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Bigamist pilot gets greenlight to fly ahead of sentence
(CNS): William Gonzales Bodden, a Caymanian pilot, who pleaded guilty to bigamy was given permission to travel outside this jurisdiction after the court agreed to a variation in his bail conditions last week. The crown objected given the pilot is based in Florida where he married a colleague earlier this year despite still being married to his Caymanian […]
Man denies bribery in DVDL $100 bung case
(CNS): Another individual has pleaded not guilty to bribery of a public officer in what is the country’s largest ever prosecution brought by the anti-corruption commission. Around 20 people have been charged in the case almost all of them for allegedly giving an employee of the department of vehicle and drivers licensing a $100 bung […]
Conservation NP opens shoreline community park
(CNS): The local conservation advocacy non-profit, Sustainable Cayman has opened the first of its own community shoreline parks in South Sound. It was officially opened on Tuesday evening with government officials joining members of the public and those who helped to create the space and plant the local flora and help re wild the area. […]
High street banks expected to cut interest rates
(CNS): Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited is the first of Cayman’s high street retail banks to announce an interest rate cut following the reduction in the US Federal Funds Rate yesterday by a quarter point. Butterfield said it will cut its Prime Rate for US and CI dollar lending for residential mortgages, consumer loans and corporate […]
Radar back in action after annual maintenance
(CNS): The Cayman Islands National Weather Service has said that the Kearney Gomez Doppler Radar is now fully operational following its annual maintenance. The work was done earlier this month between 4 and 6 December. The radar plays an important part of regional weather forecasting but has been plagued with technical issues as well as […]
Parliament adjourns with passage of new BO regs
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Conolly who recently added Financial Services to the largest portfolio ever held by a Cabinet minister steered a government motion through parliament, Monday night, that enables people, with what is confirmed as a legitimate reason, to access beneficial ownership information about companies registered in the Cayman Islands. The Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Legitimate Interest […]
Scammers create fake Cayman Crypto Bank website
(CNS): Fraudsters have created a fake crypto bank claiming to be based in Cayman in another effort to separate people from their hard earned cash. The Financial Reporting Authority (FRA) became aware of the “Cayman Crypto Bank” through the website www.caymancryptobank.com that fraudulently claims to be: “The Banking of the Future. Based in Cayman Islands. Cayman […]
80lbs of ganja seized at ORIA from two Canadians
(CNS): Over the last two weeks Customs and Border Control (CBC) have seized just under 80lbs of ganja from two separate smugglers at Owen Roberts International Airport. Both were Canadian nationals who are currently on remand at HMP Northward and Fairbanks. Officers stopped the first of the two on his arrival at the airport from […]
Cuban migrant chooses to land as 9 others press on
(CNS): One Cuban migrant opted to end his dangerous journey in Grand Cayman, yesterday, when a boat carrying nine ten people came into local waters. The vessel was spotted off the coast of Pedro Castle on Grand Cayman, Wednesday, at about 1:30pm. The group were traveling west and a Cayman Islands Port Authority boat was the […]
Child and two adults injured in three car pile-up
(CNS): Just one day after the police launched their Christmas safety campaign they were on the scene of yet another major collision on Grand Cayman’s roads involving three vehicles that may have been caused by drivers racing each other. The crash took place on Bodden Town Road in the Midland Acres area at about 10:10 […]
UPM in mystery talks to swap Barkers land with Dart
(CNS) UPDATED: The government has issued a brief statement about the approval of a mystery Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the islands’ largest land owner Dart Enterprises Limited. The deputy governor has now confirmed to CNS that talks, with a view to swapping land in the area to create a national park, are at the […]
