Public service pensioners receive honorarium Loop Cayman Islands

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Premier Wayne Panton

The government confirmed that Public Service pensioners received a one-off sum of $450 on Thursday, September 1, which was added to their pension payment for August.

The payment was funded by the Cabinet to assist Public Service pensioners with increased living expenses linked to high fuel costs.

This one-off payment matches the $150 per month honorarium that was paid to civil servants during June, July and August.

Commenting on the honorarium, Premier Hon. Wayne Panton noted that the Government was pleased to be able to support this payment to Public Service pensioner.

The impact of the sharp increase in the cost of living is especially pronounced for our pensioners, whose pensions represent a fixed income. This initiative is another example of how we, as a Government, are helping our people survive the rising cost of living.

Panton said.

The Public Service Pensions Board has lodged the payments direct to the accounts of Public Service pensioners.

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67 positive COVID-19 cases confirmed in Cayman Brac Loop Cayman Islands

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The Public Health Department has reported that between Monday, August 29 and Friday, September 2, a total of sixty-seven (67) cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Cayman Brac.

Thirty-seven (37) of those cases were confirmed within the first two days of the week (29 and 30 August), of which twenty-three (23) of the 37 are most likely linked to the restart of school activity.

“It is expected that there will be peaks in the number of positive cases, such as at the start of the academic year,” Interim Chief Medical Officer, Dr Autilia Newton explained. “Thus, we continue to encourage the population to get vaccinated and boosted, which is of great help in reducing the risk of severe disease and death , and to adhere to Public Health guidelines,” she added.

Dr Newton also reminded the public of the changes in COVID-19 monitoring and reporting. COVID-19 will now be monitored as part of winter respiratory infections, via sentinel surveillance sites notifications, sub-set testing of samples taken from patients presenting at the surveillance sites and genome sequencing of positive samples. Sentinel surveillance is the monitoring of the occurrence of respiratory infections (such as influenza, COVID, Respiratory Syncytial Virus) through clinical diagnosis from selected sites of health care providers, aimed at assessing the presence of respiratory viruses in the country. Genome sequencing will then provide additional data on the variants of the identified virus in circulation in the community.

The surveillance, testing and sequencing work will be undertaken as part of the greater epidemiological data collection, and will be shared as such periodically.

Moving forward, key COVID data that will be reported monthly to the community will be limited to hospital admissions and mortality. Notable increases in hospitalisations and any deaths will be reported to the public immediately.

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Sept 3 Update: Danielle weakens to 70 mph, now a tropical storm Loop Cayman Islands

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Tropical storm Danielle

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After a short debut as category 1 hurricane this week, Danielle is now a tropical storm over the central Atlantic region.

Tropical Storm Danielle is presenting maximum sustained winds of about 70 mph, but is moving slowly at 1 mph (“nearly stationary”), according to the National Hurricane Center. This has been the case since Friday night (September 2).

Danielle is expected to strengthen again in a few days, first drifting westward and then northward or northeastward. If Danielle surpasses maximum sustained winds of about 73 mph, then Danielle will be categorized as a hurricane again, as explained by the below chart.

Hurricane classification chart:

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind ScaleMaximum sustained windsCategory of hurricane74-95 mphCategory 196-110 mphCategory 2111-129 mphCategory 3130-156 mphCategory 4157 mph or higherCategory 5

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said: Cortwright Marshall was replaced by an intellectual lightweight, who has no plans for the St Mary’s South constituency.

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Local waste-management contractors furious about engagement of foreign company and fear they will be displaced

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Some contractors with the National Solid Waste Management Authority are reportedly angry and feeling threatened since the Cabinet announced its plans to engage the Barbados-based firm INNOTECH.

According to Thursday’s Cabinet Notes, the company made a video presentation to the Executive, in which it demonstrated its waste-management capabilities.

The recording reportedly showed garbage-disposal containers on wheels, as well as garbage trucks that had been retrofitted to lift these heavy containers.

“The containers each have a barcode/strip that, when scanned, provides the household location and the quantum of waste that the household generates each week,” the Notes say.

But speaking to REAL News on Friday morning, one angry man expressed his amazement at the Cabinet’s apparent embrace of INNOTECH: “Wait! Is rubbish and all they planning to take away from Antiguans?” he asks.

He points to the number of local operators who are now providing such services to National Solid Waste and alleges that they are already facing competition from trucks owned by Government Ministers.

“And on top of that, people have to wait for weeks and months to get paid,” he says – a complaint that was voiced by striking haulers earlier this year. “It’s millions they owe [certain operators],” he adds.

The man says it would be unconscionable if the Administration were to engage INNOTECH at a time like this, when so many local businesses still have not caught themselves after the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

And if the Government does hire the company, it is because members of the Cabinet have a vested interest in the contract, the man claims. “Nobody can tell me different!” he declares.

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Bench warrant issued for Customs brokers is revoked, but Chief Magistrate lays down the law ahead of new committal date

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A bench warrant issued by Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh for Customs brokers Rowan Matthew and Foston George earlier today, September 2, has been vacated.

The two, along with Customs Officer Joezine Christian, were expected before the Court, at which time they would have been served the depositions for their case.

However, when the case was called, only Christian was present – which prompted the Chief Magistrate to issue a bench warrant for the duo’s arrest and detention at Her Majesty’s Prison.

After the men were informed that their freedom was at risk – since a High Court Judge cannot release them on a bench warrant – they, along with their attorneys, made their way to the Court.

Andrew Okolo, who represents Matthew, told the Court that his client’s wife had contacted him and he had told her that he (Okolo) did not have to be present in Court for the depositions to be served on the men. He explained to her that the document would be sent to his office if he was not there in person.

Allegedly, Matthew’s wife took this to mean that her husband also did not have to be present and therefore told him not to attend the hearing. Reportedly the woman said this to George, as well.

However, George’s attorney, Wendel Robinson, reportedly was not pleased that his client had failed to abide by the court date.

Both men were asked by their attorneys to apologize to the Court – which they did – but not before Walsh had raked them over the coals for disregarding the court system.

She ordered the men not to repeat their actions, or they would be jailed until their matter comes up for trial in the High Court.

Because Christian was the only accused present this morning, the prosecution was unable to serve the deposition. This will have to be done on October 5, the new date for the committal proceedings.

Meanwhile, when the Court inquired about the bail documents for the two men – who had gone the unusual route of applying to the High Court on Carnival Monday, August 1 – it was told the papers had not yet arrived from the upper court; only those for Christian.

Therefore, the men had to wait at the Court until their attorneys could get the documents to the Chief Magistrate. It was her view that, without the documents, the duo was not on bail; hence, Matthew and George faced remand until the papers were received.

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The three are charged jointly in relation to a fraud at the Customs Department.

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Matthew and George are charged jointly for obtaining money by false pretense, while Christian faces two additional charges of corruption in public office and cheating the public revenue.

The charges allegedly relate to the misappropriation of over $25,000 in Customs revenues.

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Durant la semaine écoulée (du 26 août au 2 septembre), 11 séismes ont été enregistrés sous la montagne Pelée contre 9 la semaine précédente. 

L’activité sismique demeure stable sous la montagne Pelée. Entre le 26 août et le 2 septembre, au moins 11 séismes de type volcano-tectonique de magnitude inférieure à 0, 1 ont été enregistrés par l’Observatoire volcanologique et sismologique de la Martinique ( 9 la semaine précédente) .Ces séismes de faible énergie n’ont pas pu être localisés. ” Cette sismicité superficielle de type volcano-tectonique est associée à la formation de microfractures dans l’édifice volcanique”, explique l’OVSM. Aucun de ces séismes n’a été ressenti par la population.Lors des phases de réactivation volcanique de volcans similaires à la Montagne Pelée, des périodes de plus forte activité sismique alternent souvent avec des phases de sismicité plus faible. Depuis le début de la réactivation du système hydrothermal-magmatique (fin 2018), plusieurs périodes de sismicité nulle ou faible ont été enregistrées par l’OVSM, par exemple : mai 2019 (5 séismes), octobre 2019 (3 séismes), août 2020 (1 séisme), et seulement 8 séismes entre le 24 juin et le 8 août 2022 (période de 2 mois).

Le niveau d’alerte reste Jaune

Une extension de deux zones connues de végétation détériorée situées entre le Morne Plumé et la rivière Chaude a été constatée lors de survols héliportés réalisés le 9 février et le 5 mai avec le soutien du Dragon 972 et confirmée par analyse d’images satellitales et d’un drone. Une nouvelle zone de végétation détériorée, située juste au Nord de la rivière Chaude, a été constatée à partir du 26 août. Le niveau d’alerte reste Jaune : vigilance.

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