Dear readers, As we stated in our editorial comment this past Wednesday, January 12th: “This new year 2022 brings opportunities as well as challenges as Cayman looks to the future.”
Let us address our New Year resolutions within the context of a snap Barbados general election, protection and survival in a COVID-19 environment, embracing the end of the pandemic, stabilizing our minds, and rehabilitation in the face of the devastation caused by the pandemic.
As we welcome 2022, emerging from the past year we are mindful that the health and economic challenges faced in the past year will still be ‘clear and present’ challenges for Cayman.
Recent trends are suggesting that what could be regarded as the first major wave of COVID-19 in Cayman might be receding.
While many people were bracing themselves for/looking forward to (depending on perspective) the border opening last Saturday, it is more likely that the numbers of visitors to the Cayman Islands who will now not have to quarantine upon arrival will likely be very low initially.
In April of this year, the UK Public Health Ministry announced that every individual in England would be given two free rapid lateral flow tests (LFTs) a week, under an extended government testing scheme.
Despite reassurances from the authorities about the successful vaccination roll-out, the continuing spiral of Covid-19 cases in Cayman remains a major worry.
As Cayman’s vulnerability towards climate change grows each year, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continue to release their concerning environmental impact assessments.
Caymanian Times Publisher Ralph Lewis is pleased to announce that he has taken on board a new editor for his newspaper, having fulfilled the role of both publisher and editor for a number of years.
We, as elders in retirement mode, had grown quite accustomed to annual visits from or to our combined grandchildren, who are scattered far and wide.