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| | =GoToCayman.com - News from Cayman (ISSN: 1744-7690)= | | =GoToCayman.com - News from Cayman (ISSN: 1744-7690)= |
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| - | ==March 2007== | + | ==April 2007== |
| - | For the first time since the introduction of The Port Authority Law (1999), the Royal Cayman Islands Police shut access to the Stingray City Sandbar to watercraft.
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| - | Superintendent Mike Needham said "We were very sorry we had to do this, but on the evidence ... we decided that it wasn't safe."
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| - | The weather and wind conditions were extremely hazardous." "The officers actually witnessed two boats nearly collide with each other."
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| - | This coincided with a number of minor injuries at the site: two cruise ship passengers suffered stings from tiny jellyfish known as sea thimbles (common in the waters of Cayman at this time of year). A third tourist was injured when a stingray barb pierced the skin of his arm. I can't remember the last time that a visitor was injured by a ray at Stingray City. According to Superintendent Needham "The stingray was thrown onto the tourist (by) the wave action. The animal was likely scared. I don't think this was a deliberate action by the stingray."
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| - | The Legislative Assembly are still working on drawing up marine regulations for Stingray City and the Sandbar.
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| - | A Tobacco Bill is currently under discussion. If passed, it would not allow smoking in restaurants or bars. In outside areas, smoking is also banned if they are within 10 feet of an enclosed public space, or within 10 feet of a place like a public park. Vehicles used for commercial or public transportation are also included in the ban.
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| - | It may be that cigar bars will not be covered in the legislation as their purpose is specifically to allow smoking.
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| - | One of the six original "Batmobiles" built for the original 1960's Batman television series was sold at auction in London recently for US$230,000. According to auction house Coys, the winning bid came from a private museum based in the Cayman Islands. Since 2004 there has been talk that an antique car museum may open near to the Turtle Farm/Boatswain's Beach.
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| - | Cayman Airways have announced that, subject to regulatory approval, they will start direct flights to New York in June. The three weekly flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport will leave Grand Cayman on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 4:10PM and depart New York at 9AM on Thursday, Sunday and Monday.
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| - | The Cayman Islands Brewery has launched it's first brew. Caybrew is a full-bodied premium lager with a crisp, clean hop finish. It is brewed and bottled at their plant on Shamrock Road, George Town.
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| - | The Central Tenders Committee has awarded the contract to remove scrap metals from the George Town Landfill to Matrix International. Selected following a government tender process in which three companies applied, Matrix will pay the government CI$1.25 million for the metals. As part of the contract schedule of payments, the ministry received the sum of CI$100,000 at the signing of the contract. Matrix has been contracted to remove, by March 2008, scrap metals that include derelict vehicles; furniture; and construction and demolition debris. The metals concerned are those that have been stored at the landfill prior to 24 November 2006.
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