Archive for July 14th, 2015
Tagging technology upgrade planned
(CNS): The assistant director for electronic monitoring at the Department of Public Safety Communications, Julian Lewis, who was certified as a professional communications centre manager just last month, has said that the centre is looking to upgrade its tagging technology. Recent headlines about individuals bailed on electronic tags committing crime by attempting to ‘foil’ the […]
Burglars target cops lock-up in failed break-in
(CNS): Brazen burglars attempted to break into a container located right outside the George Town Police Station last night (Monday 13 July), where the RCIPS is storing old evidence and drugs awaiting disposal. A spokesperson for the police said the would-be burglars didn’t manage to get into the container, which is located in the rear […]
Port denies connections with pro-cruise port campaign
(CNS): The chairman of the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands (PACI) Board has said that it and the authority are not involved in the campaign launched by a group of merchants and other stakeholders promoting the development of the cruise berthing facility in George Town. The chair of the board said the creation of […]
Hit and run case against senior fire fighter adjourned
(CNS): The acting fire chief who was suspended from his job last month after he was arrested and later charged in connection with a hit and run in January made his first appearance in the traffic court Tuesday. Dressed in casual clothes, John Bodden remained silent during the brief appearance when the case was adjourned […]
Integrity slips from government’s agenda
(CNS): With the Standards in Public Life legislation stalled and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) missing three members, the issue of integrity in government, a central platform of the PPM campaign, appears to no longer be a focus of its agenda. Auditor General Alastair Swarbrick, a permanent member of the corruption watchdog, confirmed last week that the commission […]
