Archive for December, 2015
Governor urges public to remain charitable through Christmas
(CNS): Recognizing the kindness and benevolence of the Cayman Islands community and the huge scale of charitable efforts by the public, the governor is urging people to remain charitable throughout the festive period and look out for those in need, especially the elderly. In her Christmas New Year Message, Helen Kilpatrick, who will be staying […]
Economic growth down on predictions
(CNS): The Cayman Islands economy grew by 1.6% in the first half of 2015, which was not only down on the rate of growth for the first half of last year at 2.2%, it is also down on the predictions of more than 2% growth made by the finance minister in his budget address for this […]
Trinidad president on private trip to Cayman
(CNS): Anthony Carmona, the President of Trinidad and Tobago, was in the Cayman Islands for a “private visit” last week, according to officials. The president, who is also a former supreme court and international criminal court judge, met with Cayman Islands Chief Justice Anthony Smellie during his stay as well as paying courtesy calls to […]
Teenager shot outside 7MB nightspot
(CNS): An 18-year-old boy from George Town was recovering from a gunshot wound at the Cayman Island Hospital Saturday, following a shooting in the early hours of the morning outside a nightclub in Seven Mile shops along the West Bay Road. Police said that 911 received the report around 3:30am and officers went to the […]
Watson’s troubled fuel firm received $100k from AIS
(CNS): A cheque for $100,000 from AIS Cayman was transferred to a company in which Canover Watson was a 50% shareholder when it was losing significant amounts of money, the court heard Thursday. In a police interview, the former HSA board chair, who has denied corruption allegations in relation to the CarePay contract awarded to […]
Caledonian makes ‘no fine’ secret deal with SEC
(CNS Business): A confidential circular sent to the creditors of the Caledonian Bank Limited (CBL), which was brought down following an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has revealed that despite the probe bringing the Cayman-based bank to its knees, there will be no fines levied against the institution over the alleged […]
Miss Cayman’s fire-coral costume heats up pageant
(CNS): Tonie Chisholm has made the finals of the National Costume round at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas. Miss Cayman Islands and the 80 women she is competing with at the pageant have been going through the preliminary rounds and rehearsals this week ahead of the main event, which will be televised live […]
OAG won’t play ball with CIFA
(CNS): The Office of the Auditor General will not be appointing anyone to the proposed Cayman Islands Football Association review panel. An OAG spokesperson stated that the public sector financial watchdog had not been approached by CIFA but even if it was, it would be inappropriate for the office to be involved. Meanwhile, the sports minister has welcomed […]
Cayman National to pay $5M in US tax evasion probe
(CNS Business): Cayman National Corporation is expecting to part with some $5 million in fines to the US authorities in relation to what the bank called “past wrongdoing” by two of its companies, Cayman National Securities and Cayman National Trust Company. In a report on the bank’s website covering its fourth quarter report for 2015, CNC revealed that […]
Waiting time info and wifi aim to ease immigration pains
(CNS): The immigration department has introduced a new service to give customers an idea of waiting times for a given service ahead of their visit to the office in Elgin Avenue and is also offering a free wifi service while they wait to see an immigration officer to make dealing with one of government’s busiest […]
Hospital offers cut-price non-brand medicines
(CNS): Patients at the George Town hospital pharmacy will soon be able to fill prescriptions for $4.50 if they choose generic, cut-price versions of the medications they are taking. The Health Services Authority described the cheaper drug offer as an “alternative prescriptions option” that identifies a generic alternative in all prescription categories, in accordance with the […]
