COVID-19 Update for Thursday, 16 April 2020 – 1 positive result – curfew orders extended
· Commissioner of Police announced a new hard curfew order effective from 7 p.m. on Friday, 17 April until 5 a.m. on Friday, 1 May 2020. · Soft curfew or “shelter-in-place” order is also extended, with an extension of hours permitted to…
IMF/ IMFC Press Conference
April 16 2020 IMFC calls on private creditors to join debt standstill The IMFC, the IMF’s governing body, underscored the importance of the Fund in fighting the economic crisis caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. At a virtual press briefing during…
Cayman Code Academy announces live remote instruction & launches financial assistance programme
Expert-led online software development courses and financial assistance funds are now available to help jobseekers gain valuable remote technology work skills. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (15 April 2020) – Cayman Code Academy (CCA) and internationally recognised coding academy, Code Fellows, are facilitating full-time remote…
Cayman: West Bay man charged with ten offenses
Just before 8AM on Friday 10 April, officers were on patrol when they stopped a silver Honda Accord at the junction of West Church Street and Town Hall Road in West Bay. The vehicle was not bearing any license plates…
UPDATE: NO NEW CASES April 17th!! Local coronavirus cases rises by 1 to 61 positive today April 16th.
NO NEW CASES REPORTED AT TODAY’S PRESS BRIEFING (17) One more case found positive of coronavirus today (16). This brings the number of coronavirus victims in the Cayman Islands to sixty-one. One of these is located on Cayman Brac. All…
Cayman: CDS – Free quiz tomorrow night & new term begins!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND – We have another movie and theatre quiz night scheduled for tomorrow, Friday 17th April, at 8pm over on our Facebook page. Click here and hopefully we can see you then! We have changed our format slightly, due…
Dogs may sniff out coronavirus carriers
From Newsmax Finding virus carriers—especially those with no symptoms—is among the biggest hurdles to addressing the pandemic. But what if dogs can do that? Scientists in London say that dogs could in fact revolutionize the hunt for Covid-19 by sniffing out subtle…
Peter Navarro: WHO has ‘Blood on Their Hands’
By James Devaney From Newsmax The World Health Organization has “blood on their hands” over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its early denial that the virus could not be spread between people, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said….
Jamaica now has 125 Confirmed Cases -UPDATE: 18 Additional COVID-19 Cases, Tally Up To 143
UPDATE From Jamaica Gleaner – Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is reporting that there have been an additional 18 confirmed coronavirus cases in Jamaica, pushing the tally to 143. Five of the new cases are males and 13 are…
Coronavirus: 668 infected on French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
From BBC A third of the sailors serving with France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle – 668 out of nearly 2,000 – are infected with coronavirus. Nearly all are on the carrier itself, the navy says. An escorting frigate and…

















