Archive for March, 2015
Snorkeller missing at sea in East End
(CNS): A full-scale search and rescue operation was underway to find a snorkeller who was reported missing at 11:21 on Thursday morning in East End. The Marine Unit is now calling for volunteers to help when the search resumes tomorrow. Police said that the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit with two vessels responded to the report […]
Dot-KY going global
(CNS): On 2 September dot-KY will, for the first time, go global, giving the entire world the chance to buy all available names with a .ky ending. Local businesses, residents and individuals, charities and associations, NGOs and all government entities with a Cayman registered domain will be required to re-register their dot-KY web address at […]
UCCI board chair clarifies comments
(CNS): The chair of the UCCI board has claimed that her recent comments about the business associate’s degree being “essentially meaningless” were taken out of context by the press. Sheree Ebanks issued a statement Wednesday in which she said she had the greatest respect for the students and alumni of UCCI and the plans to […]
$1M fleet of garbage trucks to hit the road
(CNS): Rubbish collection across Grand Cayman should improve significantly from Friday when the fleet of five new garbage trucks takes to the road. Government has spent over one million dollars on three Mack Commercial Waste Collection and two Freightliner residential garbage trucks.
DG encourages fundraising and fitness
(CNS): The registration for the 2015 Deputy Governor’s 5K Challenge has now opened and Franz Manderson is urging the community to join in to improve their fitness and raise much-needed funds for the Special Olympians of the Cayman Islands (SOCI), who have their sites on the Los Angeles Games this summer. The challenge is set […]
No retreat on slavery reparations CARICOM vows
(CNS): The prime minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, who is the chair of the CARICOM sub-committee on reparations, has made it clear that the Caribbean Community “is irrevocably committed” to pursuing restorative justice for the Atlantic Slave trade from the former slave trading nations of Europe. But he also has said the battle will be one of […]
Webb unopposed in CONCACAF ballot
(CNS): As the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) prepares itself for its executive elections next month, the regional footballing body has confirmed that Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb is set to be re-elected as president, as he is running unopposed. Arguably the world’s most famous modern day Caymanian, Webb has said he […]
UK prosecutor assessing criminal cases
(CNS): Government officials have finally released the details of the arrival of a criminal justice adviser from the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service who is here to examine the weaknesses in the local criminal justice system. The governor’s office is funding the short-term attachment of Claire Wetton, who began her 12 week secondment here on 27 […]
Over 50% of jobless NWDA clients are professionals
(CNS): More than half of the Caymanians who are registered with the National Workforce Development Agency as unemployed and seeking jobs are not minimum wage, unqualified or inexperienced workers but people with professional backgrounds. From Architects and bank managers to psychologists and teachers, the unemployment problem is going well-beyond the issue of so-called unemployability.
Crews remove heated concrete from dump
(CNS): As firefighters and landfill personnel were keeping a close watch on the dump Tuesday, crews removed a large chunk of heated concrete which officials said was causing more hotspots in the wake of Sunday’s surface fire. The first fire at ‘Mount Trashmore’ this year on Sunday was brought under control quite quickly but the […]
Cruise line coughs up $100k for reef damage
(CNS): Government officials have now confirmed that talks with Carnival Cruise Line has resulted in a payment of $100,000 to the Cayman Islands National Trust towards the Magic Reef Restoration Project. Carnival has not, however, admitted any liability regarding the damage that one of its cruise ships caused when it dropped anchor in the wrong […]
