Archive for June, 2015
Cops call on owners to claim recovered stolen loot
(CNS): Following the discovery of stolen loot at the residence of two burglary suspects recently, the police are calling on people who have had jewellery, electronic equipment and cameras (pictured below) stolen during recent break-ins to come and identify what might be their property. Detectives from the George Town Police Station are inviting owners to […]
Miller questions performance of DPP
(CNS): The independent member for North Side says the time has come to take a look at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, as he questioned the performance of the country’s public prosecutor. Speaking to CNS Tuesday, Ezzard Miller said he was disappointed that his fellow legislators voted to approve the ODPP’s 2015/16 budget […]
Gov’t plan to develop a national transport strategy
(CNS Business): It’s time to revamp the public transportation system in the Cayman Islands, to have more “reliable transport in all areas” that will “alleviate congestion on our road and parking downtown”, according to Tourism and Transport Councillor Joey Hew. In the Legislative Assembly government officials reviewed the current bus system and decided the island needs […]
Prison still ‘squalid’, says UK inspector
(CNS): The local prison system still needs significant investment and HMP Northwood remains “decrepit and squalid”, with ganja use prolific among inmates, a UK prison inspector has said. During a return visit to the Cayman Islands to follow up on a damning 2012 report on the state of local prisons, British officials from its independent […]
Cops arrest one man for drug dealing
(CNS): A 28-year-old man has been bailed by police following his arrest in a drug bust in George Town last Friday. The RCIPS stated that uniformed officers from George Town Police Station conducted a “proactive operation” when they visited a home on Shedden Road in the centre of the capital, where a search warrant was […]
Caregivers regain ten-year pass
(CNS): Specialist caregivers hired by families to look after sick, disabled or elderly patients are, once again, able to stay in Cayman for up to ten years beyond the normal permit holder period. Following Cabinet’s approval of the regulations this week for the reinstatement of the special certificate, these workers will be able to remain on […]
Convicted ex-civil servant escapes jail term
(CNS): A former civil servant who was convicted last year of stealing just under a thousand dollars from the public purse when she worked as a cashier at the Lands and Survey Department will not go to jail. Although a magistrate had handed Lavania Olivia Hume-Ebanks a 16-week jail term for the theft, the ex-government […]
Rivers: Labour bill will help local workers
(CNS): A number of measures in the proposed new legislation dealing with labour relations will protect and help the Caymanian workforce in particular, the labour minister has said. Launching a sixty day consultation process Wednesday, Tara Rivers outlined the draft Labour Relations Bill 2015 and pointed to a number of new provisions that she said […]
Activists calls on DPP to take action on domestic abuse
(CNS): The dismissal of another high profile domestic violence case has raised concerns with a local activist that cases are not being taken seriously by the director of public prosecutions and the courts, leaving victims afraid to press ahead. On Tuesday domestic violence charges against Joel Walton, the CEO of the Cayman Islands Maritime Authority, were […]
Cubans cost $1.6M in 2014
(CNS): The government has confirmed that during 2014 it spent over $1.6 million on the detention, housing and repatriation of Cuban migrants who arrived in the Cayman Island illegally. Following calls from the Cayman Islands Red Cross, as it marked World Refugee Day this weekend, not to think about refugees in terms of dollars and cents, […]
‘Green’ invasion project gets funding
(CNS): The government has allocated some $200,000 from the Environmental Protection Fund in order to begin a major project to tackle the invasive green iguanas head on. The goal is to completely eradicate the iguanas from the Sister Islands, where the rogue reptile has been seen in small numbers for several years, and to make […]
