Archive for July, 2015
Police investigate sinister seabed find
(CNS): A police enquiry has opened after the discovery of a cement block with handcuffs attached to it that was found in the ocean off the coast of Seven Mile Beach. Officers are now examining the sinister looking object, which was brought up from the ocean yesterday lunchtime. An RCIPS spokesperson said police responded to the report […]
Decade old law implemented to protect species trade
(CNS): A law passed in Cayman in 2004 that had not come into force has finally been implemented to manage and protect the trade of plants and animals. The Endangered Species (Trade and Transport) Law, 2004 (ESTTL) will not only prevent people from removing and selling protected endemic flora and fauna, but it will also facilitate […]
More consultants hired to review port seabed
(CNS): The Cayman Islands government has contracted more marine consultants to examine the seabed in the port in connection with the increasingly controversial plan to dredge the George Town Harbour for a cruise berthing facility. Although more than $2 million was spent on an environmental impact assessment (EIA), which gave an comprehensive report on the extent […]
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 […]
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 […]
