Archive for April 27th, 2015
Fishermen find drugs at 12 Mile Bank
(CNS): Police have recovered another major haul of drugs after fishermen discovered a package in the ocean at the popular local fishing spot 12 Mile Bank, some three miles off North West Point. The fishermen found and reported the contraband to police last Wednesday, the police reported in a press release Monday. The haul contained 23 […]
Hit and Run suspect arrested
(CNS): A 24-year-old local man from Bodden Town was arrested yesterday in connection to the fatal collision Thursday, in which the driver left the scene after knocking Donnie Ray Connor off his bike. According to an RCIPS report, detectives from George Town Police Station arrested the man on Sunday 26 April on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving […]
CIG crawls towards mental health facility
(CNS): Government officials have said that there are around 40 people in Cayman suffering from mental health issues who are in need of long-term residential care but the country still has nowhere to house them. However, the process to create a local facility is now underway, officials said. At present, around half of diagnosed patients are […]
Cops still looking for new recruits
(CNS): There is now less than one week left in the recruitment campaign to find more Caymanians to fill police boots. The deadline is Thursday for hopefuls to submit their application in the latest drive to find at least a dozen new local entry-level constables. Throughout April the RCIPS recruitment team has been out and about, […]
DoE urges pedal power to cut carbon footprint
(CNS): The use of bicycles as a means of transport in the Cayman Islands is nowhere near as high as in many other jurisdictions, where cycling has become a legitimate form of transport for many people. In an effort to try and boost the use of pedal power because of its obvious direct and significant […]
Cops warn of immigration con
(CNS): Police are currently investigating reports of cons surrounding the purchase of permanent residency and are warning those seeking to secure the right to live in Cayman that the legal regime for acquiring PR cannot be circumvented. Officers from the RCIPS Financial Crime Unit (FCU) are asking anyone who is approached with an offer of […]
Conservation will influence Cayman’s future
(CNS): Environment Minister Wayne Panton has said that the entire National Conservation Law will be fully in force before the end of this year, when the preservation of the Cayman Islands’ valuable environment will finally be given equal weight as social and economic considerations when it comes to future development. With 80% of the law […]
