Due to increased demand, Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) has added an additional repatriation flight from Grand Cayman to Miami for May 1, 2020, in partnership with the Cayman Islands Government.
A large-scale uptake is anticipated by private-sector workers literally capitalising on government’s offer allowing them early access to their pension funds.
The reconvening of the Legislative Assembly this week has been welcomed by the Official Opposition, particularly for the changes to be made to the Pensions Law.
Cayman Airways flight KX3102 left Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport at 11am Friday bound for Miami, taking passengers to the United States on one of two flights specially organised by the Government. The flight was due to land in Miami at 1.30pm.
After initially assisting taxi drivers and tour operators directly affected by the Cayman Islands Government’s 60 day cruise ship ban with a small stipend, Cabinet is now throwing out a much needed life-line to micro and small businesses during the larger scale Coronavirus lockdown....
The Cayman Islands could see a gradual reopening but a lot depends on containing the spread of COVID-19 locally.
Premier of the Cayman Islands, Hon. Alden McLaughlin, says he is “really, really worried” about the risks of an escalation in the spread of COVID-19 in the territory.
How best to navigate the Cayman Islands out of a period of lockdown with alternating hard and soft curfews back into an open and thriving economy is the next big challenge on the Government’s to-do list.
The highly anticipated shipment of 135,000 COVID – 19 testing kits ordered by Government from South Korea arrived on Wednesday. It’s the first consignment of an order for 200,000 units.
As the rise of new Covid 19 infections takes set in Grand Cayman, a mass exodus of foreign work permit holders has meant that prices of rental properties is going down significantly.