Archive for June, 2015
Gov’t clampdown on unlicensed vendors
(CNS Business): Tourism bosses tell CNS Business it’s time to put a stop to unlicensed vendors and operations happening along our beaches and cruise port. The docks in George Town have been used for many years by Caymanian entrepreneurs to sell their crafts and items to tourists as they step off the cruise ships. However, […]
Hospital registers new donors in blood drive
(CNS): The Health Services Authority recruited 38 new donors during the weekend blood drive and took blood from more than 30 previous donors. Pleased with the results, staff explained that the hospital is always in need of blood and continues to encourage people to come in and donate whenever they can. Meanwhile, the HSA is teaming […]
Man avoids jail after drink-fuelled attack
(CNS): A local man who suffers from a bipolar disorder avoided jail last week despite being convicted for unlawful wounding and common assault after attacking his friends during a drunken night out. Wayne Dilbert (56) admitted the assault, which took place over two years ago, and although he received an 18 month sentence, Dilbert’s efforts […]
TCI, like Cayman, faces surge in violent gang crime
(CNS): As Cayman battles its problems regarding gang violence, robberies and shootings, the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) appears to be battling a similar kind of crime wave among its young people. The premier of the Caribbean overseas territory issued a statement Tuesday calling on the police commissioner there, James Smith, who also acted as […]
Finance ministry to review CIG fees
(CNS): Minister of Finance Marco Archer has stated that government will be doing a review of the fees it charges for services, especially in the offshore sector, after it was revealed that fees are not routinely being reviewed. Although government has committed not to increase fees or introduce new taxes during this administration, Financial Secretary […]
Cuban migrant numbers climb again
(CNS): A group of Cubans that arrived in Cayman Brac at the weekend have been transported to the detention centre in Fairbanks on Grand Cayman, pushing the facility to its limits once again. The movement of migrants from Cuba continues to increase and they are arriving in Cayman in ever more dangerous vessels in which they […]
Police hear community concerns through surveys
(CNS Video): The RCIPS said they will be trying to address the concerns of the wider public based on the results they receive over the next week from surveys they are asking people to complete at their community clinic road show. Concerns that public meetings are not as well attended as they would like and not […]
Ministry takes education bill on the road
(CNS): Education Minister Tara Rivers and government officials began a series of public meetings at the weekend, which continue tonight in George Town. The open house sessions will enable the broader public, not just parents with school age kids, to ask questions and offer input on the proposed law. The public consultation began earlier this […]
LIME responds to internet speed petition
(CNS Business): An online petition is circulating throughout Cayman demanding “decent internet” on the island. Local campaigner Sandra Catron started the petition and said it’s time to mandate that customers actually receive the broadband internet speeds they are paying for. Catron says the law should allow for “monetary infractions” to be made against internet service providers in the […]
Blue iguana killed at Botanic Park by dog
(CNS): The Blue Iguana Recovery Programme is reeling from yet another loss after Inky, one of the Queen Elizabeth Botanic Park’s star iguanas, was killed by a stray dog this weekend. A large adult male, Inky is said to be one of the most photographed of the BIRP animals that lives at the park in […]
PPM: Cayman making progress
(CNS): The premier claimed that his Progressive administration was making progress on Cayman’s economy when the government published its own mid-term report Friday after two years in office. Alden McLaughlin said government had made “excellent progress” and it was delivering on election promises made in its manifesto. He maintained that the progress was based on turning around […]
