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George Town Hospital (CNS): With many local people still either uninsured or under-insured, the government's healthcare bill is climbing while the local health insurance sector continues to make a profit as companies cherrypick their customers. Earlier this month, Cabinet approved another CI$13.5 million of public cash to cover healthcare costs this year for indigents and…

(CNS): Police believe there are at least four separate groups or individuals currently committing robberies in the Cayman Islands, and RCIPS officials told CNS that there is no evidence the people involved are from overseas or have international crime connections. There have been 30 robberies so far this year and twelve suspects have been arrested.…

(L-R) Resilience Cayman Chairperson Jan Gupta, Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency Chief Officer Jennifer Ahearn, Premier Wayne Panton and Senior Policy Advisor (Energy) Kristen Smith. (CNS): Caymanian homeowners with a household income of $4,000 or less per month are being offered free energy efficiency upgrades to their properties to help them cut costly power…

Grand Cayman, 11 July 2023 -- The Ministry of Sustainability & Climate Resiliency is launching a new programme to provide energy efficiency retrofits for eligib

Cabinet meets with Police Commissioner Derek Bryne on Friday to discuss response to crime wave (click to enlarge) (CNS): Cabinet members and Governor Jane Owen met with Commissioner of Police Derek Byrne on Friday to discuss the police response to the recent spike in crime, particularly armed robberies, and were told that the RCIPS plan…

Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart addresses the issue of crime (CNS): The opposition leader has said a PPM government would invest more in law enforcement, rehabilitation and youth prevention programmes in order to fight rising crime. In a video message delivered Thursday, just before another three robberies that night, Roy McTaggart criticised the PACT Government and…

Plastic Free Cayman volunteers (CNS): During a meeting on 29 June, Cabinet approved the issuing of draft instructions for a prohibition order under the Customs and Border Control Act on importing some single-use plastics into Cayman. This was noted in the brief summary of the weekly meeting of the government's inner circle, but the details…

Electoral Boundary Commission (L-R) Adrianne Webb, Lisa Handley, PhD (chair) and Steve McField (file photo from 2015) (CNS): The 2023 Electoral Boundary Commission has unveiled its proposed new election maps impacting 15 constituencies, including the Sister Islands, where the dividing line on Cayman Brac has been moved slightly. But the commissioners have not crossed district…

Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart and Alden McLaughlin MP (CNS): McKeeva Bush is threatening to expose politicians that he claims have beaten women, as he berated the opposition leader and accused the women he has allegedly assaulted of exaggerating. After Roy McTaggart's call for the West Bay MP to be removed from the Public Accounts Committee,…

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