Archive for July, 2015
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 […]
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 […]
Ministry seeks to ‘safeguard’ cruise project
(CNS): The tourism ministry has said that following due process and collecting as much information as possible about the proposed cruise berthing facility in George Town is to “safeguard the project from unintended consequences in the future”. The comment comes in response to the position taken by the Cayman Islands Tourism Association not to support […]
Premier heads to Bermuda for OT meeting
(CNS) Updated: Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin will be heading to Bermuda this week for a meeting of overseas territories leaders. The premier’s office confirmed the trip, Tuesday, to this year’s host territory for the annual pre meeting ahead of the Joint Ministerial Council in London later this year. The leaders will be discussing economic development, security matters and the territories relationships […]
West Bay serial sex pest strikes again
(CNS): Police are warning women who are walking, waiting for buses or exercising in and around the Batabano area to be on alert after the West Bay bike-riding sex pest struck again. An RCIPS spokesperson said that the man, who is already wanted by police, assaulted another woman who was walking on Batabano Road near […]
