Archive for January 19th, 2016
Webb’s CONCACAF salary was stopped after arrest
(CNS): Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb is no longer receiving any cash from either FIFA or the regional association, CONCACAF has confirmed. Although a number of other football officials caught up in the massive FIFA corruption probe are still being paid, Webb, who has pleaded guilty to corruption charges connected to kickbacks and bribes from […]
Premier: Growth key to addressing inequity
(CNS): The growth in the local economy since the Progressives came to office is the key to addressing inequalities in Cayman society, according to Premier Alden McLaughlin. Without the economic growth due to the restoration of confidence because of the PPM administration’s attention to public finances, good governance and transparency, government could not begin to address […]
Not guilty verdict in child murder case
(CNS): Devon Anglin has been found not guilty for a second time for the murder of 4-year-old Jeremiah Barnes on 15 February 2010. After he delivered the verdict, Justice Charles Quin acknowledged the pain, suffering and grief of the child’s parents and that they and others in the community would be deeply disappointed that his […]
Rum Point tourist robber charged
(CNS): A 38-year-old man from Bodden Town has been charged in connection with a robbery at a Rum Point condo in North Side earlier this month in which an elderly visitor was punched in the face. Police said the suspect was arrested on Saturday evening, 16 January, and charged on Tuesday morning, ahead of his […]
BBC documentary set to scandalize Cayman
(CNS Business): A new BBC documentary on the Cayman Islands due to air in the UK on Friday is likely to scandalize the jurisdiction once again. Despite efforts by the Cayman Islands to shake off the tax haven label, the programme by Jacques Peretti will be focusing on the UK territory as a “notorious tax haven” and what […]
PPM teeters on brink over future LA quorum
(CNS): Having lost three members in less than two months, the PPM government still has a slender majority on the floor of the Legislative Assembly but it is facing the problem of not being able to form a quorum to hold sittings of parliament without support from at least one member of the opposition benches […]
