LOCAL NEWS - 12pm Update

LOCAL NEWS - 12pm Update

MP's head to Finance Committee. The National Coalition for Caymanian's Administration votes down a private members motion calling for a Residential Tenancies Act. Plans are underway for a public consultation on a single use plastics ban. A Grand Court Jury begins hearing the case of man accused of wounding with intent after a confrontation on West Bay Public Beach in February 2025.

8 AM News 30 Jun 2026

MPs are heading back to Parliament today for Finance Committee; it’s a firm ‘no’ on a private member’s motion asking government to set up a Tourism Climate Resilience Fund; and the Department of Education Services carries out its first active shooter drill on Monday at Clifton Hunter High School.

7 AM News 30 Jun 2026

It's a guilty verdict in a local rape trial and Youth Parliament is hosting a summer session this week.

LOCAL SPORTS June 29th 26

Cayman’s Jaxon Cover has made national sports history as the first Caymanian‑born player ever drafted into the NHL. Cayman’s men’s and women’s national flag football teams are back home after making history at the IFAF Central America and Caribbean Tournament in El Salvador. Three hundred participants turned out Sunday morning for the inaugural CIBA 5K Walk/Run.

EVENING NEWS- 29 JUNE 2026

Coming up in the news: The Cayman Islands has a news Officer of the Order of the Cayman Islands. A man will learn his fate in October following his week long trial that convicted him of rape. CBC gets a new Director and we get a look at the governments plans for affordable home in the Sister Islands. That and more in your evening news update.