Archive for July 13th, 2015
Merchants push for cruise port development
(CNS Business): Some prominent merchants told CNS Business that they feel cruise tourism would plummet if a new cruise berthing facility is not built in the George Town Harbour. Business owners say it’s time for the island to move forward, while those against the cruise port continue to lobby against the idea in hopes that the government […]
New GasBoy system to tighten up fuel management
(CNS): A new fuel system has been introduced by the Department of Vehicle and Equipment Services (DVES) that it said will improve control of the public cash spent filling up government’s fleet of vehicles. The potential for abuse of the card payment system being used by public sector workers at the government depot was exposed […]
Health ministry gets its first unqualified audit
(CNS): The Ministry of Health and Culture was is the latest government entity to brag about receiving an unqualified audit on its 12/13 accounts. Public auditors passed the ministry’s 12/13 accounts without comment — the first time the it has ever received an unqualified audit opinion. As government’s bean counters turn their attention to submitting the 14/15 […]
Caymanian takes over GAB in new top job
(CNS): Troy Whorms has been appointed as the government’s facilities manager which will see him take charge of the civil service HQ on Elgin Avenue in what is a relatively new post. Whorms has been acting as the facilities manager until his formal appointment and officials said the young Caymanian had proved himself worthy, working […]
US and CIG mum on Webb extradition
(CNS): Both the American and local authorities remained tight-lipped Monday regarding the extradition of Jeffrey Webb following revelations that one of the FIFA officials detained in Switzerland will go to the US to answer corruption allegations in the football scandal. While undisclosed sources have confirmed that Webb is the only one of the seven football bosses […]
UK naval support ship to bring the governor’s new car
(CNS): A British naval vessel which is currently on deployment in the Atlantic for both disaster relief and counter narcotics operations is on its way to Cayman and is expected to arrive on Wednesday with a new car for the governor. RFA Lyme Bay will visit for five days and in addition to the humanitarian and […]
Ministry overwhelmed by paperwork
(CNS): The education ministry has admitted that it struggled to manage the volume of documents relating to the schools projects, which was why there were delays in the flow of information to the Office of the Auditor General when it was conducting its review of those publicly financed projects. But the deputy governor has said […]
Police net suspect against backdrop of rising burglaries
(CNS): As police handle a mounting caseload of burglaries, officers arrested another suspect this weekend on suspicion of a burglary in West Bay earlier this month. An RCIPS spokesperson said that officers executed a search warrant on Sunday 12 July at an address in Mount Pleasant in West Bay in connection with a break-in that had […]
$1m security firm theft case drags on
(CNS): A local woman accused of stealing close to $1 million when she worked as a financial controller at major security firm has still not answered the charges against her more than a year after she was first charged with theft, fraud, forgery and money laundering. The case against Patti Jane Ebanks (49) was adjourned […]
Men to stand trial over violent assaults
(CNS): Cory Bowen (29) from George Town pleaded not guilty on Friday to unlawfully wounding a man during a violent incident in Prospect last month. Bowen is accused of stabbing his victim multiple times in the neck during an altercation in Dogwood Drive and will now face trial in March next year. Meanwhile, Chad Ebanks […]
GT man denies throat slashing charge
(CNS): A 38-year-old man from George Town has denied charges of attempted murder and unlawful wounding in connection with a dramatic throat slashing incident on the streets of the capital in broad daylight last month. David Andrew Bodden pleaded not guilty Friday when he appeared in Grand Court, represented by Amelia Fosuhene from Stenning and […]
