Archive for January 5th, 2015
Board secretary accused of false permit grants
(CNS): A former work permit board secretary went on trial Monday in the Grand Court, accused of changing the immigration department’s database to grant unauthorized work permits that had not been approved by the relevant board. Tichina Rickfield has denied 16 counts of altering documents and misconduct in public office in relation to discrepancies that emerged […]
Dart plans over-road development to 7MB
(CNS): The islands’ largest developer, Dart Realty, has quietly unveiled big plans for the next ten years that will transform the Seven Mile Beach area near Camana Bay with over-the-road developments. CNS understands that the developer intends to submit planning applications during the early part of this year for projects that will see Camana Bay […]
New blood pressure kiosks for public use
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) has just installed three new blood pressure kiosks to help people monitor their blood pressure levels whenever they want. One kiosk has been installed at the Government Administrative Building and the other two at the Cayman Islands Hospital: one at the General Practice Unit and the other in […]
Young motorbike rider injured in crash
(CNS) Update: A 21-year-old motorbike rider underwent surgery at the Shetty hospital after he was thrown from his bike Sunday in East End, the police revealed Monday afternoon. The RCIPS said that just after 7pm on Sunday 4 January, police were notified of a crash on Sea View Road between a motorbike and a car. The rider was thrown on impact during […]
Top customs job still vacant, Bennett returns to Immigration
(CNS): Despite a recent recruitment process to fill the top job at the customs department, the important post remains vacant. Samantha Bennett, who had taken the job on secondment in November 2013, returned to her former post as the deputy chief immigration officer on Monday, leaving Deputy Collector of Customs Collie Powery to head the department temporarily. […]
JMU and chopper coordinate sailboat rescue
(CNS): The RCIPS Air Support Unit was put into action over the open sea Sunday when it responded to a distress call from a sailboat in trouble in rough weather. Cayman authorities were contacted yesterday morning by the International Emergency Response Coordination Centre in Montgomery, Texas, reporting an SOS signal from a 46-foot sailing vessel in […]
Cuban drowns in local rough seas
(CNS): A Cuban migrant drowned Saturday evening in rough seas off the coast of South Sound when the makeshift boat that he and three other men were in capsized. Police said that they received a report on Saturday evening that an 18 ft. vessel was floating near Sand Quay Island, South Sound, and four people […]
Police open murder enquiry
(CNS): The West Bay man shot outside a local bar Saturday morning has died and police have opened their first murder enquiry of the year just three days in. Victor Oliver Yates (22), who was found by police outside Super C’s on Watercourse Road early this morning, died at the George Town hospital from his […]
Driver killed in Brac crash
(CNS) Update: The RCIPS has now named the man who died on 2 January in a car crash on Cayman Brac at the intersection of Ashton Reid Drive and Songbird Drive. Jose Abel Zelaya (49) of West End, Cayman Brac, lost control of his Honda car, which ran off the road and collided with a wooden fence […]
