Archive for July 22nd, 2015
Three Cubans remain as CIG deports 49 migrants
(CNS): There are now just three Cubans detained by the Cayman Islands authorities at the detention centre in Fairbanks, officials said Wednesday, after 49 migrants were deported back to Havana Tuesday. It is now over one month since the last group of Cubans were forced to land in Cayman during the first leg of a treacherous […]
FCCA in dark over port plans
(CNS): The president of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) has told a local dive news website that it has had no discussions with the Cayman Islands Government (CIG) over the latest proposed plan for berthing facilities. The body which represents the cruise ship sector also made it clear that environmental protection is very important to […]
Cruise ship catches fire in Jamaica port
(CNS): The Freedom of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, has caught fire at a cruise port in Jamaica. The cruise line has stated that the fire broke out in a mechanical space on the ship as it arrived at the Falmouth Pier this morning but it has since been extinguished by the ship’s […]
West Bay man denies burglary, mounts own defence
(CNS): A local man has mounted his own defence to charges of trespassing and stealing a PlayStation 3 and its controller during a night-time break-in while the homeowner was asleep in his bed. Tonie Bush, who was charged with burglary at a home on Hell Road, West Bay, sometime between 10:30pm and 6:30am on 2 […]
