Archive for July 21st, 2015
Wide disparity in pay for CIG board chairs
(CNS): The fees that chairmen and directors receive for serving on government company or authority boards varies widely, according to a recent FOI release requested by a CNS reader. Although volunteers, most board members are given some kind of fee to cover expenses for attending meetings but the payments being made vary widely for no apparent reason, […]
Cayman dodging dentist, data shows
(CNS): While dentists recommend that we should all be making at least two visits a year to their surgeries, the latest statistics on health related issues in the Cayman Island demonstrate that half of the population did not visit a local dentist at all last year. There were 29,489 visits made to dental clinics, according […]
Cayman by numbers: population grows nearly 6%
(CNS): The Cayman Islands population has grown by over 5.8%, from 55,036 people in 2010 when the last national census was conducted to 58,238 at the end of last year. The split between Caymanians and overseas residents has remained relatively stable over these five years, but with a fall in the local population by just over 0.5% […]
Mugger makes off with $5 in daylight robbery
(CNS): A bare-chested man wearing a striped green t-shirt around his face ran off with five single-dollar bills yesterday morning after a daylight robbery outside a grocery store on Crewe Road. The mugger struck around 11:45am Monday (20 July) when he approached a woman who had just left the Crewe Road Mini Mart (Albert’s Floor Centre) […]
Police discover East End house fire
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service is currently investigating the source of a blaze at a house off the Queens Highway in the very early hours Tuesday. An RCIPS spokesperson said that officers who were on patrol in the district of East End spotted flames in shrubbery along the highway at about 1:30am (21 July,). […]
Bank shuts down money transfer business
(CNS Business): Fidelity Bank leaders said that due to “economic times and risks” they have officially closed the doors to their money transfer service, Western Union, throughout the Cayman Islands. The Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank & Trust International Limited (FBT) and its subsidiary boards have announced that they will no longer offer Western Union […]
