Archive for October, 2015
Troubled teens fundraising for their own support programme
(CNS): Students from the John Gray High School are raising the cash themselves for a mentoring group that is helping to turn their lives around. According to the school counsellor, Chris Murray, BoyZ2men, which began at the school in 2009 and has a proven track record for getting at risk and troubled teens back on track, is […]
Environmental protection set up at East End cop shop
(CNS): Environmental enforcement officers now have a permanent operational base in East End as a result of a partnership with the police. The RCIPS have joined forces with the Department of Environment and have given office space to the DoE for operational purposes at the East End Police Station. Deploying from there, enforcement officers will […]
Fuel petition expected to be longest for many years
(CNS): Thousands of people have put their name to a petition backing government’s plans to hold the bulk fuel importers accountable for the prices at the gas pumps, and George Ebanks, the chair of the organisation behind it, is hoping to hand over a petition with a record-breaking number of signatures when he leads a march to the Legislative Assembly […]
Carnival gives backing to CIG pier plan
(CNS): Government may have secured its first commitment from one cruise line for the development of piers in George Town, CNS has learned. During talks at last week’s Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) conference in Mexico, officials managed to secure at least some commitment for the project from Carnival. Sources tell CNS that the commitment is […]
Cultural change is biggest challenge in CS reform
(CNS): The head of the unit which is tasked with reforming the way the civil services operates has said that one of the biggest challenges is to change the culture in public sector management. Mary Rodrigues, who is heading up Project Future, has said that the civil service must embrace the concept of business cases […]
CIG seeks better terms for mortgage initiative
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is renewing the Government Guarantee Home Assisted Mortgage (GGHAM) Programme as a result of significant success in helping more than 300 local families buy their own home. The National Housing Development Trust, which is working with CIG on the initiative said officials are currently trying to provide more lenient terms for […]
B&B hosts to face daily fines after amnesty
(CNS Business): Unlicensed property owners subletting guest rooms, apartments or houses to tourists have been given until the end of the year to comply with the licensing and fee regime before government begins issuing daily $100 fines, official from the Hotel Licensing Board have said. An amnesty, which began on 1 October, will last until […]
Trouble and turbulence at the Turtle Farm
(CNS): Recent revelations regarding the cover-up of mass deaths and disease at the Cayman Turtle Farm last year and the efforts of management to try and prevent the media from publishing details of the director losing his temper in a personnel meeting caught on video have raised further questions in the community about the viability […]
Police net 248 drunk drivers so far this year
(CNS): Another seven people were added to the growing number of drunks caught behind the wheel on Cayman’s roads this weekend. Police officers have arrested 248 drivers for drinking and driving since the start of 2015, about 150 more than in the entire twelve months of 2014. In one of the arrests, a 47-year-old man was […]
Save campaign plans to show CIG level of opposition
(CNS): Save Cayman campaigners and other groups opposing the dredging of the George Town Harbour and battling to persuade government not to destroy its unique marine environment with cruise ship piers are organising a peaceful protest at the weekend to show the strength of feeling in the community. The public already demonstrated its opposition to […]
Uncle convicted in revenge stabbing of nephew
(CNS): Adam Mark Ebanks (32) was convicted Thursday of causing malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on his nephew, after a Grand Court judge rejected claims that he was acting in self-defence when he stabbed Jason Ebanks multiple times in his head, neck and body at the family home in Windsor Park last year. […]
