 post published by Cayman News on January 2, 2025. (CNS): A spokesperson for the PPM has told CNS the party is standing by their position that the current minority government, which they see as merely a caretaker administration, should not be bringing any contentious pieces of legislation to parliament ahead of the election.