PREMIER PREACHES FRUGALITY
“Alden can live off a couple of cans of corned beef and white rice for weeks!”
“Alden can live off a couple of cans of corned beef and white rice for weeks!”
“This is essentially a lockdown…people need to stay at home,” Premier Alden McLaughlin declared on Tuesday morning, as he notified the public of heightened measures being implemented in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19).
To say uncertain times lay ahead could very well be an understatement. The Cayman Islands, like other countries around the world, are taking steps to safeguard their people from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Caymanian Times has become Cayman’s trusted daily news source for thousands of people across the island.
The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing a rethink of how society organises and conducts itself; from individual to group interactions.
To catch a glimpse of scenes of people stocking up on grocery supplies, especially toilet paper, up until a few days ago we needed to access the internet or watch cable television. But alas, that’s become a reality here in the Cayman Islands.
Fear can cause us to react and perform greater than par but that is often the exception not the rule. Around the world people are living in fear and letting that underlying emotion drive their decisions.
The 8th March marks the day when people around the world come together to highlight how far women have come in society and to help to bridge the inequality divide among genders, and the Cayman Islands joined in that fight to create a more even world.
In life, parents do their best to instil the virtues in their children with the hope that they will be upstanding members of the community.
The American President, Harry S. Truman once said, “In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still”.