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Expats enjoy Cayman life more than locals
(CNS): The second biannual Cayman Islands Quality of Life survey found that expatriates appear to be enjoying their life here more than Caymanians, though the overall score was 0.7% less than the first results assessed in the spring of 2024. The...

ProKidney Stock Skyrockets After Breakthrough Kidney Disease Trial Results
Listen up, folks, because the market’s buzzing with excitement today, and one stock is stealing the show! ProKidney Corp. (NASDAQ: PROK) is lighting up the trading boards with a jaw-dropping gain as of this writing, and it’s all thanks to some...

Quality of Life scored Satisfaction in the Cayman Islands at 82.9%
The Cayman Islands’ Quality of Life (QOL) was assessed through a comprehensive survey, with the score standing at 82.9%. This represents a slight decrease of 0.7% from Spring 2024. The overall QOL score for Caymanians was 81.8%. The most...

Rotary Central Cayman Islands Donates State-of-the-Art Mobile Blood Collection Unit to Health Services Authority
In a major step toward enhancing national blood security and access to lifesaving care, Rotary Central Cayman Islands officially handed over a Mobile Blood Collection Unit to the Health Services Authority (HSA) Cayman Islands Blood Bank at a...

Cayman Islands: Authorities urge vigilance after Bodden Town house explosion
Police are urging residents to remain vigilant in the wake of a house explosion that occurred Friday evening in the Look Out Gardens area of Bodden Town. At approximately 7:00pm on July 4, emergency services, including police, fire, and ambulance,...

Cayman: Police Respond to House Explosion in Bodden Town
From RCIPS At approximately 7:00 PM on Friday, 4 July, emergency services – including police, fire, and ambulance, were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communications Centre to reports of a house explosion in the Look Out Gardens area of Bodden Town. A...

Cayman: DEH Operations on Constitution Day 2025 – Monday July 7
By: Yolanda Morales-Carvalho The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is advising the public of the early closure of the George Town Landfill operation on Monday, July 7, 2025, in observance of Constitution Day. The George Town Landfill will...
Cayman’s economy expanded by an estimated 3.3% in the first nine months of 2024
From Cayman Islands Economics & Statistics Office (ESO). The first quarter inflation rate was 1.8 percent, and among the main contributors was a 9.7 percent rise in the education index. The main contributors to the increase in the education index...

Police investigating report of sex crime at hospital
(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that it received a report of gross indecency that happened at the HSA hospital’s Mental Health Unit, which is now under investigation. CNS understands this relates to a male patient exposing himself to a teenage girl...

ESO Media Release: Quality of Life scored Satisfaction in the Cayman Islands at 82.9%
The Cayman Islands’ Quality of Life (QOL) was assessed through a comprehensive survey, with the score standing at 82.9%. This represents a slight decrease of 0.7% from Spring 2024. The overall QOL score for Caymanians was 81.8%. The most...

Tokio Marine subsidiary WorldTrips announces leadership change
Tokio Marine HCC, headquartered in Houston, Texas, has announced a leadership change at its subsidiary WorldTrips, a travel insurance provider, effective 1 July 2025. Mark Carney, who has served as WorldTrips’ CEO, will take on the role of...

CASSA Jnr Championships in Cayman Islands
Louis DaSilva and Avery Arjoon win Gold in mixed Doubles LOUIS DaSilva and Avery Arjoon won Gold in the mixed doubles at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships in the Cayman Islands on Wednesday Evening. Playing at South...

CCMI RELEASES 2024 HEALTHY REEFS REPORT CARD
Little Cayman, Cayman Islands; 4th July 2025 – The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) has just released the 2024 Healthy Reefs report card, which visualises the results of CCMI’s annual monitoring programme for 2024, the first year of...

Moody’s Reaffirms Cayman’s Aa3 Ratings
Hon. Rolston Anglin, Minister for Finance & Economic Development Hon. Rolston Anglin said, “The reaffirmation of our credit rating as well as the ongoing ‘stable’ economic outlook is testament not only to our Islands’ political stability, the...

Cayman Chamber of Commerce Community Calendar JULY 2025
Community Calendar – 30 July 2025 – For Immediate Release Training 8 July – Immigration: Work Permits (BVP’s, TWP’s and RERC’s) Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: Unit 4-107, Governors Square, Seven Mile Beach. You will learn: the full range of...

Man Charged with Murder in Relation to Cayman Brac Toddler Case
From RCIPS UPDATE (2 July, 2025): The man, age 33, residing in Bodden Town, who was arrested on 11 December, 2024, has been formally charged with Murder and Abduction, in relation to the death of two-year-old Alissady Powell, whose body was found...

Little Cayman reefs decimated by bleaching
(CNS): The coral cover on Little Cayman’s reefs has dropped to the lowest since monitoring began more than half a century ago, according to the recently published 2024 Healthy Reefs Report Card, compiled by the Central Caribbean Marine Institute....

PHOTOS: Celebrity Xcel debuts four new spaces
Celebrity Cruises reveals four brand new venues, creating even more ways to restore and explore while on vacation on Celebrity Xcel. “Celebrity Xcel will set sail with seven new elevated experiences that invite guests to escape their daily routine...

BVIHSA takes steps to increase healthcare salaries
in All News / By: BVI News on July 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM / The British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is taking steps to improve salaries in the local healthcare sector. The Authority has awarded a contract to Ernst & Young Cayman...

Year began with inflation running at 1.8%
(CNS): The Economics and Statistics Office has said that inflation was running at 1.8% during the first quarter of this year, largely as a result of the increase in fees for pre-school and primary education. The cost of vehicles pushed up...