Archive for January 6th, 2015
Workforce agency reaches out to unemployed
(CNS): As government continues to wrestle with the problem of significant unemployment among the local workforce in the face of more than 20,000 valid work permits on the islands, the National Workforce Development Agency is hitting the road next week. The agency is hoping to help jobless Caymanians find work and help them navigate the […]
Emails show tensions in ‘Ozziegate’
(CNS) Updated: The email exchange which led to the controversial verbal assault by cabinet minister Osbourne Bodden on his chief officer, Jennifer Ahearn, last month reveals that he was seeking a reimbursement for the use of his phone for government business, despite being unable to properly account for it. Meanwhile, the opposition leader has raised […]
Cops step up patrols in face of violence
(CNS): The RCIPS is increasing the presence of uniformed officers in the district of West Bay as well as armed response units in the wake of another shooting in the district Monday night, which followed the murder of Victor Oliver Yates on 3 January. Police have seized a vehicle found in Miss Daisy Lane that an […]
Alden to talk to British lords about Cayman
(CNS): The Cayman Islands premier is the latest regional leader to be invited to talk to the British peerage as well as business leader and members of the UK government at the Caribbean Council’s Annual Reception at the House of Lords in London. Alden McLaughlin said this was an “amazing opportunity” to promote Cayman on […]
Students launch lecture series on gay rights
(CNS): The Students Society of the Truman Bodden Law School is delivering a series of free public lectures this month looking at the issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality – a topic rarely discussed in Cayman on public platforms. “Misogyny and homophobia: What is the Cayman Islands doing to promote gender and LGBT […]
OT’s security advisor may be moonlighting
(CNS): The man employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as its security advisor for the overseas territories also has his own private security company, which he appears to run from his home in Palmetto Bay, Florida, presenting a serious, potential conflict of interest.
Second shooting in West Bay
(CNS): A West Bay man was admitted to hospital last night following a second shooting in the district in a matter of days. Police said the incident occurred close to the liquor store ‘Top a Top’ on Powell Smith Drive on Monday evening at around 9:15pm. The man received several gunshot wounds and was rushed […]
