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The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority, home of the voluntary Cancer Registry

Cayman Counts Deaths From Cancer Rather Than Cases, but No Total Annual Figure Available

One in five deaths is cancer, yet the public hospital has no estimate of how many residents are diagnosed each year. The charities that built the voluntary registry say only a mandatory one will do.

Chris Saunders, MP for Bodden Town West, in front of the Cayman Islands flag

Workers Face a Pensions Conundrum

About 2,000 employers in default, a cap that lets the well-paid opt out, health cover that dies on retirement day and a bank worker's pension that runs out in 2027: the sums do not add up.

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Lighthouse Gardens affordable housing development

Premier Offers Faster Approvals to Developers Who Fund Affordable Housing

Premier says a developer agreed "in a heartbeat" to fund government housing in return for faster approvals.

Deputy Governor Gloria McField‑Nixon and Harvard

Harvard course for 25 senior civil servants cost CI$248,707

FOI details how CIG paid Harvard Kennedy School for a three-day course for 25 senior civil servants whose names were withheld.

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RCIPS police vehicle

Man, 65, and Girl, 7, Dead in East End Tragedy

Two other girls taken from the house are believed stable in hospital as the RCIPS says the matter is under investigation and the East End MP asks a grieving district to stand together.


Christmas lights

It's 90 Degrees, But Ber!

For Filipinos worldwide, September’s Ber Months mark the start of the Christmas season.