Cayman: In Parliament Today – Summary for 15 October 2025

he First Sitting of the Second Meeting of the 2025-2026 Parliamentary Session commenced on Wednesday, 15 October at 2:00 pm. Speaker of the House of Parliament Honourable Ezzard Miller recognised 21 top-performing students from high schools across...

South Carolina parents charged after toddler's overdose prompts investigation

South Carolina parents charged with neglect after child’s overdose, deputies say WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES. YOUR TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

Woman pinned under ATV dies at Carolina Adventure World, coroner says

Woman dies in ATV accident at Carolina Adventure World in South Carolina, coroner says WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES. YOUR TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – October 20, 2025- Cayman’s Monique Hamaty-Simmonds featured

All Aboard: San Juan welcomes cruise community The countdown is over — tomorrow the FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show kicks off in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Today, delegates from across the Caribbean, Latin America, the United States and beyond are...

National Trust buys more land to protect bird sanctuary

(CNS): Following a successful fundraising campaign, the National Trust for the Cayman Islands has been able to buy more land around the Malportas Pond Bird Sanctuary in North Side to expand and preserve this important habitat, which provides a...

Miss Universe Cayman Islands’ Fight Against Global Hunger

Miss Universe Cayman Islands Tahiti Moorea Seymour- official headshot Miss Universe Organization As morning light filters through the clouds over Hong Kong’s Chai Wan district, Miss Universe Cayman—Tahiti Moorea Seymour—walks between rows of green...

Crowd attacks driver after a woman knocked down in EE

(CNS): Two women ended up in hospital on Saturday night with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening after a pedestrian was knocked down in East End. A woman who was driving a Honda Fit hit a pedestrian at about 9:30pm on Sea View Road, by...

Auditor General seeks public views on the George Town Revitalisation Initiative

The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is currently conducting a performance audit of the George Town Revitalisation Initiative (GTRI). As part of the audit, the OAG is inviting members of the public and local businesses to share their views...

George Town, Grand Cayman Is Getting Its First Luxury Hotel

George Town has always been the beating heart of Cayman Islands — a compact waterfront capital defined by its financial core, lively harbor and its role as the island’s front door. But it’s never really been a place to stay. That’s about to...

Cayman: First Major AI Seminar to Feature Local and International Expert Speakers

Tamsin Deasey-Weinstein GRAND CAYMAN, October 13th 2025 — The Cayman Islands Financial Services Institute (FSI) will host its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) seminar on Thursday, 30 October at Hotel Indigo, Grand Cayman from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.,...

Publisher’s Platform: Public Health — See the Evil, Hear the Evil, Speak no Evil

— OPINION — In what has become a far too common and troubling occurrence, another whole genome sequenced (WGS) patient — one of the 61 confirmed sick in June 2024 — has come forward long after the outbreak was deemed over and without the benefit...

Dealers jailed 9½ years for importing fentanyl pills

(CNS): Renae Hamilton (35) and Dorman Dowaine Salmon (39), who were convicted in April of importing 51 fentanyl pills and laundering around $70,000, which they made selling ganja, were sentenced to nine years and six months in jail on Friday by...

Cayman conservationist urges public to stop eating local reef fish

Cayman’s reef ecosystem is in crisis, and renowned underwater photographer and conservationist Courtney Platt is calling on residents and visitors alike to stop eating locally caught reef fish before it’s too late. Platt, who has spent over four...

Empowering Adolescents Through Art: World Mental Health Day 2025 and Beyond

Kingston, Jamaica, 17 October 2025 (PAHO) - World Mental Health Day was commemorated globally on Friday, October 10, 2025. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recognized this day under the theme, “Empower, Connect, Care: Strengthening...

Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure Announces Partnership with Miss Universe Cayman Islands to Promote Local Food Security

Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure Announces Partnership with Miss Universe Cayman Islands to Promote Local Food Security George Town, Cayman Islands – 16 October 2025 – The Ministry of Planning, Lands,...

Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa claims three lives

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica is bracing for the passage of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday as the category 5 storm is expected to move across southeastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, and the southeastern or central Bahamas later on Wednesday. The...

Cayman: 89 Students complete highly competitive HSA summer internship programme

From HSA Biomedical Engineering intern, Dylan Whittaker Eighty-nine (89) Caymanian high school and college students have successfully completed the Health Services Authority’s (HSA) 2025 Summer Student Internship Programme — a record-breaking year...

Cabinet establishes new Energy Policy Implementation Committee to support Cayman’s National Energy Policy

The Cabinet of the Cayman Islands Government has approved the establishment of a new Energy Policy Implementation Committee (EPIC). This body replaces the now dissolved Energy Policy Council (EPC) and is required under Section 4 of the updated...

Cayman Islands’ economy grew 3.1% in 2024

The Cayman Islands’ economy continued its growth streak in 2024, with real GDP expanding by 3.1% to $5.21 billion, underpinned by expansion across all major sectors. Financial services, which account for over 30% of GDP, had a solid 2.9% increase,...

SVG not among Top 10 safest Caribbean islands to visit in 2025

There are more than seven thousand islands in the Caribbean region, and crime rates in the ports are different. There are those islands that have a lower number of serious crimes per year than a medium-sized city in the United States, and those...