Archive for October 8th, 2015
Running club causes security alert
(CNS): A group of runners triggered a security alert in George Town on Thursday after they marked their run route with what was most probably sugar. The police, the Department of Environmental Health and the Cayman Islands Fire Service were all involved after reports were made to the authorities about ‘suspicious activity’ in the capital involving […]
Miller aims to legalise numbers game
(CNS): The independent member for North Side will be looking for support in the parliament from his political peers next week for a number of small but very significant changes to the Gambling Amendment Bill, which is due to come before legislators, paving the way to legalise raffles and numbers games. Government is bringing an […]
Tourism stands firm on B&B restrictions
(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands appear to have no plans to relax the licensing, inspection or tax rules for local people offering bed and breakfast accommodation to visitors in their own homes. In a short statement, Department of Tourism officials told CNS Business, “The Cayman Islands Tourism Law is applied to all business accommodations that rent short term. […]
Cops urge road users to think safety
(CNS): The RCIPS is planning a major road safety campaign, which will begin at the end of this month, following the tenth fatality of the year last Friday. Pointing to the tragic variety of ways people have been killed this year already, Superintendent Angelique Howell urged people to take more care on the roads and follow the […]
Lack of research to justify cruise port, Trust says
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands has thrown serious doubt on assumptions made by the consultants to support the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the cruise port facility, which the Cayman premier has cited to justify its development. In particular, there is a significant lack of research on the claimed increase in the […]
