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Keeping Track of Tropical Storm Melissa
As Tropical Storm Melissa edges closer to Jamaica, forecasters say the system is expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the weekend.
Simon Boxall has been tracking the storm and the latest projected path as of 5 p.m. Friday, and what it could mean for Cayman.
He also sat down with National Weather Service Acting Director General Kerry Powery and Hazard Management Director Dani Coleman to discuss possible impacts and community readiness.
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Premier calls on Cayman business community to ‘lean in’
Premier André Ebanks used a well-attended Chamber of Commerce Parliamentary Luncheon on Thursday, 23 Oct. at Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa to implore businesses to help support the Cayman Islands.
After walking the audience through the government’s recently released Strategic Policy Statement, he called upon the assembled business leaders to also play their part in “building a better Cayman”.
“The community has to get together and lean-in,” said Ebanks, “because it can’t all be on the government.” He then cited the example of Cayman Finance, a finance industry association that has called for more state funding.
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