Weather stalls search to find missing Brac fishermen

(CNS) UPDATED: The maritime search and rescue operation that to find two missing fishermen, Corey Brown and Amilcar Smith from Cayman Brac, was suspended Wednesday afternoon due to deteriorating weather conditions around the Sister Islands. The...

Uncertainty remains around TS Melissa’s track

(CNS): At 8:00am Thursday, Tropical Storm Melissa was about 215 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, which is now under a hurricane watch, as the storm continues its uncertain meander toward the northwest at just 5mph, according to the National...

SPECIAL REPORT-Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine

By David Gauthier-Villars, Tom Bergin, Michelle Conlin, Lawrence Delevingne and Tom Wilson DUBAI (Reuters) – Eric Trump was in Dubai on family business. Meeting with a Chinese businessman and his associates on the sidelines of a cryptocurrency...

Airfield at US base in Guantanamo shuts down over Hurricane Melissa — source

MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. The airfield at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, has been shut down for arrivals and departures until November 2 due to Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean, a source in air traffic control told TASS. "The airfield...

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds. The storm is expected to cause catastrophic damage with life-threatening winds, rain, and storm surge across Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti. While the storm is...

Civil Service operates normal Hours on Monday

The Civil Service has announced that it will be open for business tomorrow (Monday, 27 October), operating normal business hours across all services. This comes as weather forecasts continue to indicate that the Cayman Islands may experience less...

6:30 AM Update on Hurricane Melissa

6:30 AM Update on Hurricane Melissa by the C.I. National Weather Service The National Hurricane Center continues its advisories on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Hurricane Melissa is now slowly heading north-northeast at 5 mph, with maximum...

Category-4 Melissa to bring 'life threatening and catastrophic' conditions to Jamaica

Category-4 Melissa to bring 'life threatening and catastrophic' conditions to Jamaica Melissa is now a powerful hurricane and will bring extreme winds, catastrophic amounts of rain, and battering waves to parts of the Caribbean TONIGHT. GAME ON....

Hurricane Melissa: What to know about the catastrophic storm's impact on travel

When Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica on Tuesday, it was one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. In addition to leaving behind catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Melissa also left behind a path of flooding and...

Bermudian in Jamaica braces as Hurricane Melissa looms

Created: Oct 28, 2025 08:32 AM (Updated: Oct 28, 2025 09:31 AM) Calm before the storm: the coastline at Montego Bay, Jamaica (Photograph by Semora Noel-Chaé Trott) A Bermudian stranded in Jamaica after an abruptly cancelled flight is unsure when...

Anglican leaders warn Jamaicans to stay safe as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa arrives

IN SPACE, CARIBBEAN SEA - OCTOBER 27: In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Melissa churns northwest through the Caribbean Sea captured at 17:00Z on October 27, 2025....

...EYE OF EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 MELISSA APPROACHING WESTERN JAMAICA...

...CATASTROPHIC WINDS, FLASH FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE EXPECTED ON THE ISLAND TODAY... Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 28A NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025 800 AM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200...

Hurricane Melissa Starts to Affect Jamaica

Boats at Port Henderson after Hurricane Melissa hit land. Photo: EFE. October 28, 2025 Hour: 10:49 am On Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) informed that Hurricane Melissa approaches the west coast of Jamaica with continued winds of...

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa makes landfall Jamaica with 185 mph winds

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds. The storm is expected to cause catastrophic damage with life-threatening winds, rain, and storm surge across Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti. While the storm is...

Category-4 Melissa to bring 'life threatening and catastrophic' conditions to Jamaica

Category-4 Melissa to bring 'life threatening and catastrophic' conditions to Jamaica Melissa is now a powerful hurricane and will bring extreme winds, catastrophic amounts of rain, and battering waves to parts of the Caribbean TONIGHT. GAME ON....

3 departments in red, 4 in orange, the worst to come

Haiti - FLASH : 3 departments in red, 4 in orange, the worst to come 28/10/2025 06:55:15 Tuesday, October 28, 2025, in its latest bulletin at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0900 UTC), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...

CIG still spending its way out of failed dump deal

(CNS): Health, Environment and Sustainability Minister Katherine Ebanks-Wilks has been forced to re-jig her ministry’s budget appropriations to continue the process of closing down the failed agreement between the Cayman Islands Government and the...

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Category 5 storm makes landfall in Jamaica 

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the southwestern coast of Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28, bringing with it catastrophic winds, flash flooding and storm surge, according to the National Hurricane Center. The Category 5 storm hit the coast near New...

Inside the Trump family's global crypto cash machine

Ethics experts said the U.S. president's family crypto initiatives create an unprecedented conflict of interest By David Gauthier-Villars, Tom Bergin, Michelle Conlin, Lawrence Delevingne and Tom Wilson DUBAI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Eric Trump was in...

Nomination deadline extended for local annual awards

(CNS): The National Recognition Awards Committee has extended the nomination period for the local gongs that are handed out annually on National Heroes’ Day. The new deadline is Friday, 31 October, and the committee hopes the extension will...