Archive for September 22nd, 2015
US dollar shortage driving up cash costs
(CNS): Financial Services Minister Wayne Panton has said that he and the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) are heavily engaged in talks with banks, regulators in the US and other stakeholders over the US currency problem emerging in Cayman as a direct result of the money transfer businesses accepting only US dollars for remittances. The demand for […]
West Bay men and dog turn violent during row
(CNS): A row between two men living at the same address in the Boatswain Bay area of West Bay turned violent last night and landed one man in hospital and a second in jail. Police said the fight happened at around 10:30pm Tuesday 21 September in Duxie’s Lane, when a verbal altercation escalated to physical […]
Crash victim dies in Jamaican hospital
(CNS): Updated 4:45: Jessie Perry, who was very badly burned in a major car crash just over two weeks ago, has died at the burns unit in the Jamaican hospital where she was airlifted last week. The 21-year-old woman was in critical condition with burns over 80% of her body after the car she was travelling in […]
