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CAL expands Austin route after it proves to be a winner
CAL’s Austin route ribbon-cutting event on Grand Cayman in May 2026 (CNS): Cayman Airways Limited is expanding its nonstop service between Grand Cayman and Austin, Texas, following the strong performance of the route’s inaugural summer season, which ends on 16 August. CAL said the new route exceeded expectations, with strong demand from both visitors and Cayman residents. (more…)
Air arrivals soar as cruise numbers begin summer sink
Cayman Airways at ORIA (photo by Lana Gilyun) (CNS): There were just over 40,000 air arrivals to the Cayman Islands in May, continuing the trend that is likely to break the 2019 record for the highest number of stayover guests in a year. The Department of Tourism statistics showed a 16.5% increase from the same month in 2025, and that this year saw the second-highest May on record for air…
$50k grants up for grabs for novel tourism ideas
Mural on the waterfront, Grand Cayman (CNS): The tourism ministry is once again inviting Caymanians who have novel ideas for tourism attractions but need some help funding them to apply for a Visitor Experience Development Grant (VEDG). Applications can be submitted from Monday for the third round of the programme. Continue reading $50k grants up for grabs for novel tourism ideas
Plans afoot to expand House of Parliament into old Tower site
Cayman Islands House of Parliament (CNS): Parliament’s management team is in discussions with the planning ministry about the expansion of its building and is eyeing up the crown land behind the property, once home to the old government Tower Building, which was destroyed in Ivan and demolished soon afterwards. Continue reading Plans afoot to expand House of Parliament into old Tower site
Scott remains CINP boss after losing CBE race
Dan Scott (CNS): Despite losing in his bid for the CBE seat on Wednesday, Dan Scott is staying on as chair of the Cayman Islands National Party. In a release on Friday, he described the new government, comprising the four elected CINP candidates, four TCCP MPs and three independents, as a “powerful alliance”. Gary Rutty will be the CINP’s leading figure inside parliament as the coalition’s…
André and Peanut to lead new coalition gov't
André Ebanks (second from right), accompanied by (L-R) Nickolas DaCosta, Gary Rutty and Katherine Ebanks-Wilks presents Governor Jane Owen with a letter confirming he has the support of 11 MPs to form a new government. Seated next to Owen are Deputy Governor Franz Manderson and Attorney General Samuel Bulgin (CNS): They say politics makes strange bedfellows, and once again, the post-election…
LLB doctored minutes in ‘Peanuts’ fiasco
LLB doctored minutes in ‘Peanuts’ fiasco
Peanuts Rubis gas station in Red Bay (CNS): The former Liquor Licensing Board (LLB), chaired by Woody DaCosta, doctored the minutes of a March board meeting, made up policy and took decisions outside its remit, but government officials nevertheless concluded the members at the time acted in good faith regarding a disputed booze licence for a gas station. An internal audit on the issue, released…
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Booze board's gas station decision faces audit
Booze board’s gas station decision faces audit
(CNS): A decision by the Liquor Licensing Board to grant Gary Rutty, the owner of the Peanuts convenience store and Rubis gas station in Red Bay, a licence to sell liquor seven days per week is to be reviewed by the government’s Internal Audit Unit. Commerce Minister Joey Hew, who now has responsibility for the liquor board, said that the unit will undertake an independent inquiry to determine…
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